CAREER SERVICES JOB SEARCHING

Contents

• General Legal Information & Employment Sites
• Federal
• State
• Practice Area Resources
• Academic
• Special Interest
• Lawyer & Law Firm Directories
• International Law Resources
• Legal Associations & Bar Information
• Natural Resources & Environment
• Funding Opportunities
• Public Interest
• Fellowships/Public Interest Funding

GENERAL LEGAL INFORMATION & EMPLOYMENT SITES

Sites for online job-hunting in the legal profession include the following list below.

• NALP Directory of Legal Employers http://www.nalpdirectory.com/ Lexis Career Searching (lexis webcourse) Lexis has created a consolidated site for searching for firms, UW alumni, and other fantastic information. Go to the link below for the webcourse. You have to log on and select "Wyoming career Resources" as a course from the course catalog and enroll.
• American Bar Association (http://www.abanet.org/)
• ABA Career Counsel (http://www.abanet.org/careercounsel) This site includes centralized access to ABA career information and tips on finding jobs and enhancing careers.
• American Lawyer Media Attorney (http://www.americanlawyermedia.com) American Lawyer Media owns and publishes 24 national and regional legal magazines and newspapers. This site provides links to these publications.
• American Health Lawyers Association (http://www.healthlawyers.org) This site includes information and updates for those interested in health law. The site also includes a searchable national job bank of health law positions.
• BenefitsLink (http://www.benefitslink.com) This site contains information and tools for employee benefits professionals and lists employee benefits jobs.
• Boulder County Bar Association Newsletter (http://www.boulder-bar.org/newsletter/index.html) Click on the most current issue and go to the last page, "Classified Ads," to find recent job postings for attorneys in Boulder, Colorado.
• Colorado Bar Association (http://www.cobar.org/) Click on the "Employment" link to find recent job postings for recent graduates and attorneys.
• Computer Legal Resources Site (http://www.complaw.com/) Computer Law Resource is a source of information concerning intellectual property law, Internet & computer law, and general legal issues. Includes job postings.
• Denver Bar Association (http://www.denbar.org/) Click on "DILP Job Announcements" to find recent job postings for recent graduates and attorneys.
• Emplawyernet (http://www.emplawyernet.com/) Offers a database of jobs for lawyers and law students. When you join, (free of charge) customized job information is automatically delivered to you via private e-mail and hundreds of employers will have access to your profile. You'll also get EmplawyerNet's Career Library, networking tools, and job hunting links.
• Equal Justice Works (www.equaljusticeworks.org). This is the homepage for Equal Justice Works (formerly NAPIL). This site provides a great deal of information on public interest careers, upcoming events (including Equal Justice Work's annual job fair in October), jobs and opportunities and Equal Justice Work's fellowship program.
• FindLaw Career Center (http://www.infirmation.com) This site compiles information and resources for the legal industry, search for jobs, specific employers, salary statistics and more.
• Heiros Gamos (http://www.hg.org/employment.html) This site is a complete Law Research Center. It includes career related information, including job-searching strategies, along with updates in the legal profession. The site has links to bar associations, law firms, corporations and many other sites of interest.
• Homecourt Advantage (http://www.homecourt.org/) Website highlighting Philadelphia legal community and practice opportunities.
• Judicial Clerkship Information through Federal Law Clerk Information System (https:/lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/) This site allows prospective applicants to search a national database of federal clerkship vacancies.
• Juris (http://www.Firm-Finder.com/) This is the website of Juris Resources which is an Attorney Recruiting and Consulting firm. The site allows you to post your resume, lists positions geographically and provides information on interviewing and more.
• JURIST (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/) Pitt School of Law Professor Bernard Hibbitts' renowned web site.
• Just Advocates (http://www.justadvocates.com) This site is a comprehensive informational service dedicated to private-sector law firms representing plaintiff and public interest clients.
• LawInfo Employment Center (http://jobs.lawinfo.com/) This site allows you to post your resume and review legal job listings.
• LAWMALL (http://www.lawmall.com/lm_bbs.html) This is a bulletin board for Legal Industry networking.
• Lawyers.com (http://www.lawyers.com/) Visitors can search a database of lawyers and law firms and review a wealth of information to help them better understand the law, the legal process and their rights. They can research legal issues, find details on lawyers, or compare the credentials of a list of attorneys.
• Law Periscope (http://www.lawperiscope.com) LawPeriscope profiles the 300 largest U.S. law firms.
• http://legalemploy.com/ The Legal Employment Search Site.
• Lexis-Nexis Career Center (http://lawschool.lexis.com/career/) Lexis-Nexis site for job searching. Includes Martindale-Hubbell, NALP, Lexis-Nexis Career Library and Job Searching strategies and resources. Lexis-Nexis Jobs Page (http://www.lexis-nexis.com/employment/) Lists employment opportunities with LEXIS-NEXIS.
• Martindale Hubbell (http://www.martindale.com/) Allows you to find a lawyer by name and to search by location/area of practice, by firm, or for lawyers in corporations, agencies of the US government, or law school faculty. The network includes over a million lawyers and law firms in 160 countries.
• Martindale Hubbell Legal Careers (http://careers.martindale.com) Includes job hunting resources for lawyers and legal professionals.
• National Association for Law Placement (http://www.nalp.org) The organization dedicated to legal hiring, recruitment and statistical collection issues. A good resource on Career Services generally.
• National Center for State Courts (http://www.ncsconline.org/) This site provides links to State Court websites, as well as limited employment information and links to federal and international courts.
• Palidan Internet Resources for Attorneys (http://www.palidan.com/) This site contains over 500 links to free legal employment sites. Includes a directory of legal recruiters, a directory of legal newspapers and bar associations that list job openings, a directory of government positions, and more. Allows you to search by state.
• SummerClerk.com (http://www.summerclerk.com)
• Wall Street Reporter - Inside Law (http://www.wallstreetreporter.com/v2/html/insidelaw/index.asp) The Inside Law section of this site includes information on substantive areas of the law along with in-depth discussions about practicing at some of the top law firms in the country.
• West Group's Career (http://lawschool.westlaw.com/) This is the site for West Group's Career information. Includes job searching, career advice and information on employers. West Group's Home Page (http://www.westgroup.com/) This is West Group's homepage. It includes a link to jobs available nationwide at West Group.
• Vault (http://www.vault.com) This site has a great deal of information about jobs in all industries and includes a special section on the Legal Industry. You can search for specific information about employers, view Law School message boards that give you inside information about employers, search for jobs and much more. You can also subscribe free of charge to get weekly email updates on the legal industry and job searching.

FEDERAL

• FedWorld www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html
• US Department of Justice www.usdoj.gov
• US Office of Personnel Management www.usajobs.opm.gov
• US Department of State www.state.gov
  This site contains information about becoming a Foreign Service Officer.
• US Department of Justice www.usdoj.gov/oarm/lawvolunteer.html
  Volunteer Summer Legal Intern Positions with the Dept of Justice. Excellent opportunities for 1st year students.
• USAJOBS www.usajobs.gov
  This is the official job site of the United States Federal Government.
• Studentjobs.gov http://www.studentjobs.gov/

STATE

• State Governments on the Web http://janus.state.me.us/states.htm
  Provides links to many nationwide state government sites.

PRACTICE AREA RESOURCES

• Nationwide List of State & Federal Prosecutor Web sites www.prosecutor.info
• Intellectual Property Law Server http://intelproplaw.com
  General information, comprehensive links, news, articles and jobs in patent, trademark and copyright law.
• Defense Research Institute www.dri.org
  National organization of defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel.
• American Trial Lawyers Association www.atla.org
• American Health Lawyers Association www.healthlawyers.org
• American Corporate Counsel Association www.acca.com
• American Immigration Lawyers Association www.aila.org
• National Center for Adoption Law & Policy www.law.capital.edu/adoption/jobs/
  This website offers a law student the opportunity of an adoption related job experience in several different states.

ACADEMIC

• Association of American Law Schools (AALS) www.aals.org
  Law School faculty positions.
• National Association of College & University Attorneys www.nacua.org
• Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/jobs
  Job listings for faculty, administrative and executive positions at undergraduate and graduate educational institutions (including law schools).

SPECIAL INTEREST

• Disabled Lawyering Alliance www.disabledlawyering.org
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association http://mcca.com

LAWYER & LAW FIRM DIRECTORIES

• Martindale Hubbell Directory www.martindale.com
• LEXIS www.lawyers.com
• West Legal Directory (FindLaw) www.directory.findlaw.com
• NALP Directory of Legal Employers www.nalpdirectory.com

INTERNATIONAL LAW RESOURCES

• International Law Students Association (ILSA) www.ilsa.org
• American Society of International Law www.asil.org
• International Bar Association www.ibanet.org
• Overseas Jobs.com www.internationaljobs.com

LEGAL ASSOCIATIONS & BAR INFORMATION

• NALP Online www.nalp.org
  This website provides extensive career planning information for law students and includes information about hiring trends in the legal employment market. also lists additional resources that may be helpful to career searches.
• American Bar Association www.abanet.org
• State Bar Examination Information (all states) www.barexam.org
• State Bar Examination Information - Wyoming http://www.wyomingbar.org/ (Click on "Admissions")
• State Bar Examination Information - Colorado http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/BLE/ble_home.htm or http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/ (and link to "Bar Law Examiners")

NATURAL RESOURCES LAW

• ECOJOBS www.ecojobs.org
• Department of interior, office of the solicitor http://www.doi.gov/sol/solempl.html
  This employment site describes work in the Department of Interior and jobs available.
  
  Also, visit the job search button on the left of this page to see the Government Honors Attorney and Internship Handbook for more government links.
• U.S. Government Directory site http://www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml
  One database that indexes government agencies, departments, and lots of useful information - the official U.S. Gov. index site
• U.S. Government jobs site http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
• Equal Justice Works (formerly NAPIL) www.equaljusticeworks.org
  Equal Justice Works leads the country in organizing, training and supporting public service-minded law students, and in creating summer and postgraduate public interest jobs.
• Public Service Jobs www.law.umich.edu/JobNet/main.asp
  Search for fellowships, summer jobs, and temporary and permanent positions.
• State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) www.pirg.org
  The state Public Interest Research Groups are an alliance of state-based, citizen-funded organizations that advocate for the public interest. The state PIRGs' mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented activism that protects the environment, encourages a fair marketplace for consumers and fosters responsive, democratic government.
• Website for internships and jobs in washington, D.C. www.hillzoo.com
  This website is for housing, jobs, info about capital hill. Search tips for natural resource/ Environment law
• Mega-search engine that organizes material for you. www.dogpile.com

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• COS Funding Page fundingopps.cos.com
• PSLAWNET www.pslawnet.org
• David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships, National Security Education Program (NSEP) nsep.aed.org
• Golden Key National Honor Society Scholarships gknhs.gsu.edu/GKweb/ScholarshipsandAwards/ScholarshipListing
• International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Fellowships and Grants www.ifuw.org/i_fell.htm
• Short Term Foreign Policy Research Travel Grants for Law Graduates www.irex.org/sitemap.asp

PUBLIC INTEREST

• PSLawNet www.pslawnet.org
  Information on fellowships.  Not a member school but can use their resources for fellowships.
• Equal Justice Works (formerly NAPIL) www.equaljusticeworks.org
  Equal Justice Works leads the country in organizing, training and supporting public service-minded law students, and in creating summer and postgraduate public interest jobs.  We are members.
• Public Interest Clearinghouse www.pic.org
  The primary mission of the Clearinghouse is to provide information, support, and statewide coordination to the legal community in order to enhance the delivery of legal services to the indigent.
• Public Service Jobs www.law.umich.edu/_JobNet/main.asp
  Search for fellowships, summer jobs, and temporary and permanent positions.
• State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) www.pirg.org
  The state Public Interest Research Groups are an alliance of state-based, citizen-funded organizations that advocate for the public interest. The state PIRGs' mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented activism that protects the environment, encourages a fair marketplace for consumers and fosters responsive, democratic government.
• Website for internships and jobs in washington, D.C. www.hillzoo.com
  This website is for housing, jobs, info about capital hill.

FELLOWSHIPS/PUBLIC INTEREST FUNDING

• Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation http://www.fcba.org
  Each year the Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation (www.fcba.org) awards stipends to students (usually $2500). Usually applications are due in MARCH. Visit their site for application and information.
• PSLawNet Fellowships www.pslawnet.org
  Information on fellowships. Not a member school but can use their resources for fellowships.