New Podcast Series "Transitioning from 1L to Summer Legal Work"

From our friends at Suffolk Law School...

"I am pleased to announce the publication of the “Transitioning from One-L to Summer Legal Work” podcast series! This series is hosted by the Suffolk University Law School Legal Practice Skills Program, and includes podcasts created by nineteen legal research and writing faculty from around the country. Its goal is to provide 1Ls with advice on applying the skills they learned during their first year of law school to summer legal employment, as well as to help them succeed in the culture of a law firm. Click the following link for a video overview and to access the series: http://www.law.suffolk.edu/podcasts/lps-2008-summer.html

Please share the link for the series with your students, colleagues in your legal writing program, and other members of the faculty at your law school. As an aside, the introductory podcast in the series is by our own Dean Fred Aman, an accomplished jazz musician. You can hear his music playing in the background at the beginning to each of the podcasts in the series. Thank you to all who participated in the series!

Professor Kathleen Elliott Vinson
Director, Legal Practice Skills Program
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 573-8210
kvinson@suffolk.edu"

Coming Attractions: On/Off Campus Interviewing...

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.” ~Groucho Marx

Just when you thought it was over, it starts up again! In less than a month, it will be time to start thinking about Summer/Fall recruiting again. The CSO will start collecting resumes for our earliest program, the Off-Campus NYC Interview Program at the London Hotel in NYC, on July 7, so the whole crazy process starts very soon!

Watch your email in June for our complete kick-off announcement! In the meantime,

1. Take a deep breath, read a magazine, watch a movie and get some exercise.


2. Make sure the email address in your Symplicity profile is correct.


3. Get your resume updated and polished. Send it to the CSO for review and feedback!


4. Start browsing the NALP Directory for large firms, and the Government Honors & Internship Handbook for government agencies. (Go to the "document library" tab in the documents section of Symplicity for a list of all our online passwords called, "Websites and Subscription Passwords")

Did you miss the info session about Summer/Fall Recruiting? Listen to it here, and get the hand out in the Symplicity document library!

Oh, and by the way, the Groucho Marx reference is a reminder that job searching in any form, but especially Fall Recruiting, can be and incredibly stressful experience. Silliness can be a lifesaver!