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1Ls:

  • Submit resumes and cover letters if seeking summer positions with large law firms, federal judges, or other employers interested in receiving resumes at this time (early December). Initiate contact with other legal employers you have identified about summer employment. Organize this information so you will have a record of your contacts, and schedule regular follow up with those contacts.
  • Set up informational interviews during semester break with individuals in your employment search network. If you need assistance with expanding your list of contacts, talk with your career advisor.
  • Arrange an attorney shadowing opportunity over winter break to observe a legal office.
  • Conduct informational interviews in a variety of legal/alternative settings to explore opportunities and expand your professional network.
  • Research and identify via Symplicity employers of interest who are coming on campus to hire 1Ls through the Spring On-Campus Interview Program (Spring OCI) (Mar. 17) and the Government & Public Interest Interview Program (GPIIP) (Feb. 10). Begin preparing your application materials for these employers.
  • Attend employer receptions or bar association holiday parties in your preferred geographic location, if applicable.
  • Develop applications for GPIIP and Spring OCI. Submit your resume and other application documents to your career advisor for review before application deadlines.

 2Ls:

  • Set up informational interviews with individuals in your employment search network over the winter break. If you need assistance with expanding your list of contacts, talk with your career advisor.
  • Consider broadening your search to other geographic or practice areas. Update your employment search network tracking document.
  • Conduct informational interviews in a variety of legal/alternative settings to explore opportunities and expand your professional network. Update your employment search network tracking document.
  • Research and identify via Symplicity employers of interest who are coming on campus to hire 2Ls through Spring OCI and GPIIP. Begin preparing your application materials for these employers.

3Ls:

  • Set up informational interviews with individuals in your employment search network over the winter break. If you need assistance with expanding your list of contacts, talk with your career advisor.
  • Consider broadening your search to other geographic or practice areas. Update your employment search network tracking document.
  • Research and apply to newly-appointed federal and state court judges who are out of the regular judicial clerk hiring cycle.
  • Conduct informational interviews in a variety of legal/alternative settings to explore opportunities and expand your professional network. Update your employment search network tracking document.
  • Research and identify via Symplicity employers of interest who are coming on campus to conduct informational interviews with or hire 3Ls through Spring OCI and GPIIP. Begin preparing your application materials for these employers.