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Judicial Clerkship Roundtable

Interested in Becoming a Judicial Clerk After Graduation? Please join the CDO on Tuesday, April 20 at 5:30 p.m. in Room A110 for our Judicial Clerkship Roundtable discussion.  Judges, current and former law clerks, and 3Ls who have recently secured clerkships will discuss how & when to apply for clerkships, what judges look for in […]

Careers In Academia

 Are you interested in a career in academia?  If so, please join our distinguished panel as they discuss how they prepared for and transitioned into their careers in academia.  The Career Development Office is pleased to welcome the following professors:  Ricardo Bascuas, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law Kele Williams, Associate Professor […]

2010 Loyola Patent Law Interview Program

Loyola University Chicago School of Law is hosting the 2010 Annual Patent Law Interview Program on Thursday, July 29 and Friday, July 30 in Chicago, Illinois.  This is a nationwide interview program that targets patent law employers and rising second and third-year J.D. students with engineering and/or technical science academic backgrounds. If you have an undergraduate […]

WE DID IT????

Miami Law Women and the Career Development Office are presenting a panel discussion on the latest employment polls showing that women for the first time in history make up the majority of the workforce.  The panel will feature female judges and attorneys.  Please join us on Monday, February 15, at 12:30 p.m. in Room 109.  […]

The Launch Pad is Seeking Two Law Students to Act as Fellows for Spring 2010

The Launch Pad, the University of Miami’s entrepreneur and innovator resource center, is seeking two law students to act as Fellows for the Spring, 2010 semester. Applicants should be interested in entrepreneurship and have some work experience in a professional business environment. Skills sought include attention to detail, business law knowledge or experience, intellectual property knowledge […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of January 11, 2010)

Monday, January 11 – Friday, January 15 Coming Up This Week:   January 14, 2010: Spring Judicial Internship Applications are Available in the CDO (2L and 3L students) January 14, 2010: POP Orientation Meeting, 12:30 pm in Room A-110

International Legal Internships for Summer 2010

International Legal Internships for Summer 2010 Interested in working abroad this summer?   Possibly in Paris, Hong Kong, or Buenos Aires?   Do not miss our information session on Tuesday, January 19 at 12:30 in Room 108 to learn about this unique opportunity to acquire practical legal experience abroad in law firms and international organizations in Europe, the Americas […]

Welcome to the PSLawNet Blog!

Welcome to the PSLawNet Blog located at http://pslawnet.wordpress.com/ and launched on January 4, 2010. The goal is to serve as an information clearinghouse for law students and lawyers on public service career paths. To that end, the content will include: legal news affecting the public interest job market (including government); updates on resources for public […]

The National Association of Women Lawyers’ Annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition

 The National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”) has established the annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law. The rules for the competition are as follows.  TOPIC  Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the […]

The 2010 DART Organizers Institute is Now Accepting Applications

DART is now accepting applications for the 2010 DART Organizers Institute, the paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. Participants will undergo a combined classroom and field training covering such topics as: · Entering a community · Identifying and training local leaders · Strategic planning and issue cutting […]