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?
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,...
Lean on the People You DO Know in Networking
by Ben Rigney (L'22) Being a first-generation law student presents unique challenges. One of those challenges is networking: As a first-generation law student, there isn’t a built-in network of attorneys to look to for job prospects. What I found, however, is that...
Navigating Remote Interviews through SEMJF, OCI and other Virtual Recruitment Programs
by Caroline Jaques (L'22) I participated in the Southeastern Minority Job Fair (SEMJF) last October. Typically, SEMJF is held in Atlanta in July, but because of the pandemic it was conducted virtually in 2020. I did ten interviews with firms primarily in Texas,...
Tales from the Trenches: GPIIP Interview Tips
by Logan Childress Brunette (L'22) Logan interviewed with 7 employers during the 2020 Government & Public Interest Interview Program (GPIIP) and accepted an internship with the Fredericksburg City Attorney’s Office. She split her summer between that office and...
2021 Fox Rothschild 1L Diversity Fellowship Program
We recognize that successfully serving our clients and providing the caliber of legal services they have come to expect from us requires the teamwork of professionals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a diverse...
Spring OCI Roundup – Part 2
In the last CDO newsletter, I discussed how and why the CDO recruitment program for law firms will be different this year. See Spring OCI Roundup – Part 1 | Richmond Law Career Development Office. This column will offer details that we have learned through our...
FAQs on Applications to the Virtual Spring Recruitment Program
Because of public health concerns related to COVID-19, the 2021 On-Campus Interview (OCI) program will be held virtually, hence the new name: Virtual Spring Recruitment Program. This article uses the OCI and VSRP program names interchangeably. Is there an advantage...
Tales from the Trenches: Out-of-State Judicial Internships
by Harry Cohen (L'22) The summer of 2020 definitely threw us all for a loop, but there were still great experiences to be had in the world of legal internships. I was lucky enough to have served as the legal intern in the chambers of the Honorable Judge Robert Vinci...
Best Practices for Preparing and Submitting Applications
Before final submission of your employment application materials, make sure you have checked the following: General Ask multiple reviewers, including your career advisor, to proofread all of your materials. Applications with grammatical and typographical errors often...