Carstens & Cahoon, LLP is devoted to creating a diverse and stimulating work environment. It is our goal to help encourage women and minorities to enter the practice of intellectual property law in Texas. This year, to help advance our goal, our firm will be awarding a $1,000 scholarship to a woman and/or minority law […]
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Now in its third year, Lawcountability, J.D. is an online professional development tool for Texas Law students. Founded by Ari Kaplan, who presented the program, “Networking for Career Success,” during Freshlaw Orientation, this platform (and iPhone app) will help you improve your networking skills, assist you with applying key job search strategies, and connect you […]
The Action Committee for Career Services is providing students the opportunity to purchase 250 student business cards for $25. Submit your order online and then go to the ordering site to complete you order. You will then immediately see a proof online before finalizing your order. Orders must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, […]
Texas Law has joined with the Gideon’s Promise Law School Partnership Project (LSPP) to support one or more students in the Class of 2017 who are selected to work in public defender offices as Gideon’s Promise Fellows. Fellows will receive a one-year, $45,000 fellowship from Texas Law and a commitment of a permanent job within […]
Updated September 7, 2016 – The American Inns of Court is a national organization with the goal of promoting excellence and professionalism in the legal community. It seeks to accomplish this goal through local Inns made up of lawyers, judges, law professors, and second and third-year law students who meet monthly to discuss these issues […]
For more information about the positions below, please visit the 2015-16 Public Policy Handbook online. For programs with “Rolling Deadlines,” please review applications and apply early as these positions are filled on an ongoing basis. Internships may be eligible for course credit. Visit the Experiential Learning: Internships page online to learn more. If you would like to have […]
The Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair is one of the largest public service job fairs in the country and will take place October 28-29, 2016 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. More than 1,200 students from 165 law schools attend for two days of interviews, workshops, networking and other career opportunities. Public interest employers […]
From Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com), who conducts our 1L Etiquette Dinners. Most employers report that today’s colleges and universities graduate some of the smartest students this country has ever seen. Unfortunately, those same employers complain that many new hires lack a series of critically important professional skills. “I can teach a junior associate how to draft […]
The U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General’s Honors Program (HP), the largest and most prestigious federal entry-level attorney hiring program of its kind, and Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP), the Department’s competitive recruitment program for compensated summer internships, is now accepting applications. Online applications are due by September 6, 2016. If you would like your application materials […]
The Peggy Browning Fund’s 18th Annual National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference takes place October 14-15, 2016 in Linthicum Heights, MD. The University of Texas School of Law may nominate an unlimited number of students to attend the conference. One student, however, will be eligible for conference sponsorship (including on-site meals and lodging expenses) by the […]