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People in the Navy JAG corps like to describe it as a world-wide law firm. As a JAG officer, you build attorney skills, exercise leadership and serve your country. You experience many areas of legal practice, form professional relationships with mentors and enjoy new friendships with colleagues.
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People have many reasons for wanting to interview in Boston. For some, it's because they grew up here. For others, it is the fact that Boston has a vibrant legal community in an exciting, yet manageable, urban area. And for some, it is simply that Boston is not New York.
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A judicial clerkship is an excellent foundation for any type of legal career. A clerkship provides the unique opportunity to work as basically an assistant judge (although purely behind-the-scenes), typically at the beginning of a legal career.
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Rather than take a law job, this summer BILLY GONZALEZ accepted a position in the mergers and acquisitions group at Merrill Lynch's Investment Banking Division. He shares his expirences contrasting firms with I-Banking.
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Law firm hiring, like the economy, is cyclical. We have seen ups and downs over the past 20 years. Following the explosive growth in the late 1990s, we are once again in a downswing.
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What can be so exciting about punching the clock, meeting deadlines and reporting to supervisors, you ask? Your perspective on work changes when you're traveling to Accra, Ghana to join the team of lawyers and interns who commit themselves to ensuring human rights for the entire nation.
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KRISTEN NELSON writes about a summer spent fighting for a client already sentenced to death.
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You've been reading about the bad economy and the aftermath of the excesses of the high tech boom. How hard have those factors hit the Boston market, and are there good reasons to put your stake in the ground in the Boston area? Why stay in Boston?
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Alexa Shabecoff, Director of the Office of Public Interest Advising, offers some advice on the world of pubic interest. There's alot there, she writes, that you won't find in OCI.
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It is as sure a sign of fall in New England as the brilliant foliage - Harvard Law students in suits, hurrying toward the local hotels, clutching printouts of employer websites and glancing desperately at their watches.
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Harvard's own job search bard and the Director of the Office of Student Life Counseling, MARK BYERS's original poem for students facing recruiting season.
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I say that with confidence and scores of statistics to support it. Despite this knowledge that you will have ultimate success in the job market, the job search can be a stressful experience.