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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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
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Declining Offers
The moment you decide a firm is no longer under consideration, promptly decline that offer. By declining offers in a timely manner, you are helping your classmates by freeing up offers, making a positive professional impression on employers, and focusing your energy only on offers you are strongly considering. Simply email the recruiting contact and
January 20, 2026
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Sample Emails for Communicating with Employers
The recruitment process often means needing to communicate with employers, and sometimes those communications can be tricky. Our Sample Emails for 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
January 15, 2026
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Notifying Firms of Competing Offers
If you have received an offer from a direct application, and are hoping to hear back from other firms, you can and should let those other firms know about your offer. You can use the receipt of an offer as a reason to check in with an employer you have not yet heard from or
January 15, 2026