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
Bar Exams
- Information for 3Ls
- Overview of Bar Admission (DOS)
- Practising Law Institute (Patent Bar information)
- Review the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ (NCBE) Bar Admissions Guide
- Register for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE)
- Consider requirements specific to the jurisdiction where you expect to practice
- Review graduation requirements
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
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Real World Orientation in the time of Covid-19 | 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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Summer Success
As you look ahead to this summer, you may be wondering how to put your best foot forward with your summer employer. Start by joining OPIA and OCS for a fast-paced, interactive workshop that will offer some tools to help you to succeed in your summer internship. Summer Internships: 5 Skills You Need to Succeed,
March 28, 2024
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Financial Success After Graduation
With graduation around the corner, you will soon be managing your new salary and all that comes with it. SFS has three programs coming up that can help set you up for success: Advanced Financial Planning for Different Legal Careers: A Roadmap to Investing, tomorrow, March 27, Five Habits of Financially Successful Lawyers, this Thursday,
March 26, 2024
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Managing the First Years of Your Career
Want to know how best to maximize the first years of your law firm practice and position yourself for a move within the private sector or to the public sector? Join us for lunch on April 9: Managing the First Years of Your Career. Space is limited and RSVP is required.
March 26, 2024
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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 12 to Saturday, May 18, 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 19, 2024
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Summer Employment Dates
As you finalize your summer plans, remember that EIP Week begins on Tuesday, July 30 and ends on Thursday, August 1. Many 1Ls also participate in the Harvard Law Review writing competition which typically takes place the week after 1L exams end (Sunday, May 12-Saturday, May 18). If your summer employer would like you to
March 5, 2024