CAREER ALERT
SPECIAL EDITION - HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR HOLIDAY BREAK
JANUARY DEADLINES & EVENTS:
Friday, January 5, 2007
DEADLINE - Sonnenschein Scholars
applications due to PILF
DEADLINE - Priority deadline for Resume
Review
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
WORKSHOP – PICD Orientation &
1L Summer Options Panel II – Public Interest &
Government
12:30-1:10pm
Room 7
IN THIS ISSUE:
Spring Interview Programs for 1Ls
Resume & Cover Letter Reviews
Summer Opportunities with Early Deadlines
Online Summer Job Postings
Initial 1L Sessions – January appointments
Career Research Tips for the Holiday Break
CSO Holiday Schedule & Hours
SPRING INTERVIEW PROGRAMS
Thursday, January 11, 2007
WORKSHOP – Spring OCI Orientation
12:30-1:10pm
Room 3
The Career Services Office has prepared inserts for your
binder "The Guide: From 1Ls to Lawyers". The binder
inserts have detailed information and critical deadlines to
register for the 2007 Spring On-Campus Interview Program
and Public Interest Career Day.
Friday, January 12, 2007
DEADLINE - Alumni Mock Interview Program
signup sheet due in CSO
We are providing the information now so that you are
prepared to meet important program deadlines occurring in
January, when you return to campus for the spring
semester. We encourage you to read this information
carefully during your winter class break. We will also host
information sessions during the lunch hour to review the
logistics for each program. Please refer to the left column
of this email for dates and times.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
WORKSHOP –1L Summer Options Panel III –
Law School Research Assistants & Clinics
12:30-1:10pm
Room 103
DEADLINE – PICD Bidding deadline
Thursday, January 18, 2007
WORKSHOP – Tapping Into the Trojan
Network
12:30-1:10pm
Room 103
Friday, January 19, 2007
DEADLINE – Spring OCI Bidding deadline
If you are interested in Public Interest Career Day, please
also take a moment to register on the PICD-Symplicity
System to start receiving system announcements. (PICD
instructions and password access are provided in the
Binder Inserts and students are requested to keep this
information confidential.)
The inserts are available as follows:
1) For pick-up in the Law School, Career Services Office,
Room 110.
2) As an attachment in this email.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
WORKSHOP – Public Service Interviewing
12:30-1:10pm
Room 103
3) Via the Career Services website < For Law Students
Only section. (Username: uscstudent; Password: !csocso!)
http://lawweb.usc.edu/carserv/students/index.html
Thursday, January 25, 2007
WORKSHOP Law Firm Interviewing
12:30-1:10pm
Room 101
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Tuesday-Wednesday, January 30-31, 2007
ALUMNI MOCK INTERVIEW PROGRAM
At any time during or after the holiday break, you may
submit your resume and cover letter to the Career
RESUME & COVER LETTER REVIEWS
7:15-8:45pm
Services Office for review and comment. If you wish to
receive your reviewed resume in sufficient time to make
revisions and upload it onto Symplicity for Public
Interest Career Day and Spring OCI, you must submit
your resume to the Career Services Office by 5:00 p.m.
on Friday, January 5. Resumes can be submitted to
the Career Services Office by:
MAIL USC Law School
Career Services Office
699 Exposition Blvd., Suite 110
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071
FAX
(213) 740-4038
EMAIL careers@law.usc.edu
Be sure to indicate whether you would like comments
returned to you by email, mail, fax, or if you would like
to pick up your reviewed resume in the Career Services
Office.
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SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES WITH EARLY
DEADLINES
While most employers that hire 1Ls for summer positions
will recruit during the Spring semester, a few employers
begin recruiting 1Ls in late December/early January.
Judicial Externships
Students interested in judicial externships with the U.S.
District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals should send a
resume, cover letter and writing sample to individual
judges as early as possible for consideration.
In addition, applications are being accepted for the
California Court of Appeal (see the job posting on
Symplicity).
Please refer to the Judicial Externship Handbook for more
details. The handbook can be accessed online at
http://law.usc.edu/academics/ops/intern.cfm
Large Law Firms
Large law firms also begin considering 1Ls early so
students are advised to send resumes and cover letters over
the holiday break. The NALP Directory
(www.nalpdirectory.com) provides information on which
firms consider 1Ls for summer employment, as well as
contact information for recruiting managers at each firm.
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ONLINE SUMMER JOB POSTINGS
Symplicty, the CSO’s online career management system is
your primary source for job postings. In October, the CSO
emailed each 1L student their username and password
information, as well as instructions for accessing
Symplicity.
When you log on, please go to the profile section and
update your academic and personal information including
geographical preferences. The system will automatically
send job announcements regarding your geographical
preferences via email.
Please contact the CSO if you have any questions regarding
Symplicity.
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INITIAL 1L COUNSELING SESSIONS –
JANUARY APPOINTMENTS
We have set aside time in January for students who did not
attend a 1L Initial Counseling Session with a CSO
counselor in November or December. Please call the CSO
at 213-740-7397 to schedule your session.
Please note, you must meet with a CSO counselor if you
plan to participate in Spring On Campus Interviews and/or
Public Interest Career Day.
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CONDUCTING CAREER RESEARCH OVER
THE BREAK
The holiday break is an ideal time for 1Ls to conduct career
research on potential 1L summer employment
opportunities and legal practice areas of interest. Here are
two suggestions to help get you started:
#1-Review the “Where Students Have Worked” section of
your CSO binder. In this section you will find a
comprehensive list of employers that have employed USC
law students over the last 3 summers. Reviewing this list is
a great way to identify potential summer employment
opportunities.
#2-Located in the “For Law Students Only” section of the
CSO website are Practice Area Resources guides for 13
popular legal practice areas. These guides provide
information on useful resources for students interested in
learning more about a particular practice area.
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CSO HOLIDAY HOURS
Please note that the CSO will be closed starting Monday,
December 25, 2006 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 2,
2007. Aside from these dates, the CSO will be open
Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm.
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