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Career Planning Manual
A UW Law
Career Planning Manual
(protected content) is now available to UW law students
to help you launch your legal career. The manual is a guide for legal careers and provides in-depth
instructions about writing legal resumes, cover letters, conducting interviews, and preparing application materials.
For first year students especially, the manual will help you discover how to find a job, create a professional network,
and participate successfully in recruiting programs such as fall recruiting and the Judicial Clerkship Program.
Finding a job can take time and energy, the manual contains many tools to help you succeed in your job searches.
Use of the Career Planning Manual is restricted to UW law students and alumni only. Any other use of the Career Planning Manual requires prior permission.
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Career Planning Timeline
Where are you in your Career Planning? Are you a 1L in the fall quarter, or a 3L looking forward to graduation? Use the Career Planning Interactive Timeline for tips on what you should be doing to find a job and hone your career finding skills.
Summer Employment 2009
What did you do over the summer? The Classes of 2010 and 2011 went as far afield as Shanghai, Seyssel and Zacatecas, or stayed close to home in Seattle working with law firms, judges and public interest groups. Find out in which sector they worked, and who the employers are at the Summer Employment page.
Where do you find a Job?
Like the rest of the job market, most UWLS students and grads find jobs through a referral. Hone up on your networking skills to make the most of referrals. OCI, in which employers recruit and interview on campus remains one of the top ways of finding a permanent job. Responding to job postings on Symplicity or other resource boards is also another good source for job placement.