Job Search Resources
All job postings through the Career Services and Professional Development Office can
be found by logging into your UW POKES Account.
In addition, a comprehensive listing of various online legal job posting boards can
be found here: https://www.hb.org/legal-job-sites/
Find a comprehensive list of resources to search through both by region and by interest
area below. You can also find various handouts, guides, and tips on our Professional
Development Page. This includes sample email language, how to prepare for an interview,
and more!
General Information & Directory Listings
Prepare for your internship, externship, or post-graduate career with help from these
prescreened websites that offer job postings and attorney directories.
- ABA Career Center This site includes centralized access to ABA career information and tips on finding
jobs and enhancing careers.
- America CareerLink.com Search legal positions nationwide.
- American Health Law Association 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 This site contains information and tools for employee benefits professionals and
lists employee benefits jobs.
- Boulder County Bar Association Newsletter 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 Click on the "Employment" link to find recent job postings for recent graduates and
attorneys.
- Denver Bar Association Click on "DILP Job Announcements" to find recent job postings for recent graduates
and attorneys.
- Equal Justice Works 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 This site compiles information and resources for the legal industry, search for jobs,
specific employers, salary statistics and more.
- Glassdoor On this website, you can search by job or company and find openings anywhere in the
world. They also have a lot of information on salaries and interview feedback from
people who previously interviewed for the position you may be looking at.
- HG.org 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.
- 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.
- Legal Incubator Programs These programs are sponsored by law schools in an effort to provide practical, real
world experience and training for an additional year before launching your career
on the traditional law market.
- Martindale 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.
- Lexis Career Searching Lexis has created a consolidated site for searching for firms, UW alumni, and other
employment information. You must log on and select "Wyoming Career Resources" as a
course from the course catalog and enroll.
- NALP Directory of Legal Employers
- National Center for State Courts This site provides links to State Court websites, as well as limited employment information
and links to federal and international courts.
- Resume Baking This site specializes in building your own resume and you can see samples as well.
- Vault 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.
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Federal
- Feds Hire Vets The one-stop resource for Federal veteran employment information. This site includes
information on veterans' preference and unique veteran appoint authorities designed
to help veterans find a job.
- OSCAR The Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (OSCAR) is an online resource
for searching available federal clerkship opportunities.
- Pathways Search internship and recent graduate opportunities through the Pathways Programs.
- US Attorney's Office: District of Wyoming Employment information for entry-level and experienced attorney as well as information
on the Summer Law Intern Program.
- US Department of Justice Valuable information regarding the DOJ Pathways Programs for students and recent
graduates, the Attorney General's Honors Program for graduating students and Summer
Law Intern Program, and the Workforce Recruitment Program for students and graduates
with disabilities.
- US Office of Personnel Management Additional information about the Internship Program, Recent Graduates Program, and
Presidential Management Fellows Program.
- US Department of State General information and requirements for becoming a Foreign Service Officer.
- US Department of Justice Volunteer Legal Intern Volunteer Summer Legal Intern positions with the Dept of Justice provide excellent
opportunities for 1L students.
- USAJOBS Official job site of the United States Federal Government.
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State
General
Colorado
- Office of Attorney General The Colorado Department of Law offers attorney, fellow, or intern positions in the
Office of the Attorney General.
- Office of Legislative Services Employment opportunities as a staff attorney or legislative editor as well as information
on the internship program.
- Judicial Branch Search internship, volunteer, post-graduate career and judge opportunities.
- Public Defender Statewide agency employing attorneys, appellate attorneys, certified legal interns,
appellate interns, volunteer interns, and investigators.
Utah
- Attorney General Employment opportunities with the Utah Office of Attorney General.
- State Courts Employment, clerkship, and judicial opportunities with the Utah State Courts.
Wyoming
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Special Interest
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International Law Resources
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Natural Resources and Environment Law
- ECOJOBS Environmental career opportunities job bank.
- Conservation Legacy Conservation Legacy is a purposeful and strategic organization that operates a national
cadre of corps and service programs.
- Department of Interior, Office of the Solicitor 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.
- UW School of Natural Resources Careers This site is affiliated with College of Natural Resources and frequently posts positions
related to the energy industry.
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Public Interest
- Equal Justice Works (formerly NAPIL) 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.
- PSJD -- a NALP initiative Information on fellowships. Not a member school but can use their resources for fellowships.
- Public Service Jobs Search for fellowships, summer jobs, and temporary and permanent positions.
- Hill Zoo Search employment and internship opportunities, housing, and general information
about Capitol Hill.
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Fellowships
- Echoing Green Echoing Green provides seed money for applicants who have ideas for developing public
service organizations that impact social and environmental initiatives. This is not
strictly a law fellowship, but applicants who are interested in creating social and
environmental change should consider one of these fellowships.
- Equal Justice Works The Equal Justice Initiative Legal Fellowship is a project-based fellowship that is
funded for two years. EJW is a human rights organization that provides legal services
to underserved and / or vulnerable populations.
- Environmental Law Institute (ELI) The Public Interest Environmental Law Fellow works with ELI domestic and international
professionals to advance environmental protection.
- Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation 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.
- Graduate Women International Offers a limited number of international fellowships and grants to women graduates
for postgraduate research, study and training.
- Immigrant Justice Corps The organization offers two-year fellowships to applicants interested in expanding
access to immigration legal services. Their overall mission is to increase the number
of immigration lawyers to meet the high level of demand.
- Independence Foundation This organization funds new lawyers who are passionate about public service. Fellows
work with a sponsoring legal service organization and the foundation requires that
the focus of all fellowship work be on direct representation of disadvantaged clients.
- Juvenile Law Center The Zubrow Fellowship supports initiatives that impact child delinquency issues through
training, legislative efforts, and policy work.
- Oceana There are numerous RAY fellowships funded by the Oceana advocacy group that seeks
to protect the world’s oceans. They use scientific research to help shape policies
regarding the world’s largest bodies of water.
- Prison Law Office The Prison Law office Legal Fellowship offers recent law school graduates a chance
to work within the prison system to advocate for incarcerated individuals. The Prison
Law Office provides free legal services to adult and juvenile offenders to improve
the conditions of confinements.
- PSJD Fellowships Information and application for post-graduate fellowships.
- Skadden Foundation The Skadden Foundation offers project-based fellowships to provide legal services
to underserved and / or vulnerable populations. Projects can also include economic
and community development.
- Soros Advocacy Fellowship The Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship supports crime prevention initiatives. They
fund many organizations that advance reforms in the U.S. criminal justice system.
- Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program This fellowship offers work experience where fellows work on women’s legal issues
with a public interest organization, a governmental agency or as a clinical teaching
fellow at Georgetown Law.
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JD Advantage
General Job Boards
• www.indeed.com
• www.careerbuilder.com
General Compliance Job Boards
• Compliance Crossing
• National Society of Compliance Professionals
Corporate, Financial, Banking Compliance Job Boards
• Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
• Efinancialcareers
Healthcare Compliance Job Boards
• Health Care Compliance Association
• The American College of Healthcare Executives
• Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (sisma)
• United States Department of Health and Human Services
Higher Education Employment
• University of Wyoming
• Northwest Community College
• Laramie County Community College
• University of Colorado
Human Resources Job Boards
• The Society for Human Resource Management
• Human Resources Jobs.com
• HR Crossing
• HR.com
Privacy
• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAAP): Contains valuable resources for privacy professionals, and is not a job bank.
To search for jobs, search on Indeed or Career Builder.
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