Getting the Scoop on Jobs and Careers
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Transcript Getting the Scoop on Jobs and Careers
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
Overview
Learn about legal careers
Review the job search process
Law firms
Government agencies
Public interest groups
Attorneys
Information about cities
How Can I Learn About
Legal Careers?
Generally
Practice of Law
Specialties in Law Practice
Periodicals
Websites
Law School Career Services Office
Legal Careers, Generally
The Practice of Law
American Lawyers
Women in Law
Check library catalog
Lawyers – United States
Minority Lawyers – United States
Specialties
The Official Guide to Legal
Specialties (NALP, 2000)
The Public Defender Experience
(1997)
Family Law Careers (ABA, 1998)
Entertainment Law Careers (ABA,
1998)
Periodicals
Washington State Bar News
Bar Bulletin
Trial News
National Law Journal
American Lawyer
ABA Journal
Student Lawyer
Websites
Legal Sites
Law.com
Findlaw.com
Non-legal Sites
Monster.com
Vault.com
Job Search Process
Objection Overruled: Overcoming
Obstacles in the Lawyer Job Search
(ABA, 2000)
The Legal Career Guru’s Guide to
the Perfect Legal Resume
Changing Jobs: A Handbook for
Lawyers for the New Millennium
(ABA, 1999)
Information about Law
Firms
NALP Directory
Firm resumes – Career Planning
Firm websites
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
West’s Legal Directory
Greedy Associates website
Information about
Government Agencies
United States Government Manual
Agency websites
Office of Personnel Management
Website
Fedworld Website
Information about Public
Interest Groups
Public Service Law Network
Worldwide website
Encyclopedia of Associations
Action without Borders website
National Public Defender Association
Information about
Attorneys
Martindale-Hubbell
West’s Legal Directory
Firm websites & news stories
Case databases, if litigators
Westlaw: at(hugh /2 spitzer)
LexisNexis: counsel(karen w/2 boxx)
People-Finding
Information about Other
Cities
City profiles
Best places
Cost of living comparisons
Salary Wizard
Cost of Living Wizard
City websites
Conclusion
On Top of the World