Next Two Weeks in LCS-5/25/2012

Happy early Memorial Day! We hope you have a wonderful summer kick-off weekend. Our office is open throughout the summer for visits, adivisng appointments, and other services. Please note that due to the Memorial Day Holiday, our office will not be open on Monday, May 28th.

Externships Still Available: Please Click Here for more information on summer externships available; however, students only have until June 5th to get registered for summer opportunities through the Field Placement Program, so it is starting to get down to the wire to gain credit and utilize these opportunities for great hands-on legal experience.

Class Year/Graduation Date Updates: As the semester comes to a close, many of you may be changing programs and/or your graduation dates. Please check your Symplicity profile to ensure your graduation date is correct and if not, please email your career advisor immediately. We do not receive any updates from Campus Connect. Please email any changes as soon as possible as we send out job opportunities and OCI information specific to class years.

 

Registration Due May 31st for Cook County Bar Association's Minority Job Fair: The Cook County Bar Association ("CCBA") is pleased to invite rising 2L and 3L students to participate in the 29th Annual CCBA Minority Law Student Job Fair in early August. Please Click Here for More Information.

REMINDER: Looking Out of Area?: Did you know that we can help you with your job search beyond the great state of Illinois? Check out Career Advisors without Borders 

 

LCS Hours: As the academic semester comes to a close, LCS has begun to implement its summer hours. Ten Minute Advising will not longer be scheduled until the Fall and our office will be open Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-5:00pm an Friday from 9:00am-3:00pm.

Registration DUE May 31st for Cook County Bar Association's Minority Job Fair

The Cook County Bar Association (“CCBA”) is pleased to invite students to participate in the 29th Annual CCBA Minority Law Student Job Fair (“Job Fair”).  In an effort to keep the student-to-employer ratio as low as possible, the CCBA is only inviting J.D. students in the classes of 2014 (Rising 2Ls) and 2013 (Rising 3Ls). Please note that students graduating during or before January 2012 (current 3Ls) are not eligible.

The Job Fair typically attracts more than 800 students from eligible U.S. law schools.  Each year law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies register for the Job Fair.  These employers are located primarily in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin.    In addition, we attract several employers from California, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and North Carolina.  For more information, please see visit our informational website at www.ccbaminorityjobfair.org.

The CCBA Job Fair primarily is designed to obtain summer associate positions for rising 2Ls during their second summer in law school.  A limited number of employers also wish to interview rising 3Ls for entry level associate positions.  Rising 3Ls, please be aware that Job Fair interview slots for rising 2Ls (current 1Ls) typically outnumber those for rising 3Ls (current 2Ls) by a 3:1 ratio.

Upcoming CBA Meetings for the Week of May 28, 2012

May 28

CBA closed

May 29

Elder Law Committee (IL MCLE Credit)
Thomas Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law, Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment Statute in Illinois.

Etiquette Tip of the Week: Cocktail (or Mocktail) Refresher

If you have a cocktail (or mocktail), here are a few reminders: 

Do not try and sip through that tiny little straw -- that is a stir stick.  Use it to stir your drink, then discard it (preferably to a waste receptacle and not between the cushions of a chair or couch).

Summer Externships still Available!

There are still summer externships available; however, students only have until June 5^th to get registered for summer opportunities through the Field Placement Program, so it is starting to get down to the wire to gain credit and utilize these opportunities for great hands-on legal experience.
The Field Placement Facebook page is good for seeing which ones have recently contacted the Field Placement Program about having summer (or fall) availability.
For Any Questions: Please visit the Field Placement Program's Website or contact Natalie Taylor, Field Placement Program Coordinator, in the Field Placement Program Office - Room 312 Lewis Center. Natalie can also be reached at ntaylor4@depaul.edu or 312.362.8312

Making Symplicity Work for You: Job Search Agents

A great way for alumni and students to utilize Symplicity’s Job Posting section is to make use of the Job Search Agent feature. Job Search Agents are specialized listings of job postings within the Symplicity system that YOU create the criteria for. Instead of having to constantly check the system for new jobs, or create new searches each time you log-in, Symplicity does the work for you once the Search Agent is set up! Directions Below:

1)    Log into Symplicity (law.depaul.edu/jobs)

2)    Under the Job Posting Tab, Click on Advanced Search.

3)    Title your search and check the “save as” box

4)    Tailor your search by selecting specific criteria such as geographic area, class level, and practice area.

5)    Click the Submit button after filling out the search criteria. It is recommended that you set up multiple Search Agents if you have multiple geographic or practice areas of interest.

6)    Your Search Agent will now appear under the Search Agent Sub-Tab under the Job Postings Tab.

7)    You can schedule your search agent to send results to your email on a weekly, monthly, even daily basis using the Schedule Run feature.

 Questions? Contact Law Career Services at Law_Career@depaul.edu or (312) 362-8385. You can also stop by our 340 O’Malley office to have a staff member assist you in setting up an agent.

Upcoming 2L Government Honors and Internship Deadlines

Please note there are no upcoming deadlines for 1L or 3L positions in the Government Honors and Internship deadline until July. The following government programs have 2L deadlines coming up in the next few weeks.  Details of these programs are provided in the 2011-12 Government Honors & Internship Handbook, located at https://www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm. 

Fall

•                     Department of Education – Office of General Counsel, Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline Rolling Basis, but by June)

•                     Executive Office of the President – Council on Environmental Quality, Legal Clerkship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 06/01/12)

•                     National Labor Relations Board – Division of Enforcement Litigation, Contempt Litigation & Compliance Branch, Student Internship Program (Unpaid, Rolling Basis but no later than June)

•                     Office of the District Attorney Denver, CO – Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 1 semester in Advance of State Date Recommended 06/07/12)

•                     San Francisco Office of the City Attorney – 2012 Intern Program (Unpaid, Deadline 06/08/12)

 Programs with “Rolling Deadlines” review applications and fill positions on an ongoing basis, so apply early for these programs.

 

The Killer Resume: How to Get Hired by the Machines

If you are still writing your resume for the humans, you’re doing it wrong.

 

It’s fine if you prep a human-friendly version to hand out in the interview but in this day and age, you need to have one that catches the eye of the machines — before they let you through the gate to speak to the humans.

Upcoming CBA Special Events

YLS Business Developments Series: Surviving and Thriving in a Recession - May 22
Get practical and common sense ways to help your firm succeed during the toughest of times. On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at the CBA, Steven Fretzin of Sales Results will teach you how to drive new business development, where to cut costs, and how to get the