Third-Year Job Search Calendar

• Start thinking about permanent employment after graduation. If undecided about what area of law in which you want to specialize or where you are headed, make an appointment to see a Career Development staff member.
• Set up informational interviews and conduct research on out-of-town employers while you are away for the summer.
• Review summer emails from our office apprising you of application deadlines and employment opportunities.
• Update your resume with spring semester grades and activities. Submit an updated and revised resume draft for review to the Career Development Office.
• Consider applying for judicial clerkships.  Contact the Career Development Office for further information.
• Check bar examination requirements for the state(s) in which you plan to look for employment.
• Get ready for the On Campus Interviewing process.  

August

• Receive your critiqued resume from the Career Development Office. Make revisions to finalize your resume and upload to Symplicity.
• Complete a summer evaluation form on Symplicity about your summer work experience.
• Formulate cover letters for various types of employers and employment settings.
• Research and identify employers of interest who are coming on campus to hire 3Ls after graduation. Investigate local part-time employment opportunities (these sometimes turn into full time employment at graduation).
• Research, identify, and contact other large law firms and corporations with large legal staffs who are not interviewing on-campus.
• Explore local part-time employment opportunities.
• If you haven't already started a job search network, identify relatives, friends, teachers, lawyers, business associates, Career Development staff, and other acquaintances you can contact to learn more about legal job opportunities.

September

• Check your e-mail and Symplicity for job opportunities often. Watch bid deadlines for resume collect, resume direct and on-campus employers.
• Continue researching and contacting employers. Expand your job search network.
• Apply to U.S. Department of Justice by the mid-September deadline. Check deadlines for other federal government Honors Programs by reviewing the Government Honors & Internship Handbook (e-mail the CDO for password) and the NALP Federal Legal Employment Opportunities Guide.
• Research, identify and contact mid-size law firms.
• Apply to accounting firms with tax departments.
• If you would like assistance with your interviewing skills, make an appointment in Career Development for a mock interview.

October

• Continue contacting mid-size law firms. Begin contacting smaller law firms, banks and corporations with small legal staffs, and legal publishers, associations, and public interest organizations.
• Apply for government positions in "honors" category.
• Continue to build your job search network; add to your list of contacts and arrange "informational interviews" with them.
• Consider applying for positions with the military.
• Apply to state court judges, especially trial courts. Some are posted in Symplicity. See Career Development for more information.

November

• Explore and request applications for fellowships and graduate (LL.M.) schools.
• Continue contacting smaller law firms, banks and corporations with small legal staffs, and legal publishers, associations, and public interest organizations.

December

• Arrange for "informational interviews" over Semester Break.
• Consider broadening your search to other geographic and/or practice areas.
• Investigate newly appointed federal and state court judges who are out of the regular judicial clerk hiring cycle and make application (continue this throughout your third year and even after graduation).

January

• Update your resume after receipt of fall semester grades and class rank and upload to Symplicity.
• Research and identify employers of interest who are coming on-campus Spring semester.
• Concentrate on contacting smaller law firms, banks and corporations with small legal staffs, legal publishers, associations, government agencies (federal and state), and public interest organizations.
• Follow-up with employers contacted previously whose hiring plans were "uncertain". Be sure you continue to record all contacts and stay organized.
• Research and identify employers of interest who are participating in the Government and Public Interest Interview Program.
• Some trial court judges are seeking law clerks. Check Symplicity for details.

February

• Research and identify employers of interest who are participating in the Spring Interview Program.
• Add to your job search network and continue to contact employers (see January recommendations).
• Schedule "informational interviews" over Spring Break.
• Apply for graduate school (LL.M.) and fellowships.
• Make an appointment with a staff member to get assistance with your search.

March

• Continue to contact smaller law firms, banks/corporations, legal publishers, associations, government agencies and public interest organizations.
• Consider broadening your search to other geographic and/or practice areas.
• Continue to check Symplicity for job listings.

April

• Continue to check Symplicity for jobs.
• Seek out faculty members, alumni, and others who can help with contacts.
• Expand your job search network and contact newly added individuals.
• Complete your Employment Survey for the Career Development Office.

May

• Check Symplicity for job listings for 3Ls and recent graduates.
• Obtain reciprocity services at another law school if moving out of the area.
• Contact new individuals in your job search network and follow-up with old ones.
• Update the Career Development Office with new addresses and contact information.  Sign up for the University of Richmond's alumni community, UROnline.
• Let the Career Development Office know if you would like to volunteer as an alumni mock interviewer or if you would be willing to mentor a current student.

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