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August 21, 2007

Law Career Services, located in the Office of Professional Development, prepares a weekly e-newsletter during the school year.  Important information about career programs, career-related news and events, writing contests, career fairs and job postings are a part of the weekly newsletter.  Please watch for our e-mails on Tuesdays throughout the school year and keep up to date on important news.

Contents:

·         Fall Recruitment: Deadlines Extended for Several Employers

·         Access UT Law’s Online Job Posting Database: New Lawmatch Access Code

·         Department of Justice Applications Now Available Online

·         Upcoming Career Fairs/Events- Equal Justice Works and AIPLA

·         Summer Employer Feedback Form

·         This Week’s “Hot Job”: Law Clerk, Attorney James Nowak, Toledo, OH

Fall Recruitment: Deadlines Extended for Several Employers:

The application deadline for the following employers has been extended due to the low number of applications submitted. 

Please submit the requested materials to the Law Career Services office by Thursday, August  23rd  at 5:00 p.m. if you are interested in interviewing with these employers. 

* CL = Cover Letter, R = Resume, T = Transcript (unofficial), WS = Writing Sample, RF = References

Gain Access to UT Law’s Online Job Database- 2007-2008 Lawmatch Access Code:

For access to The University of Toledo College of Law’s online job database- Lawmatch, you will need to enter the one time authorization code lcs2007.  http://law.utoledo.edu/students/career/postings.htm  Once you enter the authorization code, you will be directed to select your own username and password, and will from that point forward, will have unlimited access to the jobs database.

Department of Justice Applications Now Available Online:

Online applications are now available for two prestigious Department of Justice program: The Attorney General Honors Program (3L Students) and the Summer Law Intern Program (2L’s). 

The Attorney General's Honors Program: Each fall, the Department hires law students for entry-level attorney positions following graduation through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Visit Entry-Level Attorneys (The Attorney General's Honors Program) for details.

Legal Internships: 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. The Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) is the Department's competitive recruitment program for compensated summer internships.

Please consider applying for these opportunities at http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/oppls.htm  

The 2007 Application deadline is midnight, Eastern Time*, Monday, September 17, 2007.

Upcoming Career Fairs/Events- Equal Justice Works and AIPLA:

Equal Justice Works:

Registration will open for the 2007 Equal Justice Works Public Interest Law Career Fair and Conference on August 27^th, 2007 at www.equaljusticeworks.org.  Please register early if interested in attending as we are only able to cover the registration costs of the first 10 students to register.  This year’s Career Fair and Conference will be held on October 6-7, 2007 at The Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008.  

American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA):

The Job Fair interview process will be held in person on Saturday, October 20, 2007. Interviews will begin at 11:00 a.m. and continue throughout Saturday afternoon at half-hour intervals until 4:00 p.m., at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. There is no fee to participate in the JOB FAIR, but you must be a member of AIPLA. 

For full details, please see http://careers.aipla.org/c/careerfairs/careerfair

Note: Resumes must be posted online at the AIPLA Job Fair Career Fair NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007 to participate in this years’ Job Fair.

Summer Employer Evaluation Form:

2L & 3L Students- Please share information about your summer employment experience!  Did you love your job…hate it?  Do you have advice for future applicants?  If so, please complete the Employer Evaluation form attached to this e-mail and return it to our office.  All information will be kept confidential. 

*As an incentive, we will have a drawing for UT Law logo wear at the end of the month for all students that participate. 

This Week’s “Hot Job”: