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Job Search Strategies Workshop

Job Search Strategies Workshop. Office of Career and Professional Development Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Sources of Jobs (National Avg.). Sources of Jobs (National avg.). Combine referral and self-initiated into SELF-DIRECTED. What students did during their first summer.

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Job Search Strategies Workshop

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  1. Job Search Strategies Workshop Office of Career and Professional Development Indiana University Maurer School of Law

  2. Sources of Jobs (National Avg.) Source: NALP 2008 Survey

  3. Sources of Jobs (National avg.) Combine referral and self-initiated into SELF-DIRECTED

  4. What students did during their first summer

  5. Where students worked

  6. Timing of 1L Summer Job Offers Source: NALP Suvey 2003

  7. Large Law Firms • Some accepting applications Dec 1-15; some not until you have semester grades • Make decisions based on grades • Will take applications and then ask for transcript when it becomes available • About one 1L opening for every five to twenty 2L opportunities – based on 2L hiring yield & long-term • What does large mean?

  8. Large Law Firms – Resources • Martindale Hubbell • Geographic specific • Top 100 • Westlaw & Lexis • NALP Directory – www.nalpdirectory.org

  9. Small- to Medium-Sized Firms • Depending on market – some medium firms will make early spring offer • Most accept apps & make offers Jan-April – many on a first-come, first-serve basis • Generally don’t have application process • Can contact firm to see if they hire 1L’s and/or have openings

  10. Small- to Medium-Sized Firms – Resources • NALP Directory – www.nalpdirectory.org • OCPD website – Online Resources • Other law school career services sites • Yellow Pages • Not posted

  11. Judicial Clerkships • Many like to have free help due to budget cuts • Often a phone call will answer your questions • Applications accepted in the spring • Think of different types of courts (i.e. tax, family, juvenile, trial vs. appellate) • Federal Courts Clinic – US District Court for the Southern Dist of IN – send resume and cover letter to Prof Seth Lahn

  12. Judicial Clerkships – Resources • County and state courts • OCPD Online Resourceshttp://www.law.indiana.edu/careers/resources/index.shtml • The Vermont Guidehttp://www.vermontlaw.edu/x1101.xml • www.statelocalgov.net • “Indiana Legal Directory”

  13. Judicial Clerkships – Resources • Federal Courts • “The American Bench” • https://oscar.uscourts.gov/index.php?_tab=homeand register as an applicant • http://apps.law.indiana.edu/careers/where-are-they-now/clerkships.asp

  14. Public Interest • Legal Aid or Public Guardian’s Offices, Nonprofit organizations, Associations • Most open for proactive applicants • Some with processes • Available throughout spring semester many on a first-come, first-serve basis

  15. Public Interest – Resources • PSLawNet – www.PSLawNet.org • OCPD web site – Online resources • Everett Public Service Internships - http://www.everettinternships.org/search/internships.cfm • Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conf. or Equal Justice Works

  16. State & Local Government • Includes City or County General Counsel’s Office • Public Defender or District Attorney • Any state government agency • Available during spring • Contact them to find out about availability

  17. State & Local Government – Resources • “National Directory of Prosecuting Attorneys” – DA’s and PD’s • www.statelocalgov.net • Almost any area PD’s or DA’s office • Govt Honors & Internship Handbook -http://www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm - See OCPD for username & password

  18. Federal Government • Some deadlines are coming up soon – those with a need for a security clearance • Others on a first-come, first-serve basis • Some help you with FT positions later on while some will not • Federal Govt is not only D.C.

  19. Federal Government – Resources • Govt Honors & Internship Handbook -http://www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm - See OCPD for username & password • Federal Govt site – www.usajobs.gov • Internship & Student Info – www.studentjobs.gov • Agency Information Gatewayhttp://www.studentjobs.gov/agencies.asp

  20. Corporations • Very limited opportunities to work with a corp. general counsel’s office • Cook, Inc. Bloomington: IP/Patent 1L summer • Should be industry-specific relationship to your practice area interest • Often going back to a previous employer

  21. Corporations – Resources • “Directory of Corporate Counsels” – in law school library • Corporate Counsel – Fortune 500 Search http://solis.365media.com/ALM/corpcounsel/search.asp - Need to sign in and create account

  22. Other Resources • OCPD Outreach & Posting to Symplicity • Spring On-Campus Interviews (OCI) and Resume Collections (RC) • Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines

  23. Things to Keep in Mind • Many opportunities are unadvertised • Most first-year summer internships are unpaid but are much more valuable (both for your career and your long-term financial well being) than many things you could do • Don’t limit yourself to the Bloomington area • Try to establish or re-establish yourself in the geographic location of your choice

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