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November 21, 2006
Making the Most of Your Winter Break
When thinking of Winter Break the first thing that comes to mind right now is probably finding time to sleep. However, once you have caught up on your sleep, there are several things you can do over break to enhance your job search. Your goal should be to get to know the legal landscape and make connections in your target market.
First, find alumni to give you advice and help. (Ask the CSO for alumni lists and/or run a search at www.martindale.com.) Contact alumni by email, phone or letter to set up informational interviews. During these interviews you can ask about their practice area or geographic location. You should even consider asking alums if you can shadow them for a day or two to get an better idea of what their practice entails.
Next, consider attending a local bar association event. This time of year there will be holiday events and lots of CLE’s that you could attend. What better way to find yourself in a room full of lawyers to network with! Students can often attend bar association events for little or no charge.
Also, be sure to tell everyone you know you are looking for a job. Even if you don’t know members of the legal community directly, other people will. For example, your hairdresser and local barrista have lots of other clients besides you and some of them are bound to be lawyers.
Finally, consider making an appointment with a CSO counselor over break. We are in the office and available for in-person or phone appointments.
Posted by asa13 at November 21, 2006 09:13 AM