by richmondlawcdo | May 17, 2022 | Advice for Students, Summer Success
by Mary Crane If you are about to start a summer job, you must turn in a superlative performance during the next several weeks. Thus far, your GPA has demonstrated that you are able to acquire legal skills. Your summer employment will give you the opportunity to...
by richmondlawcdo | Jan 18, 2022 | Advice for Students, Diversity & Inclusion
Yes, but there may be restrictions depending on the student’s immigration status. J.D. students who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents face unique challenges in the job search process. International students come to Richmond Law from a variety of backgrounds...
by richmondlawcdo | Dec 7, 2021 | Advice for Students, Application Materials
Your career advisor wants you to submit the strongest application materials possible, so help us help you. As we approach winter break and another season of recruiting for summer internships and post-graduate hiring, we have compiled a list of the most common mistakes...
by richmondlawcdo | Dec 7, 2021 | Advice for Students
This is the latest installment of Tales from the Trenches, a series of advice columns by students for students. Contributed by Chloe Hilliard (L’22) and Liz Jacobs (L’23), members of the Career Development Student Advisory Board. Winter break brings time to relax and...
by richmondlawcdo | Sep 28, 2021 | Advice for Students
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...
by richmondlawcdo | Aug 11, 2021 | Advice for Students, Interview Skills
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...