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Getting Work At Attorney Firms

published May 19, 2010

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Before you can even attempt to work at a legal firm, you will need to complete four years of an undergraduate school and then complete law school. You have to complete the bar exam and score high enough to even be considered for a top legal firm. Even though legal aide, the government supported law firm, is a good start, it is not where you want to be during the entire course of your career. You want to make sure that you are setting your goals high enough so that you are paid well, especially since law school is anything but cheap. Lawyers firms that have good reputations for winning cases is where the money is at.

While you are in law school, you could always check into an internship at a local law firm. You will be able to learn a lot of things that simply cannot be taught in a classroom. Hands on experience is what you need and you can only get that by being right in the middle of one of the top attorney firms. It is this hands on experience that will help your resume stand out from the rest. It will show that you may just have what it takes to be one of their best attorneys, even if you are just fresh out of law school. Law firms that take on brand new attorneys either see that they have demonstrated supreme intelligence or they know someone high up in the firm.


Also, it is extremely important to make sure that you are networking as much as possible. When you network you will find that you will make friends with people who may very well help you in finding work in the future. Your networking skills might just even help you in the court room later down the line. Basically, there is nothing bad that can come from networking with different attorneys from a different legal firm or two.

Now, when you are getting ready to send your resume to the various lawyers firms out there, you will want to make sure that your resume is up to par. Sure, it might have been good enough to grab you an internship at a nice law firm, but is it good enough to land you full time employment? If you are unsure, have a lawyer friend or a professional service take a look at your resume. You want your resume to speak volumes about who you are, why you are the right choice for the position and what you can bring to the table. You want to make them believe that by adding you to their team of lawyers that they would have one up on all of the other attorney firms out there. It is also important to make sure that you are including a cover letter with your resume. Most law firms will not even look at a resume that does not come with a cover letter. If you cannot put a cover letter on your resume, what important pieces of documentation will you forget about if you were to join their legal firm?

Once you have everything pulled together and you are ready to apply to different lawyers firms, you are going to want to make sure that you are applying to the best of the best and as many of them as possible. By searching a very reputable online job listing source, you should find yourself with no problem when it comes to finding more than one law firm to apply to. Make sure that you are thinking about a possible relocation if it meant that you could get a good start on your career in the line of work that you prefer.

To find thousands of listings for attorney firms that are hiring, you will want to check out LawCrossing.com. Sign up now for your FREE trial and start taking advantage of the huge posting of various legal jobs out there. You won't be sorry!

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Harrison is the founder of BCG Attorney Search and several companies in the legal employment space that collectively gets thousands of attorneys jobs each year. Harrison’s writings about attorney careers and placement attract millions of reads each year. Harrison is widely considered the most successful recruiter in the United States and personally places multiple attorneys most weeks. His articles on legal search and placement are read by attorneys, law students and others millions of times per year.

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About LawCrossing

LawCrossing has received tens of thousands of attorneys jobs and has been the leading legal job board in the United States for almost two decades. LawCrossing helps attorneys dramatically improve their careers by locating every legal job opening in the market. Unlike other job sites, LawCrossing consolidates every job in the legal market and posts jobs regardless of whether or not an employer is paying. LawCrossing takes your legal career seriously and understands the legal profession. For more information, please visit www.LawCrossing.com.

published May 19, 2010

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
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