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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. Also, download and print out the Three Year Job Search Strategy Calendar.

Summer Employment 2007

What did you do over the summer? 55% of the Class of 2008 worked in a law firm this summer, and went as far afield as Rome, Galway and Seoul. 26% of the Class of 2009 worked in a Public Interest position. Find out in which sector they worked, and who the employers are at the Summer Employment page.

Where do you find a Job?

Pie Chart Source of Job: Referral 38%, OCI 31.1%, Job Posting 20.5%, Own Practice 3.7%, Prior Job 2.8%, Self Initiated 1%, Other 2.2%

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. See NALP Employment Profile for Class of 2006 for more job placement statistics.