Advice
- Professionalism Primer
- Dressing for Interviews, Receptions, and Work
- From Student to Associate: Navigating the Transition
- Law Firm Economics
- Understand Your Law Firm’s Business Model
- Understand Performance Evaluations
Resources
- Hotshot Legal uses short videos to teach a range of legal and business topics. The videos provide simple explanations of complex concepts. Topics include Accounting & Finance, M&A Basics, Excel & Data Analysis, and Venture Financing, and new content is continually added.
- Prepare to Practice program by LexisNexis. This tutorial is design to help students master some of the practical skills you need to arrive practice ready on day one.
- Developing the Professional Lawyer – Student Tip Videos. Created by the National Association for Law Placement, these interactive e-learning modules are a simple way to help you focus on some of the core elements of professionalism.
Podcasts and Videos
| TITLE | FORMAT |
|---|---|
| Managing the First Years of Your Career | Video |
| Summer Success in a Remote Setting | Video |
| How a Law Firm is Run and Why it Matters to You Julie Jones, Chair of Ropes and Gray | Video |
| How a Law Firm is Run and Why it Matters to you Kevyn Orr, Partner-in-Charge Washington, Jones Day | Video |
Updates from Hire Ground
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Starting This Fall at a Law Firm?
Learn how to maximize your first years at a law firm and how to position yourself for a move when the time is right! Join us on April 9: Managing the First Years of Your Career. RSVP by Friday, April 5 if you would like lunch.
April 4, 2024
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Summer Success
As you look ahead to your summer job, you may be wondering how to make sure you make a good impression and have a good experience. Join OPIA and OCS for a fast-paced, interactive workshop this Thursday, Summer Internships: 5 Skills You Need to Succeed, that will offer some tools to help you to succeed
April 2, 2024
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Summer Success
As you look ahead to this summer, you may be wondering how to put your best foot forward with your summer employer. Start by joining OPIA and OCS for a fast-paced, interactive workshop that will offer some tools to help you to succeed in your summer internship. Summer Internships: 5 Skills You Need to Succeed,
March 28, 2024
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Financial Success After Graduation
With graduation around the corner, you will soon be managing your new salary and all that comes with it. SFS has three programs coming up that can help set you up for success: Advanced Financial Planning for Different Legal Careers: A Roadmap to Investing, tomorrow, March 27, Five Habits of Financially Successful Lawyers, this Thursday,
March 26, 2024
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Managing the First Years of Your Career
Want to know how best to maximize the first years of your law firm practice and position yourself for a move within the private sector or to the public sector? Join us for lunch on April 9: Managing the First Years of Your Career. Space is limited and RSVP is required.
March 26, 2024