Federal Clerkship Openings – 9.28.20
The clerkship listed below was recently posted in OSCAR and is available for the 2021 term. Please see OSCAR for further details. Judge: Thomas T. Cullen District Judge United States District Court Roanoke, VA Term: 1 Year Clerkship Type: Term Law Clerk-Chambers...
Google’s Legal Summer Institute – Build Your Future With Google
The Legal Summer Institute (LSI) is a unique in-house and law firm experience where underrepresented 2L law school students are invited to spend the first week of the program at Google followed by a full summer internship with one of our partner law firms. LSI aims to...
2020 Shumaker Diversity Scholarship
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion among our attorneys and other professionals, and believe that including attorneys and staff members from diverse backgrounds is a critically important element in providing quality...
Resume Writing Guide
Your resume serves as a marketing tool to prospective employers. You have approximately 30 seconds to catch an employer’s eye, so your resume must be concise, organized, and targeted to the employer receiving it. Thus, you may have different versions of your resume...
Common Resume Mistakes and Their Fixes
Originally Published by Idealist Careers. Below, you'll find a list of common resume mistakes, where they tend to rear their ugly, proverbial heads, and of course, how to correct them. Inconsistent punctuation and capitalization Date range: Dashes, hyphens,...
Responding to Rejection
Pictured l-r: The Honorable W. Allan Sharrett (L'77) of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Gaby Brill (L'22), and law clerk David Hart (L'19). by Gaby Brill (L'22) The path to my 1L judicial internship began with a rejection email after an interview with another court....
Social Media Guidelines
The Career Development Office recognizes that social media is a tool students may use for personal purposes and to present a professional profile to attract potential employers and demonstrate interest and experience in a particular practice area, industry, employment...
Summer Success: Seven Steps to Maximize Your Remote Summer Internship
COVID-19 has changed all of our lives in ways large and small. But what has not changed is the potential value of a summer legal internship. Your internship is an opportunity to: Perform at your consistent best for several weeks, while helping to solve problems Learn...
Summer Success: Best Practices for Emails
Best Communication Practices for 2020’s Summer Hires: Best Practices for Emails by Mary Crane A law firm partner recently told me that he’s been fascinated by the impact social distancing has had on email usage—virtually all communications with internal and external...
Summer Success: Best Practices for Phone Calls
Best Communication Practices for 2020’s Summer Hires: Best Practices for Phone Calls by Mary Crane In the past two months, professionals and nonprofessionals alike have increasingly turned to old-fashioned phone calls to connect with a human voice. According to...
Summer Success: Best Practices for Zoom Meetings
Best Communication Practices for 2020's Summer Hires: Best practices for Zoom meetings by Mary Crane This summer you will have fewer opportunities than your predecessors had to interact in person with employers and recruiters. Because of social distancing...
Tips for Remote Interviews and Business Meetings
Arrange Background Appearance. “When you set up for your interview, look around at what the interviewer will be seeing in the background. Keep your background businesslike, clean and preferably neutral. If your desk will be showing, organize the top neatly and get...
