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Initial Considerations Initially, make sure each office makes sense for you in light of your professional goals. Let’s use Cleary Gottlieb’s New York and DC…

Selective firms, generally, require higher grade profiles or, in lieu of higher grade profiles, something that makes a student stand out (i.e., strong professional experience,…

Add/Drop Strategy Before dropping or adding interviews, review the balance of employers on your EIP interview schedule and take stock of your overall candidacy as you…

Polish Your Online Presence  Throughout your law school and professional careers, you should be mindful of how you present yourself online. Good judgment is critical…

Most prospective employers will ask you to provide a piece of legal writing at some point in the recruitment process. A writing sample should demonstrate…

When choosing your writing sample, keep in mind the following key suggestions: Getting Your Writing Sample The development of a writing sample should be deliberate,…

How to Get your Transcript Providing Transcripts to Employers Employers usually want an unofficial copy of your Harvard Law School transcript for applications and during…

Sample Resumes Legal resumes have a few basic formats that include the same information. We suggest using one of the formats in the sample resumes…

Your resume is one of the most important documents you will draft during your time at Harvard. It is the first and only impression a…

Resume Length Education Bar Admission Publications and Speaking Engagements Personal Content Sample Resumes Below are various sample resumes.  There is no one-size fits all resume,…

About References What? Who/How Many? How? Alumni Concerns While Working Reference Sheet Information and Formatting  Your reference sheet should include: Staying in Touch/Following Up Before…

Your references should not appear on your resume, but instead, be listed on a separate sheet of paper and provided when requested by an employer.

Note: If you are applying to public sector jobs, submit your materials to OPIA for review. Take care before you submit as OPIA’s requirements for…

Cover Letter Basics Necessity Cover letters are necessary for most 1L job applications and are generally required for many job postings – you should expect…

As a general rule, whenever you send a resume to an employer it should be accompanied by a cover letter. The main purposes of a…

Cover Letter Structure The simple part of cover letters is the structure which can be summarized with a few short guidelines: First paragraph: Who you are…

Judges generally require a writing sample as part of the initial application. They are particularly sensitive to demonstrated research, writing, and analytical skills; bluebooking, typographical,…

If, after you have submitted clerkship applications, you have a new round of grades or other new information potentially of interest to judges who have…

Judges always require your law school transcript as part of clerkship applications, and some judges want your undergraduate and other graduate school transcripts as well. (For federal judges, refer to OSCAR…

While some clerkship applicants are lucky to have immediate success, most need to be persistent about their searches over time to get payoff. We emphasize…

You are almost there!  A few final tips . . .  Have Someone Else Proofread Enlist help in advance for careful proofreading. An example of…