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A judicial clerkship is one of the most substantive jobs you can have at the beginning of a career in law. Learn about this exciting…

Hear from advisers Sara Dana (OCS) and Elizabeth Shirey (OPIA) about tips to succeed in 1L summer job interviews.  In this episode, you’ll learn what to expect in terms of interview format and style, how to prepare for your interviews in advance, and how to plug in with OPIA and OCS resources to help you along the way.

In this video, former OCS Peer Adviser, Haley O’Connor, gives an overview of the EIP Week bidding process and tips for how to approach creating bid list before meeting with an OCS Adviser for a bid list review appointment. She shows some of our most popular employer research tools (Firm Prospects, Market Intelligence, Vault, Chambers, and others) and discusses which sites are better for different questions you might have about the firms.

This short video shows how to update your resume, including giving tips on how to make space for your 1L summer job and ensure your resume is in a format EIP employers expect to see.

Hear Betsy DiPardo discuss the Philadelphia legal market with with Nichole Badger and Neil Subramanya of BCS Search. The opinions expressed in the…

Sara Dana from OCS discusses the state of the legal market in Atlanta with Desha Dardenne, a recruiter from Major, Lindsey & Africa.

BigLaw for a few years and then in-house? Here we unpack what moving in house actually means, when you can make such a move, and how early career choices shape your options.

OCS adviser Yih-hsien Shen discusses issues that international students can face during EIP.

Hear Dena Sacco discuss the Northern California legal market with Summer Eberhard, a recruiter from Major, Lindsey & Africa.

Dena Sacco from OCS discusses the Chicago legal market with Katy Lewis from Catamount Search Partners.

Learn how to gain the competitive edge for EIP by networking. Hear five things you can be doing right now to get your networking started and put yourself in a better position during EIP.

Betsy Dipardo from OCS discusses the state of the legal market in Boston with Jacon McCann, a recruiter with Gridline .

Hear Sara Dana of OCS discuss the Miami legal market with Abbe Bunt from Bunt Legal Search.

Hear Sara Dana of OCS discuss the Washington, DC legal market with Dan Binstock, a recruiter from Garrison & Sisson, Inc.

In this video, OCS Peer Adviser, Nick Rosshirt, will walk you through how to find alumni for networking purposes. She shows some great resources for searching alumni and discusses various ways to identify alumni of interest and how to contact them.

While looking for an international job during EIP is in many ways the same as looking for a domestic summer job, there are also some different issues and questions that may arise. Listen to this podcast for a brief introduction to the international summer job search. You will learn the broad and specific questions you must consider to be as prepared as possible for your unique and exciting job search.

Hear Marjorie Lichtenberger of OCS discuss the state of the legal market for U.S. law students and grads in London with April Stockfleet, a recruiter based in Europe. 

Yih-hsien Shen from OCS discusses the state of the legal market in Asia with Evan Jowers and Alejandro Vargas recruiters from Jowers | Vargas.