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Career Services Web Resources
Other Sites of Interest
Employment
Offers
International
Law
Legal
Trade Papers
For years,
legal trade papers have been the primary means for listing available
positions in the legal community. With the development of the Internet
these papers and similar resources are now coming on line. This
on line access offers the user the advantages of being able to search
a variety of cities as well as eliminating the need to subscribe
to obtain the position listings.
Counsel
Connect: As noted above this page is full of resources to assist
in the job search process. It also has links to the legal trade
papers in six states (FL, GA, NJ, CT, TX and DC).
http://www.law.com
Lawyer's Weekly:
This is the premier legal trade paper in New England and also
publishes in several other states (OH, NC, MI, VA, RI). The Boston
and Ohio editions of the paper's classified are available on line.
Hopefully, the other states will be available in the future.
http://www.lawyersweeklyusa.com
Fulton County
Daily Report: Atlanta''s major legal daily is a great source
of listings for Georgia and the Southeast.
http://www.dailyreportonline.com
Other Resources
Salary
Information Resources
Salary.com:
Features news articles on salaries in various fields, offers salary
advice, and a salary wizard which calculates the average salaries
based on field and geographic area.
http://www.salary.com
Pay Check City:
Offers several online tools to calculate take home pay, gross
pay, 401(k)s, bonuses etc.
http://www.paycheckcity.com
Salary Expert:
Salary, benefit, cost of living and compensation data.
http://www.salaryexpert.com
The Salary
Calculator: Relocation and cost of living information.
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html
U.S. Office
of Personnel Management Compensation Administration Web Page:
Includes information about Federal Government Pay Schedules and
Leave.
http://www.opm.gov/oca/INDEX.HTM
National Association
of Law Placement (NALP) Associate & New Graduate Salary Summaries:
NALP publishes an annual Associate Salary Survey report detailing
associate salaries by years of experience; salary ranges for associates
through the eighth year; summer associate salaries; salaries for
intellectual property attorneys, staff attorneys and law clerks;
information on judicial clerks and bonuses paid to judicial clerks;
and comparisons of law firm compensation and bonus structures.
NALP also surveys the graduating JD class to learn about the employment
experiences of new law graduates. The data from this survey is
published annually in Jobs & J.D.'s: Employment and Salaries of
New Law Graduates and Starting Salaries: What New Law Graduates
Earn.
http://www.nalp.org/content/index.php?pid=147
Legal
Education Resources
Bar
Exam Information
Bar
Associations
Legal
Writing Competitions
The University
of Richmond Law School: They have an excellent list of competitions,
listed by area of law.
http://law.richmond.edu/essaycontests/AREA.htm
Brooklyn Law
School: They have Legal Writing Competitions Catalogue on
their web site. Writing competitions provide an excellent opportunity
for you to gain recognition for your work and enhance your employment
opportunities. Many of the competitions listed offer cash prizes
and/or publishing opportunities. Notices for new writing competitions
are continually posted.
http://www.brooklaw.edu/writingcompetitions/
Law
School Career Services Offices on the Web
Although
most Career Services Office that have unrestricted access to their
Job Postings do so only for alumni, a number of students have had
success contacting those employers.
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