1 L Orientation By: Sari Zimmerman Director Office of Career & Professional Development UC Hastings College of the Law
Coming Up! • Resume / cover letter writing workshops • Online training sessions • Upcoming programs: -Creative Career Options w/a JD: 11/5 -How I Found My 1 L Summer Job: 11/2 -Judicial Externship Opportunities: 11/17 -Public Interest & Gov’t Resumes: 11/16 2
Nuts & Bolts Full service office – resume/cover letter reviews, self-assessment, interview preparation, etiquette questions, salary negotiations and much more!! • Work with all students, no matter your interests • Appointments: call 565 -4619 or come by • Drop ins: every day 3: 15 -4: 30 • Hastings. Careers. Online. com & career pages on uchastings. edu 3
Brief Practice Roadmap • • • Litigation / trial Transactional (i. e. deal-based) Firm (plaintiff vs. defendant? ) Non profit Government (local, state, federal) Question assumptions re: practice Different employers: different hiring criteria and practices 4
Timing • Nov. 1: • Dec. 1: • Feb 6: • Feb – April: Full access to counseling, programs, mentoring, etc. Start contacting employers (who looks this early? Large firms / judges outside Northern District / national public interest) Public Interest/Public Sector Day Spring OCI 5
Job Search Pre-reqs • Resume, cover letter, writing sample, references, grade sheet • Self Assessment-question assumptions, do homework • Interviewing: ▸ Elevator speech ▸ Why this employer? 6
What Jobs? Paid jobs? Part-time splits? 60 -70 each year work for judges (ABA JIOP program) • DAs/PDs • Other gov’t: US DOJ, CA AG, City Atty. • In-house • Firms • Public interest Organizations • Research Assistant for a professor 7
Mythbusters: • OCI ▸ most employers don’t hire this way • Grades ▸ different employers value grades differently ▸ start thinking now about what else you want to show employers: ▸ specialized coursework ▸ community service ▸ extracurricular leadership ▸ externships, clinics ▸ Moot Ct. , journal 8
Self assessment What are your anchors? • • • Security / stability Entrepreneurial creativity Prestige Financial rewards Service/dedication to a cause Work / life balance Opportunity to be an expert in a field Pure challenge Autonomy 9
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