Employment Information

 Opportunities for positions in the profession will remain competitive because of the large number of students graduating from law school each year. In addition to getting good grades, in order to compete in today’s marketplace, a law student should try to amass as much practical experience as possible through legal clinics, internships, externships, and judicial clerkships, and working part-time both in the public and the private sector. Lawyers may also find their first graduate employment opportunity in a non-traditional area where their legal training is a very valuable asset. The following website gives a good overview of the employment picture. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos053.htm#nature

Jobs Search Information

• www.lawcrossing.com Joining LawCrossing gets you unlimited access to an exclusive legal job resource, which includes clerkships, paralegal, summer associate, entry level, attorney and general counsel positions.
• http://www.vault.com Expert critiques of law school personal statements, help picking a law school, links to law school student and alumni surveys, different types of programs, LSAT Advice, career test, job board, and more.
• http://www.federaljobsearch.com/New_York.asp Free service allows registered users to search hundreds of federal government jobs from across the country. Pay service provides resume-writing services, allows access to a federal job guidebook and sends regular e-mail notices about new job opportunities.
• http://careers.findlaw.com/ FindLaw for legal professionals. Allows searches by desired job location and practice area, it also links to other career resources.
• http://www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/Legal_Careers/careers_intro.xml LexisNexis/ Martindale Hubbell. Provides resources for students and practicing attorneys. Resume service and an employer research feature. Some areas of the Web site require a subscription to LexisNexis. (A PASSWORD IS REQUIRED)
• http://www.nationjob.com/legal/ NationJob. Job search by keyword or job category. Links to resume services, resources, and jobs by e-mail, career tests and provides answers to difficult job search questions.
• http://legal.careers.com/ Careers.com offers job searches by keyword, city, and state and job type. Provides quick reference to the ten most recently posted legal jobs.
• http://www.thelccn.com/ The Legal Career Center Network is a shared network of over 90 Legal Career Centers across the nation delivering the largest "legal only" job search and recruiting service to the legal community.
• http://jobs.lawinfo.com/ LawInfo Career Center offers one of the most comprehensive employment sites in the legal community including resources for both job seekers and employers. The LawInfo Career Center only accepts and posts résumés and jobs from the legal community.
• http://www.wetfeet.com/Content/Industries/Law.aspx WetFeet.com contains job postings as well as other resources for job seekers, such as company profiles, salary ranges, overviews of the legal profession and related topics.
• http://careerbuilder.com Careerbuilder.com is one of the nation's largest recruitment resource, with presence in more than 130 local newspapers and more than 26 million unique visitors to its newspaper websites each month.
• http://www.nalp.org/content/index.php?pid=81 National Association for Law Placement. Provides listings of jobs and clerkships, as wells as other resources such as an ethics guideline, a ranking of legal employers and advice on student professionalism. Also links to PSLawNet, NALP's Public Service Law Network.
• http://www.gojobs.com/jobs/legal_jobs/ Go Jobs. Legal Job Search and Legal Job Listings. Legal Jobs listings are updated daily. Career seekers can submit their legal resume on the job board.
• http://www.corplegal.net/?a=1&kw=legal+careers CorpLegal.net. Links to dozens of career-related websites.

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (the New York City Bar) began in 1870. A pre-eminent source of leadership in the profession, it continues to work at political, legal and social reform, and maintaining high ethical standards for the profession. It also implements innovative means by which the disadvantaged may be helped. More than 160 committees, each charged to consider a specific area of law or the profession, accomplishes much of this work. The Association has grown to more than 23,000 members, with over one thousand law student members. An industry leader in diversity in the profession, the public good remains one of the Association's highest priorities. Because of the strength and dedication of its members, the Association continually renews its spirit and that of the community it serves.

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