Your Pathway to a Legal Career
January prepare
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Check “Government Honors & Internship Handbook” for federal internship listings.
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apply
Update resume with fall course scores and progress.
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Participate in mock interviews and table talk simulations.
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1L Weekend On-Campus Interviews
o Atlanta Bar Association Minority Clerkship Program (**** just one example of many career fairs around the country – if you know where you’d like to live, be sure to search for job fairs in that area) Damali Booker 1L Minority Job Fair /(Nashville Bar Association) o
Public interest: Georgia Public Sector Career Fair
interview
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Delaware Minority Legal Hiring Conference
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Judicial clerkship: Judicial Clerkship Job Fair
attend
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Mary Crane’s “Rules of Engagement” Program
prepare apply
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Schedule a meeting with LCS to strategize your summer job search.
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Atlanta Bar Association Minority Clerkship Program
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Spring Southeast Legal Hiring Conference
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Judicial clerkships: Judicial Externships through the Civil Externship Clinic
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Damali Booker 1L Minority Job Fair
February
interview
o Georgia Public Sector Career Fair (interviews and/or table talk) o Atlanta Bar Association Minority Clerkship Program o 1L Weekend On-Campus Interviews o On-Campus Interviews
attend
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1L Weekend Reception ( attend regardless of whether you were asked to interview)
o Judicial clerkships: “Nuts & Bolts” Workshop (come to listen and get a sense of the process)
March apply
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Patent Law Interview Program (must be eligible to sit for the patent bar)
o Public interest: Equal Justice Foundation Fellowships and other summer fellowships (to help fund unpaid internships)
interview attend
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Judicial clerkships: Deadline for Judicial Externships for SUMMER & FALL
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Atlanta Bar Association Minority Clerkship Program
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On-Campus Interviews
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Patent Bar Information Program
o “Clinic Town Hall” (learn about externship opportunities)
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