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November 12^th, 2008

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Upcoming Career-Related Events

Haller & Colvin Resume Collect: Due this Friday

Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship

Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project

This Week’s “Hot Job”: New York County Assistant District Attorney Program

Upcoming Career-Related Events:

This Week:

TODAY: Resume and Cover Letter Writing Workshop, LAW AUDITORIUM, 12:00 – 1:00.  All students who have not have their resume and cover letter reviewed by LCS should attend.

NOTE:  If you were not able to make today’s presentation, a detailed handout is available outside the LCS Office.  Evening students who have not yet had their resume reviewed are advised to contact Career Services to schedule an appointment to discuss legal resume and cover letter drafting. 

Next Week:

Wednesday, November 19^th, 2008:

Job Search Skills for Small and Mid-Size Firms:  Assistant Dean Heather Karns and Dean Douglas Ray will present a program on job search skills that will be useful over winter break and for the rest of your career.  Topics will include:

ü       Winning Friends and Impressing People

ü       Identifying Job Opportunities

ü       Getting the Interview

ü       Building and Demonstrating the Core Competencies Sought By Law Firms

12:00 noon – 1:00 PM

And

5:20 PM – 5:50 PM

Law Center Auditorium

Pizza Will Be Provided!  Please RSVP through Symplicity.

Thursday, November 20^th, 2008:

Life Skills for Lawyers- How to Maintain Work-Life Balance: Professor Porter will moderate a panel of attorneys from Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP who will address issues of work-life balance.

12:00 noon – 1:00 PM

Room 1013

Pizza Will Be Provided!  Please RSVP through Symplicity.

Haller & Colvin Resume Collect: Due this Friday

Haller & Colvin, P.C. (Fort Wayne, IN) has asked us to collect resumes from 2L Day and 3L evening students interested in a summer associate position for the summer of 2009.  A GPA of 3.0 is required to apply, and law review or moot court experience is preferred. 

If interested, please submit a resume, cover letter (addressed to Ms. Melanie Farr), transcript, and short writing sample (no more than 10 pages) to the Office of Professional Development, Law Career Services by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14^th. 

Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship:

The Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship is committed to inspiring the best and brightest law students to pursue careers in child welfare law. Through the fellowship, students gain experience and insight into the field and provide much needed services to various child welfare offices specializing in representing children, parents, and social service agencies. After attending a three-day training session at the end of May at the University of Michigan Law School, Fellows spend at least ten weeks at their placements.

Criteria for Selection
Our selection criteria include evidence of commitment to the field of children's law, past experiences related to children and family, and performance indicative of likely future success in the field. We will give some advantage to students who have arranged their own summer placements and all or part of their summer living stipend. Interested applicants should not be deterred if they have not identified their summer placement or source of summer money, however. Once accepted into the fellowship program, we will assist in placement and the search for funds.

Financial Aspects
For fellows accepted into the program, we will cover living expenses during the training. We will also cover each Fellow's travel costs to Ann Arbor and then to his or her placement (up to $500). We expect to have some funding for summer stipends, but those funds are limited. We encourage students to seek out other sources of funding, such as from their law school career placement office, public interest groups, or student funded fellowships. Equal Justice America Fellowships may be available. The summer placement may be in a position to provide some support. Even partial support from other sources is helpful because we prefer to supplement funds that fellows receive.

Application
Bergstrom Fellowship 2009 Application is now available.  This year's fellowship training will take place here in Ann Arbor, Michigan on May 27, 28, and 29, 2009.

Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project:

The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students the extraordinary opportunity to work in the consumer protection and antitrust departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General throughout the United States, as well as the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs. The eight-week paid Fellowships were initiated in 2004 by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, in cooperation with the National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”), as a consumer protection outreach initiative to introduce law students to the rewards of legal careers in public service.  The first and second year law students who have served as Steiger Fellows have characterized their experiences as truly rewarding, often well beyond their expectations.  A number of students have said that for the first time they are considering law careers in public service.

Each of the highly-motivated Steiger Fellows provides tangible, meaningful assistance to states and territories that are in substantial need of additional resources to fulfill their consumer protection mission. Attorneys General Offices that have hosted Steiger Fellows in the past have characterized the Fellows’ work as exemplary, and have often described the students as some of the most talented interns the offices have ever attracted.  The Council of the Section recently approved twenty states to participate in the 2009 Steiger Fellowship Project. This Project continues to be a tribute to the memory of the late Janet D. Steiger, one of America’s great public servants who, during her remarkable tenure as FTC Chairman, dramatically improved cooperation, communication and coordination between state and federal consumer protection and antitrust enforcement agencies.  The twenty states that will receive Steiger Fellows during the summer of 2009 are:  Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

To obtain student applications, visit www.abanet/org/antitrust. Applications must be received by close of business on January 30, 2009.

This Week’s “Hot Job”:

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROGRAM

DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

NEW YORK COUNTY

www.manhattanda.org/careers/legalemployment/opportunities/learnmore/

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM:

The Office seeks 50 3Ls and JLCs for permanent employment (minimum 3-year commitment) as Assistant District Attorneys, to begin Sept. 8, 2009.  In 2008, 53 were hired from approximately 1500 applicants.  Salary is $55,000 for recent graduates pending passage of bar exam, $55,500 for newly admitted attorneys, and higher for JLCs and exceptional applicants.  Attorneys are assigned to one of 3 bureaus: Trial Division, Appeals Bureau, or Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor.  While assignments are based on need, preferences may be considered.  New ADAs participate in a 4 week orientation program to learn the fundamentals of NY criminal law and procedure; participate in mock litigation; attend training on interview techniques, case evaluation procedures, and making bail and plea bargaining decisions; and participate in a NYPD ride-along exercise.  Additional training includes a 2 week trial advocacy program, series of lectures and workshops on felony prosecution and grand jury, and some bureau-specific training.  Cases are prosecuted vertically, so each assistant will handle cases from inception to final disposition.  ADAs are encouraged to participate in community service activities, and loan repayment assistance may be available.

The District Attorney’s Office employs over 450 attorneys in 4 divisions.  The Trial Division prosecutes misdemeanor and felony street crime cases and is divided into such units as: Firearms Trafficking, Homicide Investigations, and Identity Theft.  The Appeals Bureau prepares briefs and oral arguments and handles office-related civil litigation in federal and state courts, including habeas corpus proceedings and civil rights actions.  The Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor has city-wide jurisdiction over felony drug prosecutions.  The Investigation Division prosecutes white collar cases, public and private corruption cases, and rackets cases. 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:

U.S. citizenship is required, as is New York State residency and passage of the New York State bar exam.  Prior leadership experience and demonstrated commitment to public service are a plus. 

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Submit cover letter, resume and law school transcript after Fri., Aug. 1, 2008, but no later than Sat., Nov. 15, 2008.  JLC applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, but applicants are encouraged to adhere to the same timeline.  In-person interviews are conducted in 4 stages: (1) individual interview with member of Hiring Board; (2) panel interview with three members of Hiring Board; (3) executive level interview with Director of Legal Hiring; (4) final interview with District Attorney. 

The University of Toledo College of Law is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in education, employment, membership and contracts. No differentiation will be made based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, veterans status or the presence of a disability except as mandated by pertinent legal requirements.