Career Titles in the UHLC Library
Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements
Latham Diversity Scholars Program
Out of State Job Search Handbook
Public Interest Job Search Handbook
Symplicity (our on-line job posting site)
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.
The following is a sample list of activities to should consider in preparing for a legal career. It is intended as an overview and is not an exhaustive list of opportunities. We are available to visit about any of the programs listed and/or to help plan a more individualized approach to career planning.
Attend First Year Initiative session (full-time students)
Prepare and update resume and cover letter – be sure to put law school on resume!
Meet with career counselor individually to receive Symplicity (job bank) password
Attend Student Bar Association (SBA)/CDO Career Success Workshop for 1Ls
Research summer employment opportunities
Attend HBA 1L Minority Program
Apply to large firms - employers are not allowed to consider 1L students until December 1st. Have your resumes and cover letters ready to be sent on that date, but not before.
Apply to ABA Judicial Intern Program (minority or financially disadvantaged students)
Research national summer fellowship opportunities (see www.pslawnet.org)
Register and apply for UT Public Service Job Fair (happens over holiday break)
Apply for judicial internships (to intern as a volunteer or for academic credit)
Register and apply for TYLA Texas Off-Campus Job Fair
Participate in Mock Interview Daze (Early January)
Apply to HBA Minority Summer Associate Program
UT Public Service Job Fair & Table Talk (Late January)
Government and Public Interest Table Talk (Early February)
Arrange placement for fellowships/externships and apply for course credit
Apply to summer public interest fellowship program
Start applying for summer law clerk positions for mid and small sized firms (through targeted mailing or as posted in electronic job listings)
Spring Recruiting
Register for Chicago Patent Law Job Fair
Stay (or get) on track - meet with career counselor to revisit job search strategies
Attend How to be a Successful Summer Associate panel
Attend Fall RecruitingI and Job Fair info sessions
Registration/Application for Interview Programs (held in summer or early fall)
Southeastern Minority Job Fair
Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair
Sunbelt Minority Job Fair
Texas in Washington Job Fair
Impact Career Fair
Lavender Law Career Fair & Conference
Job Fairs
Chicago Patent Law Job Fair
Southeastern Minority Job Fair
Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair
Texas in Washington Job Fair
Actions
Update resume with summer employment/activities and upload to Symplicity
Obtain transcript, create a Word file, and upload to Symplicity
Review/revise writing sample (10 pages or less)
Research interviewing employers
Bid for on-campus interview (OCI) employers (late July)
Provide an updated resume, current telephone number, address, and summer plans to your career counselor
Update your Symplicity profile in preparation for summer job fairs and OCI
Actions
Update resume with summer employment/activities and upload to Symplicity
Obtain transcript and upload to Symplicity
Provide an updated resume, current telephone number, address, and summer plans to your career counselor
Update your Symplicity profile in preparation for summer job fairs
Prepare for judicial clerkship applications
Apply for state appellate clerkships (August)
Review/revise writing sample (10 pages or less)