DePaul Law Career Services: 9/30/12

October 5, 2012

Next Week in LCS-10/05/12

This week's Symplicity statistics: 30 new events and 92 new job postings have been listed on Symplicity. Stop by the office if you'd like help with setting up search agents to complement the job blasts to make sure you don't miss any! Here's a sampling:

17434: Summer Intern for Allstate (DUE SUNDAY at Midnight)
17463: Law Clerk for Large Family Law Firm
17400: Spring 2013 Extern for Homeland Security
17406: Market Regulation/Enforcement Intern for the CME

Attention full-time 1Ls: As a reminder, NALP Guidelines allow us to begin working with you in November. Accordingly, if you have already uploaded your resume, please look for our comments in early November.

Student Loan Debt Options: CCRAA: If you are wondering how you'll pay off your student loans, please join us on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in 241 Lewis to hear from national student debt expert Heather Jarvis. Ms. Jarvis will explain loan payment options and loan forgiveness opportunities. Click Here for More Details

Young Attorney Panel: How to get experience now to land a job later. Join LCS and the SBA on Wednesday, October 10th at Noon in Room 803 for Lunch and a great panel discussion.

Reminder: 3Ls: The dates for the Presidential Management Fellows program application have been set for November 5-19. Information sessions will be held on October 9 and October 16. You are encouraged to make an appointment with Associate Director Alisa Rosales to create a federal style resume for this, amongst other, federal job openings. More details here.

As a reminder, the blog has moved to the College of Law's blog site. Latest Law Career Services Blog posts:

CBA Committee Meetings for the Week of October 8, 2012

October 8
Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee (IL MCLE Credit)
Randy A. Bridgeman, Perkins Coie LLP, nuts and bolts of a confidentiality agreement.

Commercial Litigation Committee (IL MCLE Credit, Webcast)
Brian M. Dougherty, Goldstine Skrodzki Russian Nemec & Hoff Ltd., overview of the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act.

Illinois Foreclosure Fellowships

APPLICATIONS DUE OCTOBER 25, 2012: Are you interested in consumer, public interest, or elder law? Check out the Illinois Foreclosure Fellowships sponsored by Equal Justice Works, which are 3 year fellowships that will commence no later than December 1, 2012. The funds come from the recent $25 billion foreclosure settlement with the nation’s five largest banks. Foreclosure Fellows will be placed with one of four host sites—Chicago Legal Clinic, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, and the University of Illinois College of Law and Community Preservation Clinic. More details here. If you'd like help with your materials for this or any other fellowships, please make an appointment with Associate Director of Public Service Law Alisa Rosales (call the office at 312-362-8385, option 1).

Education Fellowships: Education Pioneers & Broad

Two new education-related fellowships have popped up recently: the Education Pioneers and Broad Residency.

The Education Pioneers posted their position to PSJD for both of their programs: a summer internship and a yearlong fellowship. The description begins:

Education Pioneers recruits and develops talented business, law, policy, and education graduate students with diverse professional backgrounds and helps them launch high-level education leadership careers through the Graduate School Fellowship. There are two placements for the Graduate School Fellowship - the 10-week summer placement and the yearlong placement.

The applications are due December 12, 2012. More information is available at PSJD (you can create your own account and login) and on the Education Pioneers website.

The Broad Residency also provides the opportunity to work in high-level positions with school districts or charter management organizations.

CBA Volunteer Opportunities

Adopt-a-Beach-October 4
Join the YLS Environmental Law Committee, in association with the Alliance for the Great Lakes, and participate in an Adopt-a-Beach clean-up event on October 4, 6:00-7:00 p.m., at Oak Street Beach, 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive. Volunteers will work in groups of three to collect, sort, and classify the items found on the beach using Adopt-a-Beach worksheets. Volunteers will also remove litter and

Upcoming Continuing Legal Education at the CBA

6th Annual Executive Compensation Institute (4.5 IL MCLE Credit, 1 IL PR Credit (subject to approval)
October 2/8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m./$200 Member/$350 Nonmember/$150 Gov't Member/$25 CLEAdvantage Member (Half Day Options Also Available)

PMF Participating Agencies

Are you considering applying for the Presidential Management Fellows program? One of the most common questions is which agencies participate? Please check out this list provided by OPM -- you will see a wide spectrum of agencies with equally diverse missions.

For more information and details, please visit “Become a PMF” regularly for the latest updates. Programming scheduled to learn more about the PMF process includes:

Five resume writing strategies from a career coach's secret toolkit

Ever wonder how career coaches transform ordinary resumes into wow documents. Career coaches and resume writers, depending on their training and background, use a variety of techniques to add “punch” to their clients’ resumes. I am going to share a few commonly-used techniques in this article.

Student Loan Debt Options: CCRAA

If you are wondering how you'll pay off your student loans, please join us on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in 241 Lewis to hear from national student debt expert Heather Jarvis. Ms. Jarvis will explain loan payment options and loan forgiveness opportunities. You will leave with an understanding of the College Cost Reduction & Access Act and tools to help you determine the best course of action.Please forward this post widely -- the entire DePaul University community (students and alumni) are welcome.

Thank you to Dean Greg Mark for sponsoring Ms. Jarvis' presentation, and the Center for Public Interest Law and Financial Fitness for being great co-sponsors.

Student_Loan_Debt_Oct2012.pdf Download this file

3Ls/LLMs/JLCs: Upcoming Government Program Application Deadlines

The following government programs have 3L deadlines coming up in the next few weeks. Details of these programs are provided in the 2012-13 Government Honors & Internship Handbook (login/password located on the Symplicity Homepage under the Quick Links).

Postgraduate Opportunities
•    New York County District Attorney’s Office – Assistant District Attorney Program (Paid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Office of General Counsel Honor Law Graduate Program (Paid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    California Department of Justice – 2013-15 California Attorney General’s Honors Program & 2013-15 Earl Warren Solicitor General Fellowship (Paid, Deadline 10/03/12)
•    Department of Labor – Office of the Solicitor Honors Program (Paid, Deadline 10/12/12)
•    Army Corps of Engineers – Chief Counsel’s Civilian Honors Program (Paid, Deadline 10/15/12)
•    National Labor Relations Board – Board General Counsel HW & Regional Offices Honors Attorney Program (Paid, Deadline 10/15/12)•

Spring 2013 Opportunities
•    Administrative Conference of the United States – Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Smithsonian Institute – Office of General Counsel Honor Law Graduate Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Department of Transportation – Office of Chief Counsel, Maritime Administration Internship/Externship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    California Franchise Tax Board – Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/15/12)

2Ls: Upcoming Government Program Application Deadlines

The following government programs have 2L deadlines coming up in the next few weeks. Details of these programs are provided in the 2012-13 Government Honors & Internship Handbook (login/password located in the Symplicity Homepage Quick Links). Programs with “Rolling Deadlines” review applications and fill positions on an ongoing basis, so apply early for these programs.

Spring 2013 Opportunities
•    Administrative Conference of the United States – Legal Internships (Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Smithsonian Institution – Office of General Counsel Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Dept. of Transportation – Office of Chief Counsel Maritime Administration – Internship/Externship (Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    California Franchise Tax Board – Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/15/12)
•    Department of Energy – Office of General Counsel, Law Student Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline Rolling Basis by 10/15/12)
•    Executive Office of the President – Office of Science & Technology Policy OSTP Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/15/12)
•    U.S. House of Representatives – Committee on the Judicial Majority Office Intern Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/15/12)
•    Office of the City Attorney San Francisco – 2013 Intern Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/19/12)

Summer 2013 Opportunities
•    Alabama Office of the Attorney General – Summer Law Clerk Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Colorado Public Defender – Summer Legal Internship Program (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Department of Homeland Security – Office of General Counsel Law Intern Program (Paid, Deadline 10/01/12)
•    Rhode Island Office of the Public Defender – Law Student Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline Rolling Basis Beginning 10/01/12)
•    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Office of Legal Counsel Legal Intern Program (Unpaid, Deadline 10/05/12)

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