From Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com), who conducts our 1L Etiquette Dinners. If you are about to start your first job in the legal profession, your performance over the next several weeks will be absolutely critical to your success. Thus far, your GPA has helped demonstrate that you have the ability to acquire and use legal skills. […]
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The Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) is excited to host its second Law Student Summer Program. This program is open to law students around the state, who plan to work in Dallas after the bar exam and is perfect for first- and second-year law students (Classes of 2022 and 2023). The Law Student Summer […]
The Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) Judicial Internship Committee is organizing its 2021 Judicial Internship Program. The Program provides law students with a rare and invaluable behind-the-scenes experience working with the judiciary. A second, but equal, purpose of the Program is to provide local judges with research support. By sending a single submission to […]
The Dallas Hispanic Law Foundation invites Hispanic law students who are in the process of completing their first- or second-year classes to apply for the DHLF Judicial Internship Program. Judges from the Dallas area civil and criminal courts will be participating. Applicants must have completed first-year law school courses from an accredited law school, including […]
Visa’s Legal and Compliance Department will be hosting a three-session virtual speaker series, open to all interested law students, to provide you with an overview of cutting-edge legal issues in payments and technology, and the work that the lawyers do at Visa. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please email LCTraining@visa.com. […]
Disclaimer: By now, your organization has probably already established a routine for remote work and how they expect summer interns to be integrated, so make sure to follow their lead. Goals Establish early on what the organization’s expectations are and what your goals for the internship are. What are you hoping to gain from it […]
From Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com), who conducts our 1L Etiquette Dinners. With only four or five weeks to make positive impressions, this year’s summer associates and interns must come across as professionals in everything that they say and do. I’ve outlined below best practices for managing assignments. When you receive an assignment: Take notes. To ensure […]
From Mary Crane (www.marycrane.com), who conducts our 1L Etiquette Dinners. This summer you may have fewer opportunities than your predecessors had to interact in person with employers and recruiters. Because of social distancing requirements, you’ll need to maximize every Zoom meeting to which you are invited as well as phone calls and emails. Don’t allow […]
The following is a highlight of a few resources available to students and soon to be graduates. You may also review a more comprehensive list of resources as well as resources for 3Ls and recent grads. Job Bank on Symplicity. Be sure to set up a Job Search Agent. Attorney Jobs in the USA for […]
The Dallas Hispanic Law Foundation invites Hispanic law students who are in the process of completing their first- or second-year classes to apply for the DHLF Judicial Internship Program. Judges from Dallas-area civil and criminal courts will be participating. Applicants must have completed first-year law school courses from an accredited law school, including civil procedure, […]