Information for Law Students - Discussions, Resumes and Job Searches
Law Student Preparation and Discussions
- Admit One - Vault's MBA, Law School and College Blog View all blogs
Carolyn C. Wise is Vault's Senior Education Editor. She oversees the production of 10 annual guides covering undergraduate and graduate admissions, top internships, and career advice compilations for entry-level and MBA job seekers. Her team is responsible for all educational content on Vault.com, including school profiles, admissions advice and education industry trends articles.
- Law Preview
Since 1998, Law Preview has taught thousands of law students what to expect and how to truly excel in law school. During our week-long, intensive summer prep courses, our distinguished faculty of law school professors provide substantive overviews for each core first-year course. In addition, we teach you how to brief cases, outline for each class, study effectively and manage your time -- all proven academic strategies that are critical to earning great grades during your first year of law school.
- Law School Discussions
Law School Discussion is a forum for discussing all aspects of Law School in the United States. The idea was to create an online community where law school related issues could be discussed in an organized, friendly, and informative manner. Law School Discussion is owned by Law School Discussion, Inc. and run by its founder, Andrew Sinclair.
- LawBoost
If you’ve found our website, you’re probably considering whether a law school preparation course makes sense for you. Let us tell you why we believe LawBoost is the perfect choice for so many entering law students. In our program, you’ll have the opportunity to perform actual first-semester law school writing assignments, and have those assignments critiqued. We focus on making you a clear, precise and adaptable writer, helping you develop the skills necessary to do well in law school. It’s “real” law school – just before the grades matter!
- The Law Student Blog
My name is Justin Weinmann. For the majority of my life I thought of myself as an artist and thought I wanted nothing more than to do that for a living. However, I realized that I was too selfish to give up my other passions in order to focus on the one. I decided that going back to school was the route for me. My love of History has lead me to go back for my bachelors in the Social Sciences. My love of Politics and Sociology has lead me to the conclusion that Law School was to be my next move.
- Top Law Schools - Forum for Law School Students
This page is a gateway for TLS content aimed at current law students. Whether amongst the busy Top Law Schools forums or through the many articles written by law students for TLS, everyone will find something to learn -- or share -- here.
Law Student Internships
- ABA - Law Student Division - Career Development Resources
The American Bar Association can help you construct a sturdy foundation to a successful and meaningful future. This page contains information on networking opportunities, internships, job boards and other resorces to get you started as you embark on your legal education and/or beginning your legal career.
- American Society of International Law - Internships in International Law
As part of ASIL's mission to foster the study of international law, ASIL promotes the development of opportunities in international law programs for individuals at every stage of their career. To achieve this mission, ASIL provides services to the public and professionals involved with or interested in a career in international law, including professional development activities, publications, research, public information, professional standards, advocacy, and recognition for achievement and service.
- International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice offers internships of one to three months to students and young professionals who are in the early stages of their careers. The internship is an opportunity for them to put their knowledge and experience into practice, while performing certain tasks for the Court under the supervision of Registry officials.
- Law Student Jobs
LawStudentJobs.net is my way of helping those law students out there who are looking for internships and jobs for the summer and during the school year. Having gone through the search during 1L year, and then having gone through recruitment season at the beginning of my 2L year, I know just how hard it is to find a position, especially in these tough economic times when positions that used to be there are no longer available.
- USAID - General Counsel Internships
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is responsible for administering the United States Government's economic and humanitarian foreign assistance program. The Office of the General Counsel, which provides legal advice and guidance for all of the agency's operations worldwide, has legal internship positions for J.D. candidates who have completed at least one year of law school and, occasionally, for students seeking law degrees subsequent to receiving the J.D. degree.
- USDOJ - Opportunities for Law Students
The Department offers extensive legal internship programs to law students with challenging opportunities in Washington, D.C. and in cities across America for positions during the summer and throughout the academic year.
- USDOJ - Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP)
The Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) is the Department's competitive recruitment program for compensated summer internships. Selection for employment is based on many elements of a candidate's background including academic achievement, law review or moot court experience, legal aid and clinical experience, and summer or part-time legal employment. The Department also considers specialized academic studies (including undergraduate and post-graduate degrees), work experience, and extracurricular activities that directly relate to the work of the Department.
- USDOJ - Volunteer Legal Intern Recruitment
Challenging work. Lots of responsibility. Interesting people. These are some of the phrases that students use to describe their experience as legal interns at the U.S. Department of Justice. The Department of Justice offers approximately 1,800 volunteer internships each year. Approximately 1000 are available during the summer; with the remaining 800 offered during the academic year.
Legal Careers - Writing a Resume
- Attorney Resume
By masterfully creating resumes that cater to legal employers, our resume writers have helped thousands of attorneys and law students get jobs at top law firms and corporations, from Latham & Watkins, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, General Electric, Yahoo!, Cravath Swaine & Moore, Google and Sidley & Austin to positions with prestigious public interest organizations and clerkships with federal judges.
- EduERS - Sample Resume Templates and Cover Letter Writing Tips
A resume is a document that often accompanies correspondence, especially a job application letter. A résumé is a summary of your education, work experience, and accomplishments. Your résumé is important. Employers often use résumés to decide whether to interview you for a job, and proposal reviewers use résumés to decide whether you are qualified to do the proposed work. Therefore, you should highlight your best attributes.
- ESQ Resume
ESQ Resume is the leading legal resume service firm in the United States. Our professional resume writers are known for drafting exceptional attorney resumes and attorney cover letters that will get you noticed by employers. In today’s legal job market, a professional legal resume is the single most important tool in getting your foot through the door, and on your way to landing that perfect legal position. If you need a legal resume, lawyer resume, law student resume, legal cover letter, attorney cover letter, or law student cover letter, ESQ Resume is the legal resume service for you.
- Legal Authority - Law Careers
Headquartered in Pasadena, California, with a second office in Irvine, California, Legal Authority is America's premier targeted mailing job search company for law students and attorneys.
Job Search - Legal Careers
- - HG Legal Jobs
Find legal and paralegal jobs through our searchable employment directories for partner, attorney, legal secretary, clerk and other paralegal positions. Searches are free.
- ALM - Law Jobs
Law.com connects legal professionals to more than 20 award-winning national and regional legal publications online, including The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, New York Law Journal and Legal Times, and delivers top legal news electronically to a growing national and global audience of subscribers each day on The Newswire.
- Attorney Jobs
AttorneyJobs.com, a Thomson West business, is the Nation's #1 job site exclusively for attorneys containing thousands of jobs nationwide and abroad covering legal and law-related job opportunities in law firms; corporations; public interest/advocacy groups; Federal, state and local governments; Federal, state and local courts; legal service organizations; international organizations; colleges and universities; as well as information about RFPs/appointments and fellowships.
- NALP Directory of Legal Employers
NALP is the industry-wide professional home for legal career professionals. NALP brings together both law schools and legal employees to share information, research and professional development opportunities. NALP's institutional members include over 1100 legal employers and law schools throughout the United States and Canada. NALP's individual members include over 1900 professionals involved in all aspects of the legal employment process.




