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February 2007
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Finding oportunities with the
Career Resources Center
There is a common misconception that the
Career Resources Center is a job placement
service. While our goal is to help you explore
various career options, build valuable job search
skills and understand your strengths and
abilities, you are ultimately responsible for your
own career planning in the process. We will
guide you through the process, lead you to the
right sources, provide you with the best search
tools for finding the right job, and give you
access to many job opportunities that are
available to you. To help you through the
process, the CRC provides the following
services: Programs: We provide workshops on
resume & cover letter writing; interviewing
skills; mock interviews; and judicial clerkships;
Counseling: We provide you with a job search
timetable; assist you with job search strategies,
job search goals and overall career planning;
review resumes and cover letters; and provide
handouts on effective resume & cover letter
writing, interviewing skills, and networking; Job
Opportunities: We provide resource materials
important to your job search and to* the
development of your career plans; guides for
effective job searching on internet; Symplicity
- job postings; OSCAR - for judicial clerkship
opportunities; on campus and off campus job
fairs; information on internship / externship
opportunities; and research materials that are
available for checkout; Other Services: We
provide telephone, fax, copier and scanner use
by students to accommodate employer requests
for your resume, references or transcripts.
Early access to the CRC is important to
prepare you for successful employment upon
graduation. Take advantage of the services we
offer, but keep in mind that your success in
finding a job depends upon your proactive
involvement in the job search process. Make
an appointment with your CRC counselor to
get started on a successful career path. Help us
help you succeed in finding a job.
Job Opportunities for lLs: One of the best ways
for a law student to network into the profession is
by clerking or interning for a legal employer The
practice of hiring clerics and interns is growing as
its benefits to students and employers become
better known. A law cleric or intern is a student
who works for a legal employer on a full- or part-
time basis. The actual number of hours worked
will be determined by the student's status as a full-
or part-time student Salaries for clerks are on an
hourly basis and benefits vary from employer to
employer. It is important to mention that not all
employers have paid positions. Many employers,
particularly federal, state, or local government
agencies, due to decreased funding, have very few
paid positions. In a survey a few years ago sent to
recent graduates, the question was asked to identify
the factors the respondents felt were most
important in helping them secure their permanent
job. Forty-one pefcent of the respondents said
that their position was a direct result of the
experiences and networking made possible
through law clerking during law school.
Below is a small sample of the opportunities
we strongly urge first year law students to
pursue:Judicial Internships: These are full-
time, unpaid positions that last all or part of
the summer. (Law school credit is available if
the school's externship requirements are met.)
Primary duties are to assist judges in the
preparation of opinions and to work with
central staff on assigned projects. Refer to
Judicial .Clerkship. Com at http://
www.judicialclerkships.com/judges for a wealth
of information about clerkships. You can find
Texas state , judges at http://
dm.courts. state.tx.us/OCA/
DirectorySearch.aspx and federal judges at
http://www.uscourts.gov/. Also, frequently
check Symplicity or the intern board located
across from the mailboxes; Research
Assistants; Ask your professor if he or she is
in need of a research assistant. It is a great
opportunity to develop and improve your
research and writing skills, and you get paid!;
First-Year Hiring Index: The First-Year
Hiring Index lists employers throughout the US
who have indicated that they consider hiring
first-year students. Most employers on the list
are larger firms with formal first-year summer
clerkship programs; Law Clerk Listings:
Law clerk listings, as well as other student
positions, are posted on a board located outside
the CRC. New listings are posted on a daily
basis. These postings generally represent the
smaller to mid-sized employers (85-90% of all
jobs). Many times, these positions result in
offers for permanent work upon graduation.
Most of these positions are not limited to
summer positions, rather, they are full or part-
time positions that continue all year round;
Public Interest Employers: Lone Star Legal
Aid, Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, and
Child Advocates; this is a sampling of the public
service/interest organizations in Texas
requesting assistance from law students. Each
company sets the minimum number of hours
to be worked. Most positions are unpaid: Legal
Intern Opportunities with Legal Agencies
and Organizations: Harris County District
Attorney's Office...Harris County Attorney's
Office...City of Houston... Immigration and
Naturalization Service.. .Department of Justice;
this is a sampling of the organizations in Texas
requesting assistance from law students. Most
positions are unpaid; Summer Study Abroad:
Check the portable boards on the first floor for
descriptions of summer study abroad programs.
A complete listing of these programs, with
application deadlines, etc., is available in the
Student Organizations Office. Not certain that
these programs are for you? Please schedule a
meeting with Assistant Dean Wanda Morrow,
who can provide you with a wealth of
information about the program STCL, in
partnership with other law schools, is
sponsoring programs in England, Czech
Republic, Ireland, Turkey and Malta.
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Frazer, Jason L. South Texas College of Law Annotations (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 4, Ed. 1, February, 2007, newspaper, February 2007; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth144580/m1/3/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Texas College of Law.