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. See Self-Directed Learning with Hotshot for information about signing up.
- Hotshot’s 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.
- The Professionalism & Communication series will build essential professional skills that will help you succeed in summer positions, clinics, and your career as a lawyer.
- 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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Acing Your Firm Summer
If you are headed to a firm this summer, you may be considering how to put your best foot forward and make a strong impression. Join the Office of Careers Services for a discussion with recruiting and professional development managers from Latham & Watkins, Ropes & Gray, and White & Case to gain insight into
February 26, 2026
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Acing Your Firm Summer
If you are a 1L headed to a firm this summer, you may be considering how to put your best foot forward and make a strong impression. Join the Office of Careers Services for a discussion with recruiting and professional development managers from Latham & Watkins, Ropes & Gray, and White & Case to gain
February 24, 2026
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Reminder: Close the Loop with Employers
If you were fortunate enough to receive multiple offers for 2L summer, take stock of whether you have tied up all loose ends from the process. If a firm you declined asked where you decided to go, send them an email letting them know. Do your references know how recruiting turned out? Make sure to
February 19, 2026
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Declining Offers
Remember, you should not be holding more than 3 offers at any given time. The moment you decide a firm is no longer under consideration, promptly decline that offer. Similarly, once you receive an offer, look at your callback schedule and promptly cancel any interviews with firms you are no longer seriously considering and decline
February 5, 2026
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Extensions on Offers
If an employer gives you an offer with a deadline that feels tight, you may request an extension—but only if you are reasonably sure you truly need one (not within days of receiving the offer because you assume it will be tight). First, ask yourself whether you can make a decision by the stated deadline
February 3, 2026