Career Opportunities in Law Although it may seem quite early to begin to think about employment after law school, many prelaw students ask themselves whether they will find employment after investing thousands of dollars in a legal education. Some students understand that the choice of law schools has an impact on the career choices they ultimately make. The school's reputation, geographic location,... (26 views)
Getting Into a Good Law Firm Any clown can get a job as a lawyer. The goal is to get a good job. It's a complicated process, and it starts early. A summer job provides two things: (1) the name of a real, live law firm on your resume and (2) with any luck at all, an offer of permanent employment from that firm, to commence after taking the bar exam. Even if you didn't take that offer, having it would... (29 views)
Openings for Lawyers at Non-legal Firms Banks, insurance companies, law libraries, legal publishers and judicial clerkships (taking the liberty of defining a career judicial clerkship as an entity) employ a significant number of lawyers. In many instances, the number of lawyers actually employed in various capacities is surprising, even to those used to dealing with the recruiting and interviewing process.... (288 views)
Attorney Openings in the Federal Government Almost every reader will rightly assume that the magnitude and diversity of the federal government's annual hiring program for lawyers are unmatched. As always, the basic questions are how to find and take advantage of the opportunities. Almost all of the techniques discussed herein apply equally well to seeking an attorney's position with the government. As a result of... (47 views)
Getting into the Law Firm Any clown can get a job as a lawyer. The goal is to get a good job. It's a complicated process, and it starts early. (49 views)
The Synergistic Legal Job Hunting Success Scenario When you move about in this little world of individuals, keep in mind that a valid informational networking approach is to ask for time or names or information. The people who go around asking simply for a full- time paralegal job will meet fewer people and get less help. If there is a job lying quietly in a firm E, unannounced and unadvertised, just waiting to be... (35 views)
Searching For Work And Not Found It. Is Starting Your Own Practice The Answer If you want the opportunity to be your own boss and to control your own destiny, solo practice may be for you. However, it is not recommended that you hang out your shingle immediately upon graduation from law school. Instead, you should get some much-needed experience in a law firm before you take that plunge into the vast unknown. You might even want to ease into your... (154 views)
Career-Options In Legal And Non-Legal Sectors And How To Find Them The purpose of this article is to apprise you of the various career options available to you, and to assist you in making an intelligent, informed decision about your particular career path. Please be aware that opportunities exist in the public as well as the private business sectors, and that you might later choose a non-legal profession while still making use of your... (29 views)
Finding Law Firm Employment It is extremely valuable to find a part-time or summer job in a law firm or in some business or profession closely related to law. At one time, such jobs were rare and they were usually obtained through an old-boy network. Favored students would find employment in law firms run by their parents, relatives, or family friends. The old-boy network is still there and it... (30 views)
How Legal Professionals Can Use Documented Skills in Law Job Search This article shows you how to strengthen your law job search, drawing on the evidence you have collected of new skills and knowledge. First, you will be shown how to conduct a postinternship career review- deciding what direction to take, which skills to emphasize, and how to use your professional network wisely. Second, you will learn how to create an outstanding resume... (31 views)
Conventional & Unconventional Ways Of Getting A Legal Job There are many people who aspire for a legal job, especially those students who have completed law school, but don’t really know how to go about it. Well, jobs are available for those who know where to look and how to get them. This article will apprise the serious job applicant about realizing his employment goals and help in landing the coveted legal job. (223 views)
Legal Job and Legal Advice Here are some suggestions for how you can continue the process of finding a satisfying career in the law or elsewhere: (30 views)
How to Give a Real Argument to a Judge While there are a sizable number of law school graduates who are struggling to find any job, another group has trouble choosing among all the choices open to them. Those in the latter group have collected a number of "merit badges," displayed on their resumes like the medals on a general's chest. These badges consist of degrees from prestigious universities, memberships in... (23 views)
Openings for Lawyers Each of the entities like banks, insurance companies, law libraries, legal publishers and judicial clerkships (taking the liberty of defining a career judicial clerkship as an entity) employ a significant number of lawyers. In many instances, the number of lawyers actually employed in various capacities is surprising, even to those used to dealing with the recruiting and... (18 views)
Choose the Legal Job That You Want There is as much variety among corporate legal staffs as there is among private law firms. Some corporations have only one legal employee-the general counsel. Others have huge, far-flung departments. Personalities among corporate legal staffs also vary. Some are intense. Others are laid-back. Some are dominated by powerful individuals. Others operate on a team concept.... (9 views)
Ho to Get Jobs in Private Law Firms The Law School Placement Process: To this point, the purpose is to survey generally those considerations which will allow you to take maximum advantage of obvious job opportunities. There are, however, ways to identify or create additional job prospects and, in the process, further refine your abilities to take advantage of the situations that you want to pursue. (73 views)
How to Get Feel of Government Agency Legal Job Let us discuss the scenario if you want to seek a legal opening in a governmental agency. You must see how you would be able to fit into the scheme of practice. Keeping this in view some important questions (principally for the Third Year student) are designed for you to get a better feel of for a governmental agency. Here are the questions: (12 views)
Know Your Position on the Corporate Law Department When you are interviewing the corporate law department you should know what would be your position the line-up of lawyers and how that will affect your career growth. If you are continually competing with experienced lawyers, you will have to face tough going. In order to help you choose a law firm that offers you congenial environs some important questions (principally... (46 views)
Elements of the Job Hunt Your particular stage in life is not as important as your awareness of the need to use the right vocabulary and have the right approach in the legal job search process. In addition to all the techniques and approaches that are particular to the legal job hunt, there are the invigorating challenges of the job hunt itself. It is in our first moves that the job hunt's success... (31 views)
Requirement of Self-Assessment for Lawyers Ideally, work is supposed to be fun. However, if you are looking for a job right now, fun may be the furthest thing from your mind. Any job opening may seem like a good prospect to you now. Even if you are employed, you may feel "stuck" in your job and ready to jump at the first opportunity. (936 views)
Tips to Get You Started on Legal Job Search Many attorneys, searching for a logical reason for their predicament, create barriers for themselves by accepting perceived deficiencies about themselves. Recent graduates accept that they will not be hired because they have "no experience;" women and attorneys of color retreat because they feel employers "aren't really serious about hiring us" while more senior lawyers... (34 views)
Weighing the Attorney Job Search Process Most lawyers think of the job search as a linear process-respond to ads by drafting resumes and cover letters, interview for positions and then consider offers. However, the process is actually circular. The job search process consists of four major steps. Completion of each step moves you further toward reaching your goal-finding a satisfying and rewarding job. (14 views)
Consider Your Attorney Job Search Options In order to help you establish the focus of your job search, lawyers in transition ought to decide whether they wish to consider opportunities in different practice settings or areas of practice. (4 views)
Exploration of the Legal Job Market Once you can articulate your strengths, skills, motives and goals, you need to find out who would be interested in the "product" you are selling. (5 views)
‘Working A Room’ Techniques for Legal Job Prospecting Consider using professional associations like the American Bar Association and local bar organizations as a source of networking. And, be creative. For example, if you have identified a firm or organization in which you have an interest, find out what social events they host and get yourself invited. Or find out what pro bono activities they are involved in and volunteer... (11 views)
How Attorneys Use Headhunters and Answer Classified Ads In addition to job prospecting and informational interviewing, scanning the classified ads should be a routine part of your job search. However, studies show that no more than 25% of placements occur through formal mechanisms such as answering ads. While this is an important job search activity, consider how long the process will take if you spend 100% of your time focused... (4 views)
How to Get You Started On Attorney Job Search Whether you are in a job search voluntarily or involuntarily, you are no doubt asking yourself questions like: (7 views)
Transferable Lawyering Skills This article is a form of exercise that focuses on two kinds of skills: transferable and legal skills. It will provide you with a sense of the degree to which you feel competent in your skills and the degree to which you enjoy utilizing various skills. (2130 views)
Entering the Legal Job Market and Competing for Attorney Jobs Your law school Career Planning Center or a career counselor can assist you in identifying your motives, values, skills and goals by introducing you to the variety of "assessment" instruments available. (20 views)
Identifying Contacts for Attorney Job Search The primary goal in conducting library research is to identify people to contact and develop thoughtful questions to ask them. Library research alone is not sufficient so do not spend an excessive amount of time simply reading and taking notes. Your time can be better spent gathering information by talking to people. Unlike books, people will have more current, detailed... (19 views)