The Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair is the largest national public interest legal career fair in the country. More than 165 public interest employers conduct interviews for internships and full-time jobs and meet with students in informal “table talk” discussions of public interest legal opportunities. The Conference takes place on October 27 and [...]
The CSU Alumni Association and the 1964 Society are offering programming this semester to assist students, including law students, with a variety of professional development matters. This week you can learn how to build your personal brand online and how to take advantage of LinkedIn for career success, with a workshop on creating a LinkedIn [...]
Wondering what skills you should build as a student in order to succeed after graduation as a litigator? Join the Office of Career Planning and C|M|LAW alum Dan Myers to discuss! We'll focus on opportunities available to you to develop the skills and qualities for excellence in litigation. Whether you are first-year student, or a [...]
The Irish American Law Society (IALS) of Cleveland is eager to connect with C|M|LAW students for networking! Join the IALS on September 14, 2017 at 5PM for a Fall cocktail party at The Harp. Attendees will include members of the organization and guests. Law students are invited to attend, become acquainted with the organization, and [...]
Developing into a professional begins your first day of law school. Of course, that includes developing the intellectual capacity and the practical skills to think and analyze like a lawyer. It also includes your personal brand. Millennial workplace guru Lindsey Pollak has written: "Every one of us has to be proactive in creating our persona [...]
A friendly reminder that the final bid deadline for the 2017 Fall Recruitment Program is this Thursday, September 7 at 11:59 pm. The employers with deadlines this Thursday (and the class years they are recruiting) are: Session 4: McDonald Hopkins, LLC (3L/4LE) Reliability First (2L/3LE) Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office (2L/3LE/3L/4LE) Jackson Lewis Session: Jackson Lewis [...]
If you are interested in labor-side employment law, you'll want to check out the 2017 AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Directory, which just arrived in the Office of Career Planning this week. This Directory contains contact information for national and local union legal departments, as well as firms that practice union-side labor law. The Directory is [...]
The first-year student Orientation to law school continues Wednesday, September 6 at 5PM with an Introduction to the Legal Market, presented by the Office of Career Planning. All first-year students are required to join us in the Moot Court Room for an introduction to various career paths. We'll talk data and statistics, and hear from [...]
Wondering how upper level students manage to fit in academic responsibilities with the job search? Looking for tips on managing your time in law school? Stop by the Learning Commons on Tuesday, September 5 at 12PM. The Office of Career Planning and two upper level students will talk, realistically, about time management, and how to [...]
Part of being a Cleveland-Marshall Professional is communicating to the College of Law when you have secured employment, be it part-time, full-time, short-term or long-term. This data is critical to understanding current trends and hiring needs in the local legal economy, and it's helpful to the Office of Career Planning when reaching out to students [...]