1L Career Advising
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About the Career Advising Offices
About the Career Advising Offices
The Office of Career Services (OCS) and the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA) are both located on the 4th Floor of Wasserstein Hall. OCS offers career development services for students interested in pursuing private sector opportunities as well as judicial clerkships. OPIA provides career development services to students interested in pursuing public sector opportunities, including government, nonprofits, prosecution and defense organizations, legal services, private public interest law firms and international organizations. OPIA also provides comprehensive fellowship advising.
Key Resources for 1Ls
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Featured 1L Advising Program Videos
Featured 1L Advising Program Videos
| Title | Date | Length | Format | |
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Career Planning: An Introduction to OPIA and OCSAlexa Shabecoff, Office of Public Interest AdvisingMark Weber, Office of Career Services |
09/26/2018
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51:14 | Video | Play |
Resume WorkshopYih-hsien Shen, Office of Career ServicesCatherine Pattanayak, Office of Public Interest Advising |
06/20/2013
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14:40 | Video | Play |
Cover Letter WorkshopYih-hsien Shen, Office of Career ServicesCatherine Pattanayak, Office of Public Interest Advising |
06/20/2013
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06:54 | Video | Play |
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10/02/2018
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Video | Play | ||
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10/29/2018
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45:20 | Video | Play |
OPIA & OCS Programs
OPIA & OCS Programs
Navigating a Return to Work
February 17 @ 4:53 pm
Whether you left law to raise children, care for ill parents, address personal matters, or switch careers, there is a way back in, even if you have been out for 10+ years. This program addresses how to frame your prior experience and your hiatus in order to move toward reentering the legal workforce. Patricia Hennessy is an HLS alumna who coaches individuals on all career related matters including re-entry. Lindsey Boyle is the Hiring Manager of the OnRamp Fellowship which is a national program that provides year-long reentry opportunities to lawyers.