*Notes- Mandatory CDO Info Session with La Tanya

10/29/09 1:30 pm in LL101

*Also see handouts and Portal (Departments Career Development Office)

Important Dates

Oct 30= 1L Practice Area Exploration Conference- 3pm to 5pm - Marvin

Center

Oct 30= we should each be receiving password for Symplicity (Online job
database)

Nov 2= First day that we can meet individually with La Tanya

Nov 5= *How to Find a Judicial Internship for 1Ls - 5pm L201

Nov 6= Launching your legal career - a common sense primer on job search
by 1Ls- Presented by Professor Kieff

Nov 12, 4pm Room L202- 1L Diversity Program with Diversity Advisor
Jenice Goffe

Nov 12= How to Make the Most of winter break

Dec 1= First day we are allowed (by ABA) to give out resumes

Important notes

--CDO is in Burns 310-

- hours are from 9-5

- call 1 day ahead to make appointment: 994-7349

Important Resources

**Noteworthy- Biweekly newsletter emailed to each of us about jobs and related

info! *This is very important - we should be getting it and reading it

**Symplicity- the Online Job database (we should each get passwords for that on
Oct 30) - keep your contact info accurate so they can keep us informed of
updates and events

Alumni Career Advisor Network- if we want to talk to an alumnus in a particular

area of practice, then we should contact La Tanya and she will then put us in
touch with an alumnus
Webinars on How to Find a Public Interest Job, and other Legal Career info

CDO Student Guide- updated specifically for us. Includes questions and
descriptions of practice areas that might help us out.

Steps to get a summer job

1) Figure out our areas of interest either by reading the CDO Student Guide
or talk to La Tanya (after Nov 1) about areas of interest-- or look online at the
CDO website,

2) Watch webinars on how to find government, public interest jobs

3) Create a first draft of resume and cover letter

4) set up a meeting with La Tanya to go over resume and cover letter

and then plan to send out resumes and network

Summer jobs general info

-most 1Ls do not get paid 1L summer jobs

-3 sources of funding for people with unpaid jobs: 1) for public

interest/government jobs- EJF funding (limited availability); 2) for public
interest/government jobs- GW LAW funding (limited availability); 3) part-
time job

Goals of Summer jobs

-get legal experience

-gain an additional writing sample- hopefully in a field that interests you

-make contacts and build network