LexisNexis offers help for unemployed lawyers

NEW YORK — LexisNexis said it has begun a program to provide free marketing services, networking and employment resources to lawyers who have been laid off by their law firms because of the economic downturn.

The program, called “Lend a Hand,” is being offered through the company’s Martindale-Hubbell business.

Lawyers eligible are those who recently worked in the United States for a law firm of more than 50 attorneys and are currently unemployed. They can enroll in the LexisNexis program through the end of August, the company said.

The company provides online information and other support services for the legal, corporate, risk management, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. Its operation in Miami Twp., along Interstate 75, is one of the Dayton area’s largest employers with a work force of about 3,000 people.