Resource Alert!

Resource Alert: Steps to Making Contact!

Question: You have done research on prospective employers and potential contacts... now what?

Answer: Click here for a comprehensive resource on making contact with your contacts!  Including approaching contacts, sample correspondence for facilitating a meeting, what to do at the meeting and how to follow-up to ensure a successful interaction!

Upcoming Program: Careers in Affordable Housing (2/11 at 4:15pm)

 American Bar Association Presents:

Careers in Affordable Housing & Community Development Law
Thursday, February 11th, 2010, 4:15 – 6:00 p.m.

ROOM 1420

REFRESHMENTS SERVED

Co-sponsored by UCLA School of Law Public Interest Programs and the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law.
Practitioners of affordable housing and community development law work within traditional corporate, business, tax, and nonprofit law to create affordable housing, equity funds, schools, community-based financial institutions, child care centers, and health care facilities. The field involves transactional as well as litigation work.

Panelists Include:
Carl Kao, Chief Counsel, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Shashi Hanuman, Directing Attorney, Public Counsel -Community Development Project

D. Malcolm Carson, Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of LA- South LA Office

Daryll Kidd, Associate, Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt LLP

Moderated by Scott Cummings, Professor of Law and Faculty Chair of the Epstein Program in Public Interest Law.

1L Barbra L. Davis Scholarship Reception - Feb. 9, 2010

1L Barbra L. Davis Scholarship Reception
Paul Hastings cordially invites UCLA's Class of 2012 (1Ls) to a reception to learn more about the firm and meet attorneys from several offices. 

Paul Hastings will also announce this year's recipient of the Barbra L. Davis Scholarship, awarded to an exceptional UCLA law student interested in employment law.

DATE: Tuesday, February 9, 2010

TIME:  6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

LOCATION: Napa Valley Grille (1100 Glendon Avenue)

ATTIRE:  Business Casual

CONTACT:  Please RSVP to Tina Russell at recruitla@paulhastings.com.

RESOURCE ALERT!

A Career in Public Policy?
For students interested in a career in public policy work, the 2010-2011 Public Policy Handbook is now live and accessible online. 
Click here to access the site directly or click here to access the site through the Intranet.

(Please contact OCS for username and password information)

This new resource contains information on programs that deal with all phases of public policy including agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation and formulation. 

Table 1 contains a list of deadlines by agency name. 

Table 2 contains a comprehensive list of public policy programs organized subject area.

Network Your Way to Success...

TONIGHT!

The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA)

& the Young Lawyers Section Present

WLALA "West" Happy Hour

When:   Tonight! Wed., Feb. 3 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Where:  Bodega Wine Bar (814 Broadway at Lincoln), Santa Monica, CA 90401

Why: This is a great opportunity to network and start building professional relationships.

For more information, click here. 

CAALA Program - Wed., Feb. 17 (5:15 pm)

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Program

Wed., February 17

Room: 1430

Panel: 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.

Networking reception immediately following until 7:00 p.m.

Food will be served. Please RSVP to liz@caala.org.

Are you interested in becoming a powerful advocate for victim’s rights and committed to ensuring equal access to justice?
If so, you cannot afford to miss this program!

Invest in your future and jump start your legal career with insight from plaintiff attorneys:
o Michael Alder, AlderLaw, P.C.
o Daniel Zohar, Zohar Law Firm, P.C.
o Ronnivashti Whitehead, The Farrise Law Firm
o Garo Mardirossian, Mardirossian & Associates

In addition to sharing their personal career trajectories, our panelists will offer tips, strategies and creative suggestions to help you flourish as a plaintiff’s attorney in today’s economic market. Discussion topics will include: cultivating professional relationships, mastering the art of networking, maximizing career opportunities, plus a ‘day in the life’ of a plaintiff’s attorney.

For students interested in circulating their resume to CAALA members for current or prospective hiring needs, please email liz@caala.org and attach your resume.

What's Bruin': Interview Strategies: Telephone Interviews, Without the Hang-Ups

Interview Strategies: Telephone Interviews, Without the Hang-Ups (Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass, 1/19/2010) is the second article in a series offering interviewing tips and strategies. 

In this economy, telephone interviews are an increasingly cost-effective method to screen candidates.  This article walks a candidate from the scheduling phase to the post-interview follow up phase in order to guarantee an in-person interview.

To access the first article in this series, Interview Strategies: the Basics - click here.

TODAY! Strategies for Success in the Winter & Spring Market by Frank Kimball

PROGRAM ALERT: TODAY!

February 1, 2010

12:30-1:30 pm

Room 1430

Frank Kimball, a nationally renowned legal search consultant and former hiring partner of an Am Law 100 firm will be here from Chicago to provide students with an update on the current state of the legal economy. He will also provide tips on how to effectively navigate your job search in the spring semester and ultimately succeed in finding a summer or post-graduate position.

Work/ Life Balance Program at Public Affairs

UCLA School of Public Affairs cordially invites you to attend:

Getting to 50/50:
How Working Couples Can Have It All
By Sharing It All

Presented by: Sharon Meers, former managing director, Goldman Sachs &
 Joanna Strober managing director, Pacific Community Ventures

Thursday, February 25, 12:00 p.m.
Public Affairs Building, Room 2355
Please RSVP at rsvp@spa.ucla.edu or 310-206-8034.

AFTER INTERVIEWING HUNDRED OF PARENTS AND EMPLOYERS, surveying more than a thousand working mothers, and combing through the latest government and social science research, authors Meers and Strober have discovered that kids, husbands, and wives all reap huge benefits when couples commit to share equally as breadwinners and caregivers. Mothers work without guilt, fathers bond with their kids, and children blossom with the attention of two involved parents. In this talk, they offer strategies for working mothers facing gender bias in the workplace; advice to fathers new to the homefront; and tips for finding 50/50 solutions to deal with issues of money, time, and much more.  Moderated by Molly Selvin, School of Public Affairs Senior Fellow and assistant dean, Southwestern School of Law.

PUBLIC INTEREST CAREER DAY

The 25th Annual Southern California Public Interest Career Day will take place on Saturday, February 6, 2010 (with some interviews being help Friday, February 5th).

While held at UCLA School of Law, the Career Day is cosponsored by the Southern California-area law schools, including California Western, Chapman, Loyola, Pepperdine, Southwestern, Thomas Jefferson, University of San Diego, University of Southern California, and Whittier. The annual Career Day is designed to expose law students to the practice of law in the public interest and to encourage students to consider a public interest career path. More than 100 nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and private firms participate in Career Day activities.

Public Interest Career Day is comprised of a number of different activities:

• Prescheduled, formal interviews for summer and/or postgraduate positions.
• Panel and informal discussions.
• Informal "table-talk," with representatives of many participating organizations, agencies and firms.

The Northern California Public Interest Career Day is taking place the same day at Hastings.  While UCLA students don't participate in formal interviews there, you can "meet the advocates" by circulating among the tables and talking informally to the representatives. 

Informational Session on Summer Research Assistant Positions

Wednesday, February 3rd
12:30pm
Room 1430
Pizza will be served.

Please join Linda O’Connor for an informational session on Summer Library RA Jobs and the application process. She will cover frequently asked questions, let you know what they’re looking for, and answer your questions. The ad for summer jobs will be posted that day.

3L Government Honors Program Deadlines

Details of these programs are provided in the 2009-10 Government Honors & Internship Handbook. Please see our Public Service webpage for username and password.


• White House Internship Program (Unpaid, Due 02/07/10)
• Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia - Criminal Law Internship Program Spring Quarter (Unpaid, Due 02/12/10)

There are also 39 federal and 15 state and local programs that will fill positions as soon as ideal candidates are identified. Get your applications in early for these employers. For a list of these programs, see the top of Table 4 – 3L Programs Sorted by Deadline.

2L Government Honors Internship Deadlines

Details of these programs are provided in the 2009-10 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.  Please see our Public Service webpage for username and password.


• Commission on Civil Rights – Legal Intern Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Aviation Administration – Office of Chief Counsel Legal Intern Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Communications Commission – International Bureau, Satellite Division Student Internship Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Trade Commission – NW Region Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Trade Commission – SE Region Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• National Labor Relations Board – Division of Enforcement Litigation Special Litigation Branch Summer Law Clerk Internship (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Nebraska Office of Attorney General – Summer Law Clerk Program (For Credit Only, Due 02/01/10)
• New York City Dept. of Probation – Summer Intern Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• San Francisco City Attorney – Summer Intern Program (Unpaid, Due 02/02/10)
• Environmental Protection Agency – R1 Legal Internship Program Sumer (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/05/10)
• Dept. of Transportation – Office of International Law Volunteer Legal Internships Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/05/10)
• Dept. of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration Summer Transportation Internship for Diverse Groups (Paid, Due 02/05/10)
• White House Internship Program (Unpaid, Due 02/07/10)
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission – OGC Law Clerkship Program Summer (Paid, Due 02/08/10)
• Comptroller of the Currency – Law Dept. Legal Internships Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/12/10)
• Environmental Protection Agency – R6 2010 Summer Intern Honors Program (Unpaid, Due 02/12/10)
• Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia - Criminal law Internship Program Spring Quarter (Paid, Due 02/12/10)

Many federal and state programs will be filled as soon as the ideal candidates are identified. Get your applications in early for these employers! For a list of these programs, see the top of Table 3 – 2L Programs Sorted by Deadline.

1L Government Internship Deadlines

 
Details of these programs are provided in the 2009-10 Government Honors & Internship Handbook. See our Public Service webpage for username and password.


• City of Chicago Law Department – Summer Law Clerk & Extern Program (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Commission on Civil Rights – Legal Intern Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Aviation Administration – Office of Chief Counsel Legal Intern Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Trade Commission – NW Region Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Trade Commission – SE Region Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• National Labor Relations Board – Division of Enforcement Litigation Special Litigation Branch Summer Law Clerk Internship (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Nebraska Office of Attorney General – Summer Law Clerk Program (For credit only, Due 02/01/10)
• Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office – Summer Legal Internships (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• San Francisco City Attorney – Summer Intern Program (Unpaid, Due 02/02/10)
• Environmental Protection Agency – R1 Legal Internship Program Sumer (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/05/10)
• Dept. of Transportation – Office of International Law Volunteer Legal Internships Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/05/10)
• Dept. of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration Summer Transportation Internship for Diverse Groups (Paid, Due 02/05/10)
• White House Internship Program (Unpaid, Due 02/07/10)
• U.S. Election Assistance Commission – OGC Law Clerkship Program Summer (Paid, Due 02/08/10)
• Environmental Protection Agency – R6 2010 Summer Intern Honors Program (Unpaid, Due 02/12/10)

Many federal and state programs will be filled as soon as ideal candidates are identified. Get your applications in early for these employers! For a list of these programs, see the top of Table 2 – 1L Programs Sorted by Deadline.

New Resource! IFLR1000 on Financial Law Firms

Interested students may come to OCS and take a look at the 20th Anniversary Edition of the IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, an annual Euromoney publication. It features more than 1,000 pages of firm rankings and editorial in over 100 jurisdictions.

Coverage is divided according to the nature of the advice offered by law firms, with separate rankings and editorial for banking, capital markets, M&A, insolvency, project finance, private equity, and other areas of financial law. For further information about their research and editorial process, please visit www.iflr1000.com.

REMINDER: JOLT FAIR TONIGHT!

For more about the JOLT Intellectual Property Career Forum, click here.

Advice from Non-OCI Bruin Alumni

This is a continuation of our series of interviews with successful alumni who didn’t secure their position through OCI. (See Alumni Talk About Their Non-OCI Careers.)

Jon, who is now at the SEC, reflects back on how he created a rewarding career after his "dream job" at a large firm vanished.

"Brobeck [a large firm] folded right around the time I was supposed to start." ...

"I thought I knew what I wanted, and it ended up that I really didn’t. So, don’t get so focused on one thing that you close off other possible paths. Sometimes things happen that block that path and you have to make the best of the situation. But in the end it all works out."

For more on Jon's story, from deferred and then rescinded offer at a large firm to the SEC, click here.

Capital Defense Internships

Berkeley Law's Death Penalty Clinic has recently updated its website that lists internship and employment opportunities in capital defense offices. The web address is http://www.law.berkeley.edu/capitaldefense.htm.

1L Government Honors Internship Deadlines

Details of these programs are provided in the 2009-10 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.  Username and password are available on the Public Service Website.    

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Governor’s Office of General Counsel Summer Extern Program (Unpaid, Due 01/25/10)
• Oregon Dept. of Justice – Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid, Due 01/27/10)
• Dept. of Health & Human Services – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Svcs Summer (Paid & Unpaid, Due 01/29/10)
• Dept. of Interior – Office of Regional Pacific NW Region (Unpaid, Due 01/29/10)
• National Nuclear Security Admin – OGC Summer Internship Program (Paid, Due 01/29/10)
• New Hampshire Dept. of Justice – Office of the Attorney General Law Student Internship (Unpaid, Due 01/30/10)
• Corporation for National & Community Service – OGC Summer Legal Internship (Paid, Not yet established was 01/31/09)
• EPA – Region 3 Law Clerk Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
• Export-Import Bank of the US – OGC Summer Intern Program (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
• Federal Trade Commission – Bureau of Competition Summer Intern Program (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
• Houston Legal Dept. – Law Student Internships Summer (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
• Inter-American Foundation – OGC Legal Intern Program (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
• Dept. of Interior Office of Solicitor – Summer Volunteer Legal Internships (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
• City of Chicago Law Department – Summer Law Clerk & Extern Program (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Commission on Civil Rights – Legal Intern Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Aviation Administration – Office of Chief Counsel Legal Intern Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Trade Commission – NW Region Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Federal Trade Commission – SE Region Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• National Labor Relations Board – Division of Enforcement Litigation Special Litigation Branch Summer Law Clerk Internship (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• Nebraska Office of Attorney General – Summer Law Clerk Program (Paid, Due 02/01/10)
• Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office – Summer Legal Internships (Unpaid, Due 02/01/10)
• San Francisco City Attorney – Summer Intern Program (Unpaid, Due 02/02/10)
• Environmental Protection Agency – R1 Legal Internship Program Sumer (Paid & Unpaid, Due 02/05/10)
• Dept. of Transportation – Office of International Law Volunteer Legal Internships Summer (Unpaid, Due 02/05/10)
• Dept. of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration Summer Transportation Internship for Diverse Groups (Paid, Due 02/05/10)
• White House Internship Program (Unpaid, Due 02/07/10)

 Many federal and state programs will be filled as soon as ideal candidates are identified. Get your applications in early for these employers! For a list of these programs, see the top of Table 2 – 1L Programs Sorted by Deadline.

3L Government Honors Program Deadlines

Details of these programs are provided in the 2009-10 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.   Password and username are on the Public Service Website.

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  Environmental Protection Agency – Region 3 Law Clerk Program Summer (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
  
• Dept. of Interior Office of Solicitor – Law Student Volunteer Internship Summer (Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
  
• Maricopa County Attorney’s Office – Law Clerk Program (Paid & Unpaid, Due 01/31/10)
  
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  White House Internship Program (Unpaid, Due 02/07/10)
  

There are also 39 federal and 15 state and local programs that will fill positions as soon as ideal candidates are identified. Get your applications in early for these employers! For a list of these programs, see the top of Table 4 – 3L Programs Sorted by Deadline.