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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Sample Communications With Employers
The recruitment process means ongoing communications with employers, some of which are sensitive or tricky. Our Communicating With Employers page includes sample language to get you started for a variety of situations, including checking in on applications, requesting extensions, requesting additional interview times or a virtual interview, and alerting an employer of another offer.
April 22, 2025
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Managing the First Years of Your Career
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 16: Managing the First Three Years of Your Career. RSVP by Friday, April 11 if you would like lunch.
April 10, 2025
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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 16: Managing the First Three Years of Your Career. RSVP for Managing the First Three Years by Friday, April 11 if you would like lunch.
April 3, 2025
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Start Dates and HLR Write-On Competition
For 1Ls hoping to participate in the Harvard Law Review’s Writing Competition which takes place from Sunday, May 18 to Saturday, May 24, there may be a conflict with your 1L summer job. If the dates of your summer employment overlap with the dates of the writing competition, you may be wondering if it’s ok
March 27, 2025
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Managing Employer Deadlines
As you hear back from employers after interviews, we want to remind you about the timing guidelines for responding to offers. Private sector employers recruiting at HLS agree to comply with our employer recruiting policies regarding these timing guidelines, and it is important that you understand them. If you run into any issues with deadlines
February 27, 2025