Looking for a job? Read on for résumé tips, advice on how to conduct great informational interviews, and more! You’ll also find some of our favorite job-search podcasts from the Law School Toolbox podcast.
Good luck finding a great job option!
Résumé Tips
- Looking For Work? 7 Tips for a Remarkable Résumé It’s a tough job market, but these résumé tips can help you stand out!
- Are You Setting Yourself Up For a Résumé Red Flag? You know how everyone says follow your passion? Well, what if following your passion results in a giant résumé red flag? What then? Consider the pitfalls of following a side interest that law firms don’t fully appreciate.
- The One Question That Will Improve Any Résumé Convinced it’s complicated to create the perfect résumé? It’s not, if you ask one simple question (repeatedly).
How To Conduct Great Informational Interviews
- Identify Your Target Interviewee The first step to a great informational interview is identifying the right person to talk with. The opening post in our detailed four-part series explains how to decide who to approach for an informational interview.
- How to Request an Informational Interview Once you know who you want to talk to, you have to make the ask. How should you go about it? We have strategies and templates.
- Questions to Ask in an Informational Interview Great, you've set up an informational interview! Now, what should you talk about?
- What Did You Learn? Finally, you want to reflect on the experience. What did you learn? Who should you follow up with?
Perspectives on the Law School Job Hunt
- Wondering How To Get a Job? Here's Advice From a Law School Career Counselor Philip Guzman, a law school career counselor with a wide variety of experiences in the law, shares his insight into getting a job and deciding if law school’s the right choice for you.
- Looking for an Entry-Level Law Job? You Probably Want This Book This book has tons of ideas for law students and recent graduates looking for that first legal job — it’s almost overwhelming how many, in fact!
- Searching For a Legal Job? The Author Of "From Lemons to Lemonade" Shares Some Ideas Richard Hermann, author and lawyer, has some practical advice for finding a legal job in a tough economy.
- Want a Legal Job? Listen to Shauna C. Bryce Shauna C. Bryce, author of How to Get a Legal Job: A Guide for New Attorneys and Law School Students shares some great tips for getting the job you want!
- 5 Ways to Prepare for a Job Fair Are you a 1L seeking summer employment? A law school graduate looking for a long-term career? Check out a job fair! And use these strategies to prepare.
- How to Know When a Job Isn't For You: Tales of Terrible Interviews Alexandra Muskat talks about why it's important to interview potential employers during a job interview as much as they are interviewing you and discusses some personal stories about terrible job interviews.
- Summer 2021 Job Search Tips for Law Students in the New COVID-19 Landscape Christen Morgan talks about how to approach the summer 2021 job search in light of the global pandemic and economic crisis.
- Law Students - Do You Have a Plan for Your Legal Career? Marissa Geannette talks about how to explore various career paths as a law student.
- 7 Things I Learned About the Job Hunting By Planning a Conference You can learn lessons about job hunting in many places. Here are seven things we learned about job hunting while planning a conference!
Podcast: Job Search Basics
- Resume and Cover Letter Basics Are your resume and cover letter ready to send out today? The truth is you should write your resume now to avoid having to rush and create one when an opportunity presents itself. Today we are discussing resume and cover letter basics for law students.
- Job Search Basics for 1L's If you’re a 1L, you’re probably thinking about how (and where) you are going to find a summer job. We know a lot of you may be stressing out about this so we’ve got some useful tips and information about the basics of a 1L job search.
- Job Interview Basics Are you interviewing for a legal job? Whether you are interviewing for your first summer job, or one that will (hopefully) be more permanent, we have tips for many different types of interviews and situations.
- How to Get Great Letters of Recommendation for Anything Today we’re talking about how to get great letters of recommendation, whether you need them to apply to law school, get a job or clerkship, or for some other purpose as a law student.
- Resumes and Cover Letters (with an Ex-BigLaw Recruiter) Concerned about your job applications? Our podcast guest has reviewed thousands of legal resumes in her life and is here to answer some frequently asked questions on the dos and don’ts of resume and cover letter preparation.
- Preparing for the 1L Job Hunt (With Ex-BigLaw Recruiter Sadie Jones) If you're a 1L getting ready for your job hunt, this is the podcast for you! We talk about how to prepare and apply, and what types of jobs will be best for your future.
- How To Get People to Help With Your Job Search We’re talking about how to get people to help you with your job search and how to keep them happy when they do help. We discuss the different people you can reach out to, and how to approach them based on the strength of your relationship.
- Avoid These Resume No-Gos Wondering what to do -- and what not to do -- on your resume? Tune in to hear ex-BigLaw recruiter Sadie Jones talk about things to avoid doing on your resume.
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