1L Holiday Receptions
Alabama Bradley 1L Holiday Open House Wednesday, December 15, 2021 5:00 – 7:00 PM CT The Fennec 1630 2nd Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35233 Valet Parking is Available Business Casual Attire To register, click here. If you cannot join us in-person on December 15, we...
Federal Clerkship Openings – 11.15.21
The clerkships listed below were recently posted in OSCAR and are available for the 2022 and 2023 terms. Please see OSCAR for further details. Judge: Eric Bruggink District Judge United States Court of Federal Claims Washington, DC Term: 1 Year Clerkship Type: Term...
Area Networking Events – November/December
Richmond Bar Association (RBA) Awards Luncheon: Thursday, Nov. 18 at 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. at the Omni Richmond Hotel. For more information, visit www.richmondbar.org/events/luncheons/. Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association (MRWBA) Luncheon: Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 12:00 –...
The Honorable Walter R. Stone 2L Diversity Fellowship
Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. is proud to offer The Honorable Walter R. Stone Diversity Fellowship to an outstanding second-year law school student. The Fellowship awards a second-year law school student a scholarship of $10,000 and a Summer Associate position at...
Why Clerkships?
Now that the academic year is in full swing, it is an excellent time to start thinking about your post-graduate plans, especially if you are considering applying for a judicial clerkship. Some federal judges will begin accepting applications from second-year students...
Discover Delaware. Small State. Big Opportunities.
The Delaware Diversity Job Fair invites you to join Doneene K. Damon, President Richards, Layton & FInger, PA and practitioners from four of Delaware's most prestigious firms Jennifer Ying Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP Bindu Ann Palapura Potter Anderson...
Vault Law 1L Diversity Career Summit Virtual Career Fair
Vault Law invites 1Ls to their free 1L Diversity Virtual Career Summit taking place on November 4, 2021, from 12 to 6pm ET. This important event allows students to meet and network with top-ranked firms—such as Arnold & Porter, Covington, Cravath, Fried Frank,...
Ask the CDO: “How do Jobs get into Symplicity?”
by Carole Yeatts Director, Career Development Office When my dad attended this law school in the late 1960s, Dean William Muse embodied the career placement office. (Check out his name over the door of the Richmond Law library.) If a law firm wanted to hire a recent...
Juggling Job Offers and Acceptances
In deciding whether to accept an offer, how can I find out whether I am under serious consideration by another employer? What if the employer wants an answer before I will hear back from my preferred employer? May I continue to apply or interview for jobs after I have accepted an offer?
FAQs on Post-Interview Protocols
Should I send a hand-written or email thank-you note after an interview? A well-written, sincere thank-you note makes a good impression immediately after an interview. Send a separate note to each interviewer after a screening interview and personalize the message...
Ask an Alum: Advice for Remote Interviewing
The first session of OCI interviews will begin next week at Richmond Law. Although we are back to starting OCI in early August, as we did before the pandemic, screening interviews will be conducted remotely on Zoom or FloRecruit. We asked R. Kennon Poteat III (L'06),...
Alumni Advice on Starting Your JD Advantage Career
You probably have heard the old adage, “You can do anything with a law degree.” While that is technically true, what matters most to law students considering a career outside of practicing law is whether a J.D. actually will provide a leg up in a job hunt. In fact,...
