UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER CAREER DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (CDO) FIRST YEAR INITIATIVE

The First Year Initiative serves to introduce students to the Career Development Office and legal employment searching, describe programs, and highlight important deadlines. 

Each section has an assigned career counselor who will be with the students from that section throughout all three (or four) years of law school.  The first step in conducting a job search is to meet with your career counselor. Get to know your counselor as they are the key to an extraordinary amount of career-related information and events.  Schedule appointments by emailing your counselor or stopping by the office.   

Career Staff
Career Timeline
Resume Enhancing Ideas for 1L Summer
Judicial Internships
UHLC Public Interest Summer Fellowship FAQ
Large Firms Accepting First Year Student Resumes
Excel Merge Guide
Starter Letter
Career Programs
UHLC Job Fairs
The Legal Resume
The Cover Letter
The Thank You Note
Sample 1L Opportunities
          ACLU of Colorado
          American Bar Association Division for Public Services Summer Internship Program
          American Bar Association John J. Curtin, Jr. Fund Summer Legal Internship Program
          American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution
          American Bar Association Section of Litigation Judicial Intern Opportunity Program
          American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
          Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program
          Blask Fellowship
          BP Summer Internships
          Compassion & Choices Internship
          Davis Wright Tremaine 1L Diversity Scholarship Program
          Environmental and Natural Resources Law Internship Program - Deadline passed
          EPA Region 6 Office of Regional Counsel
          Fish and Richardson Diversity Fellowship Program
          Fourteenth Court of Appeals
          HIPLA Fellowship
          Howrey Externs for Legal Pro Bono Service
          Institute for Justice Clerkships
          Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project
          Legal Services of New Jersey
          Marvin Nathan Fellowship
          National Summer Funding Sources
          New Jersey Public Interest Legal Intern Fellowship Program
          PRLDEF Internship Program
          Public Interest Law Initiative Summer Internship Program
          The Rutherford Institute's Summer Internship Program
          San Francisco City Attorney's Office
          Social Security Administration Internship
          State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section Internship Program
          Tyron Garner Memorial Fellowship for African-American LGBT Civil Rights
          U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Internship Program
Evening Students