Tag: OCS Program

How are you going to maximize your law firm experience during this unprecedented time? How do you ensure that your career stays on track? Join the OCS team for practical advice on managing your career during your first months and years of practice.

oin Assistant Dean for Career Services Mark Weber and LLM advisor Marjorie Lichtenberger for a Zoom webinar to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the timing of bar exams and employment start dates, and other private sector career-related issues. Given the fluid situation, we don’t have all the answers, but hope to share information with […]

Want to ensure you make the best possible impression while getting the most out of your experience this summer? Join us for a panel of law firm associates and hiring partners.

Come hear from an HLS clerkship advisor and a panel of 3Ls about how to successfully prepare for and navigate potential clerkship interviews. Some discussion will focus on the hiring plan date this summer for current 2Ls, but 3Ls will find the basic principles also relevant. To order a bag lunch, please RSVP here by […]

Please join Mark Weber, Assistant Dean for Career Services, and the OCS Advising Staff for a Zoom webinar to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on your summer program and other private sector career-related issues. Given the fluid situation, we don’t have all the answers, but hope to share information to help you adapt to the challenges we all are facing.

Please join Mark Weber, Assistant Dean for Career Services, and the OCS Advising Staff for a Zoom webinar to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on summer 2020 employment, recruiting for summer 2021, and other private sector career-related issues. Given the fluid situation, we don’t have all the answers, but hope to share information to help you adapt to the challenges we all are facing.

You are about to finish 3 years of law school. Join OCS as we discuss the next 3 years of your career including maximizing your first job, lateral moves, headhunters, money matters, finding mentors, and exploring your options. Dinner provided.

Learn about Art Law practice with Alumna-in-Residence Erika Todd, ’13, an Associate in the Art and Museum Law Group at Sullivan & Worcester in Boston. Ms. Todd has particular experience representing individuals in cases that arise from events of the Holocaust and World War II. RSVP required.

Meet Nathaniel (“Tanner”) Amdur-Clark ’14, who represents Native American tribes across the country as an Associate at Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry. RSVP required.

First generation and low income students face some unique challenges at EIP. At this 30-minute session of OCS’s How to EIP Week, come learn what to expect and how to turn any challenges you anticipate into an EIP success story. Lunch will be provided.

Learn how to navigate EIP as a student with a public interest background or longer-term focus.

Come learn how to turn any challenges you face as a international student into an EIP success story.

Learn how to navigate EIP in particularly challenging markets (i.e. Washington DC and California)

This summer some early interviewing will be allowed through the new EIP Preview. At this session of OCS’s How to EIP Week, we will discuss strategies and give concrete advice on how best to utilize this new program. Lunch will be provided.

Michael Fridkin (HLS ’85), from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, will describe its Staff Attorney program in advance of overseeing the hiring process for 2021 clerkships. Come hear about the unique advantages of working with multiple judges, and express through your presence interest that could help you if you […]

Want to use your law degree in a policy setting? Learn about handling public policy initiatives in-house from Stephen Ball, ‘10, who has been in Government Relations and Public Policy at Wells Fargo. Airbnb, and CSAA Insurance Group. RSVP Required

The Judicial Clerkship Orientation introduced what 1Ls need to know for now about applying for 2022 clerkships in the future. If you have any remaining questions, bring them and your lunch to this interactive, purely Q&A session with HLS clerkship advisors.

Showing employers that you understand the business of law can mean the difference between a successful interview season and a mediocre one. Join Julie Jones, Chair of Ropes and Gray, and Mark Weber, Assistant Dean of Career Services, for a candid conversation about how law firms really work. Lunch will be provided by Shake Shack, compliments of Ropes & Gray.