Developing Career Goals
Thoughtfully developing career goals is extremely important. The Career Services Office provides a number of informational programs designed to assist students in conceptualizing their career path. Each year general sessions include topics such as:• Judicial Clerkships - Faculty members and judges present the career benefits of taking a judicial clerkship immediately after graduation; faculty members provide individual guidance. Sessions on application procedures and individual assistance are also available.
• Department of Justice - DOJ representatives explain the vast opportunities within their Summer and Honor's Programs plus other options for government employment.
• Employment Law - Members of the ABA Section on Labor & Employment Law discuss the variety of experiences possible in this area of legal practice.
• Department of Public Advocacy - Several DPA lawyers provide information about the various populations they assist and how they serve them.
• Practicing in Solo & Small Firms - Experienced practitioners discuss the advantages and challenges of practicing law in these arrangements.
• Alternative Uses for a Law Degree - Lawyers describe their unusual career paths and the practical benefits they've realized from their legal educations.
• Interviewing Skills - Representatives from firms share savvy advice for effective interviewing. Also, experienced students conduct individual mock interviews.
Several sessions, targeted to first-year UofL students, are offered annually to enhance each individual's own understanding of his/her career development process.
• Job Search Assistance - A one-hour class in November that focuses on professional career building, resume writing, contact making, and other networking hints for the holidays.
• OCI Orientation - All 1Ls are invited to lunch or dinner to discuss OCI procedures, appropriate cover letter and thank-you note content, targeted position searches, and summer employment options.
• Career Day - Legal Areas of Specialization. Organized by a committee of first-year students and attended by all 1Ls, Career Day includes about 25 practitioners who present information about their specific practice areas. Often, continuing students participate again.
On-Campus Interviewing (OCI)
Each fall and spring, a number of employers come to the law school to interview students for full-time, part-time, and summer positions. Within the constraints of the qualifications requested by the interviewers, all students can participate. Recent On-Campus Interviewers have included:
• Bell, Orr, Ayers & Moore (Bowling Green, KY)
• Boehl, Stopher & Graves
• Borowitz & Goldsmith
• Clark & Ward
• Commonwealth's Attorney's Office
• Dinsmore & Shohl (all office locations)
• E.ON U.S. LLC
• Frost Brown Todd (all office locations)
• Greenebaum Doll & McDonald (all office locations)
• Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy
• Middleton Reutlinger
• O'Bryan, Brown & Toner
• Philips Parker Orberson & Moore
• Ricketts & Platt
• Seiller Waterman
• Stites & Harbison (all office locations)
• Stoll Keenon Ogden
• Tilford, Dobbins, Alexander, Buckaway & Black
• United States Air Force, Army & Navy JAGs
• U.S. Attorney's Office
• Vaughn & Associates
• Weber & Rose
• Woodward, Hobson & Fulton
• Wyatt Tarrant & Combs
Job Postings
In addition to the formal on-campus interview program, the Career Services Office receives job notices on a daily basis from employers who have more immediate hiring needs. Convenient job boards and binders in the CSO library present local as well as national opportunities. Students and alumni may access many of these announcements via the web at http://www.law.louisville.edu
Individual Counseling
Assistant Dean Jerie Torbeck and CSO Coordinator Debra Reh continually provide information, advice, and support to students, alumni, and the legal community at large.
THERE IS NEVER A FEE FOR OUR SERVICES. Our primary purposes are:
- To enable UofL law students and alumni to find suitable employment, and
- To assist employers to find their ideal employees.