Getting the Scoop on Jobs and Careers

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Getting the Scoop on Jobs and Careers

• 8th Annual Bridge the Legal Research Gap Program
• July 19, 2003
• Professor Penny A. Hazelton, University of
  Washington School of Law

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Overview

• Learn about legal careers
• Review the job search process
• Law firms
• Government agencies
• Public interest groups
• Attorneys
• Information about cities

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How Can I Learn About Legal Careers?

• Generally
• Practice of Law
• Specialties in Law Practice
• Periodicals
• Websites
• Law School Career Services Office

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Legal Careers, Generally
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The Practice of Law

• American Lawyers
• Women in Law
• Check library catalog
• Lawyers United States
• Minority Lawyers United States

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Specialties

• The Official Guide to Legal Specialties (NALP,
  2000)
• The Public Defender Experience (1997)
• Family Law Careers (ABA, 1998)
• Entertainment Law Careers (ABA, 1998)

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Periodicals

• Washington State Bar News
• Bar Bulletin
• Trial News
• National Law Journal
• American Lawyer
• ABA Journal
• Student Lawyer

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Websites

• Legal Sites
• Law.com
• Findlaw.com
• Non-legal Sites
• Monster.com
• Vault.com

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Job Search Process

• Objection Overruled Overcoming Obstacles in the
  Lawyer Job Search (ABA, 2000)
• The Legal Career Gurus Guide to the Perfect
  Legal Resume
• Changing Jobs A Handbook for Lawyers for the New
  Millennium (ABA, 1999)

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Information about Law Firms

• NALP Directory
• Firm resumes Career Planning
• Firm websites
• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Wests Legal Directory
• Greedy Associates website

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Information about Government Agencies

• United States Government Manual
• Agency websites
• Office of Personnel Management Website
• Fedworld Website

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Information about Public Interest Groups

• Public Service Law Network Worldwide website
• Encyclopedia of Associations
• Action without Borders website
• National Public Defender Association

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Information about Attorneys

• Martindale-Hubbell
• Wests Legal Directory
• Firm websites news stories
• Case databases, if litigators
• Westlaw at(hugh /2 spitzer)
• LexisNexis counsel(karen w/2 boxx)
• People-Finding

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Information about Other Cities

• City profiles
• Best places
• Cost of living comparisons
• Salary Wizard
• Cost of Living Wizard
• City websites

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Conclusion

• On Top of the World