The Legal Job Search: Young Attorneys

For new attorneys searching for a legal internship or their first legal job, it is often difficult to know where to begin. FindLaw’s The Legal Job Search: Young Attorneys addresses this issue and the many other questions that can arise when undertaking your first job search like: landing a summer internship, how to overcome mediocre grades, where to start searching, what personnel directors are looking for, getting companies to hire you, and finding non-legal jobs, to list just a few. Read further to find the right strategies to jump-start your legal career.

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How To Excel in Law Firm Interviews

We have seen the same scenario repeat itself over and over again. We send a highly qualified candidate out on an interview, only to later learn that a job offer was never extended.

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How valuable is a LL.M. in a particular field?

How valuable is earning an LL.M. in a particular field (such as international business and trade law, or intellectual property law just to cite two examples) in improving an entry level lawyers marketability? There is no question that an LL.M.

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How to Land a 1L Summer Internship

Where and how do you land a summer 1L intern position?

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How Employers See You

You need to remember that the largest most prestigious and highest-paying law firms (with some exceptions), generally look for graduates from the "Top 15" or "Top 25" law schools.

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The BCG Attorney Search Guide to Class Ranking Distinctions and Law Review Membership

This is an introduction to the The 2004 BCG Attorney Search Guide to Class Ranking Distinctions and Law Review Admission at America's Top 50 Law.

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How to Land a Job as a Recent Law Grad with Little Experience

I am a recent law school graduate who is admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts. Despite my high grades in law school, I do not seem to be able to find a position as an attorney. All firms require one or more years of experience.

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Setting Realistic Career Goals

My fear is that I have incredible advocacy, litigation, speaking, and interpersonal skills that I will never be allowed to use in the legal profession because there are so many doors closed to someone with my grades. Can you give me the straight story on what my options are?

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How Can a Tier-3 Law School Grad Break in to the Big Show?

What is the best way to move from a mid-sized boutique firm into a large national law firm, if I graduated from a tier III school?

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Storytelling in interviews

Storytelling can also be a powerful tool during a self-marketing meeting or when interviewing with prospective employers.

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How can I overcome regional bias against certain law schools?

I am a 2nd year student at Univ. of Maryland School of Law (Top Tier ranking), and I will be relocating to New Jersey after I graduate (family reasons).

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