MSU L AW CAREER SERVICES OFFICE

PARTNERS for SUCCESS

WE ARE YOUR PARTNERS FOR SUCCESS.

Daniel W. Linna Jr. Assistant Dean for Career Development and Professor of Law in Residence

A former partner in a prominent law firm, Dean Linna applies his thorough understanding of today’s legal market to the Career Services Office. At Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, where he was a litigator, Dean Linna was involved in recruiting, training, mentoring, and developing attorneys. Under his leadership and management, the CSO team provides students a road map for success in their legal careers.

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On behalf of the Career Services Office at

Michigan State University College of Law,

congratulations on your acceptance to MSU Law!

Being a Spartan means that you’ll join a global

network of more than half a million MSU alumni.

We look forward to welcoming you to campus.

Our team of legal-career experts will work with

you to build your personal brand, identify

opportunities to develop skills, cultivate a

professional network, develop law-specific job

search skills, and find exciting career

opportunities in your areas of interest.

Proactivity will be critical to your success in

securing rewarding legal employment. We’ll help

you to direct your efforts by providing three years

of dynamic programming and one-on-one coaching.

Your legal careerdoesn’t beginwhen you graduate.It starts now.

WE ARE YOUR PARTNERS FOR SUCCESS.

In the competitive legal job market, you’ll need to bring energy and proactivity to the job search. Our CSO team will help you to channel your passions into a rewarding career. You’ll spend the next three years working one-on-one with a CSO staff member to gain the skills, resources, and connections that will help you succeed.

You and your career advisor will work together to:

Get customized career guidance before your first year begins

Research legal career paths and prospective employers

Develop job-search strategies wherever you plan to practice

Build a strong portfolio of application materials

Secure on-the-job learning experiences to build your resume

Connect to alumni and employers nationwide

Spotlight On: #SOCIALMEDIA CONTESTMSU Law is working to connect students with leading lawyers, alumni, and prospective employers using new media – LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and law blogs. The CSO kicked off its first-ever #SocialMedia Contest in January 2015 with a $1000 cash prize for the winner.

Participants will have three months to demonstrate their use of social media by developing their brand, learning and establishing expertise, and building a network.

Get to Know the CAREER SERVICES OFFICE

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“ All law students know the law, but we gain a competitive edge by understanding how to offer legal services efficiently.”

— Maya Forbes, ‘15

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MSU Law is the

first law school

in the country to

offer a Design Thinking for Legal

Services course.

The American Bar

Association’s Law Practice Magazine

ranked MSU Law

among the top 10

schools for teaching

legal technology.July/August 2014 edition

Workshop Spotlight:DELIVERING LEGAL SERVICES Lean process management focuses on reducing waste and increasing value-driven flexibility. Although the principles were developed in the manufacturing industry, MSU Law faculty members are applying lean thinking to the delivery of legal services – and teaching their students to do the same.

Fifty MSU Law students met for a free 14-hour seminar hosted by the Career Services Office. They spent the weekend exploring the big question for lean lawyering: how can we give the most value to our clients while using the least amount of resources? Students explored these issues by analyzing legal case studies, developing project communication plans, and engaging in process mapping.

“ Today’s law grads need more than substantive legal knowledge. Clients demand lawyers who understand their business and who leverage process improvement, project management, and technology to solve problems efficiently and effectively.”

— Daniel W. Linna Jr., Assistant Dean for Career Development

Presenters: Kenneth Grady CEO of Seyfarth Lean Consulting

Jim ManleyManaging Director of the Demmer Center for Business Transformation, Broad Graduate School of Management, MSU

Daniel W. Linna Jr. Assistant Dean for Career Development & Professor of Law in Residence, MSU Law

The Career Services Office’s workshops and panel discussions offer opportunities to build skills, learn about legal careers, and connect with practitioners and employers.

SKILLS-BUILDING WorkshopsLaunch Your Legal Career with Social Media

Connecting with Lawyers Reception

Delivering Legal Services

Etiquette Dinner

MentorJet Speed Networking Program

Mock Interviewing

Navigating Law School with Insights from 3Ls

Post-Graduate Job Search Strategies & Legal Staffing Firm Forum

Resume Writing for 1L Students

Upper Level Business Courses Panel Discussion

Utilizing LinkedIn Effectively

CAREER-SPECIFIC Talks

Spotlight On: CAREER JUMPSTARTS Our grads are practicing all across the nation, and our Career Jumpstart events connect MSU Law students to alumni where they plan to practice.

Three Years of DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

Applying for Jobs in Intellectual Property Law

Compliance Law: The New Frontier

Detroit Midwest Regional Anti-Corruption Seminar

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Government Jobs

Health Care Law

In-House Counsel Positions

Information Technology Law

Intellectual Property Job Market

Judicial Clerkships – Federal Courts

Judicial Clerkships – State Supreme Courts

Labor and Employment Law

Meet the Judges Reception

Out-of-State Solo Practice

Practicing In-House at a Large Company

Public Interest Law

Securities Law

Tax Law Panel

U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps

Cleveland

Houston

San FranciscoLos Angeles

Seattle

Virtual Career Jumpstarts include:

Denver

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These employers were represented on CSO-sponsored panels in 2013 and 2014:

Arctic Centre, Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Bogas, Koncius & Croson

Botsford Hospital

Brooks Kushman

Buffalo Bills

Butzel Long

Chicago Board Options Exchange

CohnReznick

Delphi

Detroit Red Wings

Dickinson Wright

DTE Energy

EEOC, Detroit Field Office

EY (formerly Ernst & Young)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap

Gallagher Law Firm

Gasiorek Morgan, Greco & McCauley

General Motors

Gourwitz and Barr

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman

Hon. David McKeague, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Hon. Janelle Lawless, Ingham County Circuit Court

Hon. Lawrence Zatkoff, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Hon. Mark T. Boonstra, Michigan Court of Appeals

Hon. Wallace Jefferson, Supreme Court of Texas

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn

Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office

Joseph, Kroll & Yagalla

Kelly Law Registry

Law Offices of Andrew S. Kryder

Law Offices of Douglas E. Koenig

Legal Aid of Western Michigan

Levitt Law Firm

Meadowbrook Insurance Group

Meijer

Metis Sports Management

Michigan Association of School Boards

Michigan Community Resources

Michigan Department of Attorney General

Michigan Department of Civil Rights

Michigan State University Athletics

National Labor Relations Board

Olympia Entertainment

Quicken Loans

Rader, Fishman & Grauer

S. Gary Spicer, Attorney at Law

Simon Fraser University School of Public Policy

Steinberg Sports & Entertainment

Sterling Commercial Credit

Trinity Health

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Social Security Administration

UnitedHealthcare

Vestevich, Mallender, Dubois & Dritsas

Weiner & Associates

Willingham & Cote

Young Basile 

MEET THE LAWYER Events

Chicago

Cleveland

ClevelandCincinnati

Atlanta

IndianapolisOrlando

Washington, D.C.

New York

BostonAlumni in major cities video conference

with current students to share their

insights on the local legal job market.

Students network with practitioners,

learn about employment prospects,

and plan for various state bar exams.

Virtual Career Jumpstarts include:

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EXTERNSHIPSOur students lay the foundations for their future careers though on-the-job training – working alongside lawyers, judges, and government officials while earning academic credit. Nationwide sites mean that no matter where you’re planning to practice, you’ll make valuable connections.

And since we’re located only minutes from Michigan’s state capitol, our students work at state government externiships throughout the school year.

Our Students Work Summer Externships at 220+SITES NATIONWIDEExternships offer you a chance to:

Network with professionals

Develop mentoring relationships

Build essential legal skills

Explore possible career paths

EXPERIENCE is EVERYTHING

“ My clerkship at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Mexico in the Indian Country Crimes Section helped me to determine what area of Indian Law I want to pursue. It was the first job where I enjoyed going in early and staying late.” — Tamara Begay, ’14

Secure recommendations for your legal job search

Take on real responsibility

Apply classroom learning to ‘real-world’ settings

[ˈekstərnˌship]: noun1) a temporary training

program in a workplace offered to students as part of a course of study

2) MSU Law’s career-prep specialty

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THE WASHINGTON, DC, Semester Program Dozens of MSU Law students experience life in the nation’s capital each year while engaging in on-the-job training at a federal agency. Participants work for U.S. government agencies, including the Department of the Interior, Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, Commission on Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“ Because of my involvement with the ReInvent Law Program, Professor Renee Knake helped me secure a paid internship at Riverview Law in the United Kingdom. I worked with technology teams to develop legal processing tools.” — Brian Pike, ‘15

Working AROUND THE WORLDFrom working in British legal tech to advocating for Costa Rican victims of human trafficking to navigating copyright issues for Italian winemakers, our students gain work experience all over the world.

MSU Law’s Lori E. Talsky Center for Human Rights of Women and Children also offers exciting international externship opportunities. The Talsky Center funds externships focused on international human rights and humanitarian law in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, England, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

“ MSU Law has a great reputation with federal agencies, thanks to the network of fellow alumni who were hired following their externships. This exposure gives MSU Law grads an edge in a town that can be hard to break into.”

— Rachel Dowell, ’11 U.S. Office of Government Ethics,

Washington, DC

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MSU Law alumni are working across the nation – in private practice, nonprofit human rights organizations, public prosecutors’ and defenders’ offices, Fortune 500 companies, and state and federal governments.

Evan Gaines, ’12 Associate, Gaines & GainesCalabasas, CA

Addison Boyland, ’14 Legal Services Coordinator, IMPACT LALos Angeles, CA

CA

Shannon Smith, ’14Law Clerk at Office of Administrative CourtsDenver, CO

Graham Boswell, ’13Associate Attorney, Lathrop & GageDenver, CO

CO

Melissa Vatterott, ’14Climate Outreach Coordinator, Missouri Coalition for the EnvironmentSt. Louis, MO

MO

Carsten Grellmann, ’12Associate Attorney, Klarquist SparkmanPortland, OR

OR

Keith Voorheis, ’14Business Analyst, ChevronHouston, TX

Lauren Prew, ’14Associate at Jackson WalkerSan Antonio, TX

TX

Information accurate as of January 1, 2015.

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Eric Rogers, ’14IP Specialist, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.Detroit, MI

Andy Ninh, ’14Lead Project Manager at TurtleCellAnn Arbor, MI

Rachel Roseman, ’14Associate at Smith Haughey Rice & RoeggeGrand Rapids, MI

MI

Ashley Landrum, ’14Associate Attorney at Vernis & Bowling of Palm BeachNorth Palm Beach, FL

Ariel Lett, ’14Judicial Law Clerk for The Honorable Darrin P. GaylesMiami, FL

FLOctavio Duran, ’11 Personal Injury Attorney, Willens Law OfficesChicago, IL

Kaela Munster, ’13Tax Attorney, Ernst & YoungChicago, IL

IL

Chintan Desai, ’14Valeo Financial Advisors Indianapolis, IN

IN

Samuel Merritt, ’14Associate, Alston & BirdCharlotte, NC

NC

Lauren Fritz, ’14Law Clerk at Kenney Shelton Liptak NowakRochester, NY

NY

Emily Voorheis, ’14Corporate Associate, McGuireWoodsRichmond, VA

Molly Etkind, ’13Honors Attorney, Drug Enforcement AdministrationArlington, VA

VA

Bryan Efrain Concepcion, ’12Attorney, Rosenberg & Associates Washington, DC

John Simermeyer, ’14Associate, RosetteWashington, D.C.

DC

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Get OUT of the CLASSROOMand INTO a CLINIC

Our clinical programs build your practical skills in a supportive environment as you help real clients.

OUR HIGH-ENERGY LAW FIRM ENVIRONMENTStudent clinicians have ownership over actual cases, working with their clients to resolve their legal issues. You’ll work closely with faculty mentors, who often serve as professional references and resources in your job search.

Student clinicians can:

Interview and counsel clients

Investigate facts

Research case law

Negotiate with other parties and their attorneys

Draft contracts

Assist with business transactions

Represent clients in court

Work for legislative reform

Perform community outreach

Get hands-on experience in:

Civil Rights Law

Criminal Law

Family Law

First Amendment Law

Housing Law

Immigration Law

Securities Law

Tax Law

Urban Agriculture Law

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“ Employers want to hire ‘practice ready’ law school graduates. Our extensive clinical programs provide students with the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned, hone the skills necessary to be effective lawyers, and obtain valuable mentoring from experienced faculty clinicians.”

— Joan Howarth Dean and Professor of Law, MSU Law

“ Working at the Chance at Childhood Clinic gave me insight into what it would be like to be an advocate for children and

parents. I completed custody evaluations, guardianship reviews, and advocated on behalf of a mother with a mental health challenge who was fighting for custody of her children. I took pride in helping clients to resolve intimate issues, giving them a sense of closure, and offering

hope for the future.” — Tori Edgar, ‘14

“ Because of my experience in the Plea and Sentencing Clinic, I can talk with employers not only about the substantive law I learned while working on actual cases, but also the criminal justice system in general. Every employer I talk to is impressed with my knowledge of sentencing guidelines.”

— Nathan Reitinger, ‘15

“ Nina Tarr, my clinic professor, has been extremely helpful when it comes to my future career. Her background in practice gave me access to valuable opportunities. Professor Tarr helped me to prep my resume, figure out where to work during the summer, and develop a career plan – she’s been an amazing mentor!”

— Antoinette Conrad, ‘15

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EMPLOYERS of RECENTMSU LAW GRADUATESNortheast: New EnglandBingham McCutchen (Boston, MA)

Bloomberg (Boston, MA)

Dewey & LeBoeuf (Hartford, CT)

Keane, Inc. (Boston, MA)

Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (Cambridge, MA)

Superior Court of Connecticut (Danielson, CT)

U.S. Marine JAG Corps (Newport, RI)

Northeast: Mid-AtlanticAaronson Rappaport (New York, NY)

Ballard Spahr (Philadelphia, PA)

Cahill Gordon & Reindel (New York, NY)

Fidelity Investments (New York, NY)

Goldman Sachs (New York, NY)

IBM (Armonk, NY)

Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ)

JPMorgan Chase (New York, NY)

Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet (Syracuse, NY)

Superior Court of New Jersey (Princeton, NJ)

U.S. Attorney’s Office (Philadelphia, PA)

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania (Scranton, PA)

Midwest: MichiganAccident Fund Holdings (Lansing)

Barnes & Thornburg (Grand Rapids)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mi (Detroit)

Bodman (Detroit)

Braun Kendrick (Saginaw)

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione (Ann Arbor)

Butzel Long (Detroit & Lansing)

Chalgian & Tripp (Lansing)

Clark Hill (Detroit & Lansing)

Cummings McClorey Davis & Acho (Livonia)

Dickinson Wright (Detroit, Lansing & Troy)

Elder Law of Michigan (Lansing)

First Federal Legal Aid (Clinton)

Foster Swift Collins & Smith (Lansing)

General Motors (Auburn Hills)

Golden Fry Management (Farmington)

Grewel Law (Okemos)

Harness Dickey (Troy)

Hewsen and Vanhellemont (Oak Park)

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn (Detroit)

Howard & Howard (Ann Arbor & Royal Oak)

Ingham County Circuit Court (Lansing)

Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss (Southfield)

Legal Services of South Central Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Lennon Miller (Kalamazoo)

Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller (Southfield)

McDonald Hopkins (Bloomfield Hills)

Michigan Court of Appeals (Detroit & Grand Rapids)

Michigan Economic Development Corporation (Lansing)

Michigan Housing Development Authority (Lansing)

Michigan Office of the Attorney General (Lansing)

Michigan Supreme Court (Lansing)

Miller Canfield (Detroit & Troy)

Plante & Moran (Grand Rapids)

Plunkett Cooney (Detroit)

PricewaterhouseCoopers (Detroit)

Prince Heneveld (Grand Rapids)

Rhoades McKee (Grand Rapids)

Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge (Ann Arbor)

Sommers Schwartz (Detroit)

Tishkoff & Associates (Ann Arbor)

Trott & Trott (Bingham Farms & Farmington Hills)

Turtlecell (Ann Arbor)

U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan (Grand Rapids)

Varnum (Grand Rapids)

Warner Norcross & Judd (Grand Rapids)

Washtenaw County Office of Public Defender (Ann Arbor)

Whirlpool (Benton Harbor)

Midwest: Outside MichiganBarnes, Richardson & Colburn

(Chicago, IL)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL (Chicago, IL)

BP (Chicago, IL)

Charles Schwab (Akron, OH)

Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (Chicago, IL)

Dinsmore & Shohl (Cincinnati, OH)

Dow AgroSciences (Indianapolis, IN)

Dykema Gossett (Chicago, IL)

Ernst & Young (Chicago, IL)

Faegre Baker Daniels (Minneapolis, MN)

Foley & Lardner (Milwaukee, WI)

Hall Prangle and Schoonveld (Chicago, IL)

Hunt Suedhoff Kalamaros (South Bend, IN)

Ice Miller (Columbus, OH)

Illinois Attorney General (Chicago, IL)

Immaculata (Chicago, IL)

Johnson & Bell (Chicago, IL)

Lewis Wagner (Indianapolis, IN)

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff (Chicago, IL)

Missouri Attorney General’s Office (Jefferson City, MO)

Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services (Jefferson City, MO)

Much Shelist (Chicago, IL)

National Collegiate Athletic Association (Indianapolis, IN)

Prairie State Legal Services (Rock Island, IL)

Seyfarth Shaw (Chicago, IL)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (St. Louis, MO)

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (Cincinnati, OH)

U.S. Steel (Granite City, IL)

Walker Wilcox Matousek (Chicago, IL)

Wiedner & McAuliffe (Chicago, IL)

Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison, WI)

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“ Employers across the nation are becoming increasingly familiar with MSU Law graduates and the quality of work they can produce.”

— Dennis Archer, ’70

Chairman Emeritus, Dickinson WrightPast President of the American Bar Association

Former Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

South: South AtlanticBooz Allen Hamilton (Arlington, VA)

Cato Institute (Washington, DC)

Clawson & Staubes (Charleston, SC)

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington D.C.)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (Washington, DC)

Finnegan Henderson (Washington, DC)

Fish & Richardson (Atlanta, GA)

Greenberg Traurig (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Greenblum & Bernstein (Reston, VA)

IRS Office of the Chief Counsel (Washington, DC)

Legal Aid of North Carolina (Winston-Salem, NC)

Lockheed Martin (Washington, DC)

Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney (Miami, FL)

NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA)

National Congress of American Indians (Washington, DC)

Staas & Halsey (Washington, DC)

Sughrue Mion (Washington, DC)

U.S. Army JAG Corps (Charlottesville, VA)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida (West Palm Beach, FL)

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Washington D.C.)

U.S. Department of Commerce (Washington, DC)

U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Arlington, VA)

U.S. Department of Justice (Atlanta, GA)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, DC)

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta, GA)

U.S. International Trade Commission (Washington, DC)

U.S. Navy JAG Corps (Washington, DC)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Alexandria, VA)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington, DC)

Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial (Atlanta, GA)

Whiteford Taylor Preston (Baltimore, MD)

Northeast: New EnglandBingham McCutchen (Boston, MA)

Bloomberg (Boston, MA)

Dewey & LeBoeuf (Hartford, CT)

Keane, Inc. (Boston, MA)

Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (Cambridge, MA)

Superior Court of Connecticut (Danielson, CT)

U.S. Marine JAG Corps (Newport, RI)

South: South CentralAT&T (Dallas, TX)

Brown Sims (Houston, TX)

Chevron (Houston, TX)

Frito Lay (Plano, TX)

Jackson Walker (San Antonio, TX)

Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry (Corpus Christi, TX)

Texas House of Representatives (Austin, TX)

U.S. Air Force JAG Corps (Montgomery, AL)

West: MountainClark County Public Defender (Las

Vegas, NV)

Colorado Court of Appeals (Denver, CO)

Colorado State Public Defender’s Office (Greeley, CO)

Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas (Las Vegas, NV)

Goldwater Institute (Phoenix, AZ)

Hogan Lovells (Colorado Springs, CO)

Idaho Supreme Court (Boise, ID)

Jackson National Life Insurance (Denver, CO)

Jones & Keller (Denver, CO)

Utah State Court of Appeals (Salt Lake City, UT)

West: PacificAmerican Civil Liberties Union (Santa

Cruz, CA)

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman (Sunnyvale, CA)

Deloitte (San Jose, CA)

Ernst & Young (San Francisco, CA)

K&L Gates (Spokane, WA)

Klarquist Sparkman (Portland, OR)

Koeller Nebeker Carlson & Haluck (Sacramento, CA)

Winston & Strawn (San Francisco, CA)

Locations Outside the U.S.Akasaka International Law (Tokyo,

Japan)

Dorsey & Whitney (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Federal Court of Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada)

Gowlings (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Jingtian & Gongcheng (Shanghai, China)

McDermott Will & Emery (Shanghai, China)

Nunavut Department of Justice (Iqaluit, NU, Canada)

Peace Corps (Central America)

Republic of China (Taiwan) Department of Military Justice (Taiwan)

SK Telecom (Seoul, South Korea)

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EMPLOYMENT by the NUMBERS:

0 40+31-4021-3011-201-10

RECENT NATIONWIDE EMPLOYMENT BY LOCATION

6Judical Clerk

8Technology/ E-Commerce

41Public

Interest

36OTHER

CLASS OF 2013 EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR

MSU Law alumni live and work inall 50 states and in 14 foreign countries.

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33GOVERNMENT

12Local

12State

5Federal

4Military

61BUISNESS

682 to 10

attorneys

1226 to 100 attorneys

1411 to 25

attorneys

15101 or more attorneys

CLASS OF 2013 EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR

109PRIVATE PRACTICE

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YOUR PATH to SUCCESS: You’ll spend 3+ years working with the Career Services team to:

DEVELOP LAW-SPECIFIC JOB SEARCH SKILLS.

Create strong application materials that resonate with employers

Attend resume-writing workshops

Get personalized feedback on your resume, cover letters, and writing samples

Participate in mock interviews for one-on-one coaching

Attend on-campus interviews with dozens of real legal employers

BUILD YOUR PERSONAL BRAND.

Create a strong LinkedIn profile

Use Twitter and blogging strategically to connect with practitioners

Approach your legal career like an entrepreneur by attending CSO workshops

Develop areas of knowledge and expertise through coursework

Our graduates are part of the 540,000+ Spartan network,

connected to employment

opportunities all over the world.

Spotlight On: INTERVIEWING Career advisors—along with alumni and local practitioners—conduct individualized mock interviews to boost your confidence and improve your interviewing skills. These realistic interviews are digitally recorded and critiqued to help you polish your presentation in a safe, low-stress environment.

Once you’re ready for the real thing, MSU Law’s On-Campus Interviewing (OCI) program connects you with dozens of employers. The CSO also helps you reach prospective employers through its collect-and-send and direct-send resume services, an annual recruitment fair, and connections with key regional job fairs.

“ I thought I was very good at interviews – until I went to a CSO mock interview and I found out all of the things that I was doing wrong. I learned from my mistakes, and when I went to my next interviews, I didn’t fall into common pitfalls or say the things that most students say.”

— Dorian George, ‘13

CULTIVATE A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK.

Learn to navigate formal social settings at networking events like the annual Business Etiquette Dinner

Attend the annual recruitment fairs to connect with employers

Use career jumpstart events to learn about the legal market where you plan to practice

Network with panelists at “Meet the Lawyer” events

Connect with MSU Law alumni in your region

FIND EXPERIENCE.Seek out hands-on learning during the school year through journals and moot court

Build skills and professional relationships by clinical participation

Work with the CSO to secure a summer externship

Apply for judicial clerkships

Summer Career Jumpstart gives you the chance to focus on professional development before your 1L classes begin.

Start engaging with your future in the law, and learn how the Career Services Office will support you.

Summer CAREER JUMPSTART

GET TO KNOW THE CSO TEAM via webinars, Skype conferences, and phone consultations

STRENGTHEN YOUR RESUME through one-on-one virtual resume review

LEARN ABOUT LEGAL CAREERS from alumni and CSO staff-hosted webinars

TALK WITH CSO PROFESSIONALS about your interests and goals

START BUILDING A NETWORK with your current contacts

SHOWCASE YOUR SKILLS with a LinkedIn profile