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The University of Dayton School of Law is not responsible for and does not control or monitor the content of the information provided on the Web sites listed below. These Web sites are listed to ease the job search for UDSL students and alumni, and their placement here does not constitute an endorsement by the University of Dayton School of Law. This list should be viewed as a tool to begin a legal job search on the Internet and is by no means comprehensive. It will be updated on a periodic basis. If you encounter problems with any of these Web sites or have additional Web sites you believe are useful to other users of this site, please contact the CSO.

Legal Job Search


General Legal

• ABA jobs –
www.abanet.org/careercounsel/finding.html – Internships available with the ABA Washington, D.C. Office.
• America’s Job Bank–
www.jobbankinfo.org/
• Association of Corporate Counsel – http://jobs.acca.com  -- Provides in-house counsel job postings.
• Attorneyjobs –
www.attorneyjobs.com/wps/portal/attorneyjobs/home -- An attorney jobs bulletin with job postings.
• Attorney Directory from Martindale –
www.martindale.com
• Career Builder –
www.careerbuilder.com
• Chicago legal job search –
http://chicagolegalsearch.com/
• Emplawyernet – www.emplawyernet.com – This site, created by LexisNexis, is free to UDSL students and provides both job opportunity information and assistance with career development.
• Fast Search –
www.fastsearch.com/law  - on-line legal search resources and links to legal news, periodicals, and law schools
• Find Law –
www.findlaw.com
• Flipdog –
www.flipdog.com – general job search site for legal and non-legal careers.
• Heiros Gamos –
www.hg.org –This legal site is worth the time to explore.
• iHireLegal –
www.ihirelegal.com – Allows you to apply online for legal positions at no cost.
• Jurist –
www.jurist.law.pitt.edu – this site is primarily known for hot legal news, which it is recommended you read before a legal interview.
• Lawbulletin –
www.lawbulletin.com – Chicago law information and employment.
• Law.com Career Center –
www.lawjobs.com – Law.com provides a list of job opportunities from across the country.  It also states that its job postings come from legal publications that cover over 90% of the U.S. Legal market.  The Law.com Web site provides information for students, practicing attorneys and non-practitioners.
• Law Firm profiles –
www.lawperiscope.com -- Profiles the 300 largest US law firms.
• Law firms in Martindale Directory –
www.martindale.com/law-firms.htm
• LawForum –www.lawforum.net – Provides a directory of law firms, job postings and other legal resources useful to students and alumni.
• LawGuru - 
www.lawguru.com – Provides various legal resources including legal classifieds.
• LawMatch –
www.lawmatch.com –Job posting service that also allows students and attorneys to submit their resumes.  Free to UDSL students.
• Lawyers Weekly classified ads –
www.dolanmedia.com/websites.htm
• Legal Employment Search –
www.legalemploy.com –Provides links to sites with legal job postings.
• Legal Directories attorney and firm search engine –
www.legaldirectories.com
• Lexis Career Center –
www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/login.aspx
• Monster.com – www.monster.com – national job bank for all types of jobs
• Nationjob –
www.nationjob.com – Allows you to search its database for jobs – not just legal jobs.
• Ohio Bar Career Resources –
www.ohiobar.org
• Palidan Legal Careers –
www.palidan.com/ -- Provides legal classifieds, job listings by state, and links to public interest Web sites, government Web sites and other employment resources.
• Robert Half Legal –
www.roberthalflegal.com – Provider of experienced project and full-time professionals for law firms and corporate legal departments
• Special Counsel –
www.specialcounsel.com – Assists with finding temporary and temp-to-hire legal positions of all types
• Summer Clerkships –
www.summerclerk.com – Listing of summer clerk positions.
• Vault –
www.vault.com – Provides information on firms as well as job postings.
• Westlaw’s Legal Directory –
www.lawschool.westlaw.com


Executive Recruiters/Headhunters
• Hieros Gamos -
www.hg.org/recruit-serv.html - provides a list of executive recruiters. The American Lawyer magazine also publishes an annual brochure listing major legal executive recruiters. The use of executive recruiters is recommended only for employed alumnae/ and not for current law students.


Areas of Practice
Information on Various Areas of Law


Bankruptcy

• American Bankruptcy Institute -
www.abiworld.org

Children's Rights
• American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law --www.abanet.org/child/
• Children’s Defense Fund –
www.childrensdefense.org
• Kids Counsel Support –
www.kidscounsel.org
• Best Interests –
www.childadvocacy.com
• United Nations Children’s Fund –
www.unicef.org


Entertainment, Media, and Art
• Media Access Project –
www.mediaaccess.org
• Entertainment Careers –
www.entertainmentcareers.net
• Federal Communications Bar Association – www.fcba.org\
• The Student Press Law Center (Journalists) –
www.splc.org/journalism.asp
• Lawyers for the Creative Arts –
www.law-arts.org
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) – www.vlany.org


Environmental Law
• Envirolink –
www.envirolink.org
• Environmental Career Opportunities publication –www.ecojobs.com – Web site for the environmental career opportunities.  It lists some of the environmental career opportunities posted in its bi-weekly publication.
• Environmental Careers World –
www.environmentaljobs.com
• Environmental Jobs and Careers –
www.ejobs.org
• Environmental Law Net – www.environmental-law.net – General information on environmental law created by an attorney at Holland & Knight.
• Environmental Protection Agency –
www.epa.state.oh.us
• IGC Environmental Law Internet—Resources Collection-www.hg.org/environ.html


Health Care Law
• American Health Lawyers Association –
www.healthlawyers.org


Intellectual Property Law (patent, trademark, computer and copyright law)
• ACLU’s Science, Technology & Civil Liberties –
www.aclu.org
• AIPLA American Intellectual Property Association –
www.aipla.org – an association of intellectual property attorneys.az
• American Association for the Advancement of Science –
www.aaas.org 
 Association of Patent Law Firms –
www.aplf.org – a national association of patent law firms.  This site includes a patent law job bank.
• Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) –
www.cdt.org/staff/jobs.php
• Center for Disease Control –
www.cdc.gov
• Center for Science in the Public Interest –
www.cspinet.org
• Computer Law Association –
www.itechlaw.org – CLA is an international association for the information technology professional.  Job openings in computer law are posted in the employment section of the Web site. 
• Copyright Society of the USA –
www.csusa.org
• Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) –
www.cybercrime.gov
• Electronic Frontier Foundation –
www.eff.org
• European Patent Office –
www.epo.org
• International Intellectual Property Law – www.intelproplaw.com –general information and job bank.
• International Trademark Association –
www.inta.org
• National Academy of Science –
www.nationalacademies.org
• National Council for Science and the Environment –
www.ncseonline.org
• Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) –
www.ostp.gov
• Patent & Trademark Attorney Resources -
www.piperpat.co.nz
• Patents.com –
www.patents.com -- This is a great site for all students interested in a career in intellectual property.  Topics include which IP courses to take in law school, whether to take a review class before you take the patent bar exam, and the difference between a patent attorney and a patent agent.
• Patent and Trademark Office Society –
www.ptos.org
• Patent and Trademark—List of patent agents: 
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/roster/region/index.html
• Public Knowledge – advocacy for public interest in the information age –
www.publicknowledge.org
• Trademark Law information site –
www.ggmark.com
• U.S. Copyright Office –
www.copyright.gov
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office – www.uspto.gov


International
• ABA Central European & Eurasian Law Initiative –
www.abanet.org/rol
• International Chamber of Commerce – www.iccwbo.org
• International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia  –
www.icty.org
• International Telecommunications Union – www.itu.int
• International Trade Law Branch of the UN –
www.uncitral.org
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization –
www.unido.org
• UNICEF –
www.unicef.org
• United Nations –
www.un.org
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) –
www.undp.org
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) --
www.unesco.org
• United Nations System of Organizations –
www.unsystem.org
• World Bank –
www.worldbank.org\


Government Jobs


General
• 
www.ciclt.net – the government gateway link is useful for researching local, state, and federal government entities around the country. 
• 
www.careersingovernment.com
• 
www.careerguide.net
• 
www.fedjobs.com – small fee is required
• 
www.federaljobs.net
• 
www.fedworld.gov
• 
www.govtjobs.com
• 
www.hrsjobs.com – small fee is required
• 
www.jobsfed.com
• 
www.yahoo.com/government


Federal Government Departments and Agencies
• Agency for International Development –
www.usaid.gov
• AFLCIO –
www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/jobs -- summer internships in labor law
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms –
www.atf.gov
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention –
www.cdc.gov
• Central Intelligence Agency –
www.cia.gov
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission –
www.cftc.gov
• Comptroller of the Currency –
www.occ.treas.gov
• Congressional Research Service –
www.loc.gov
• Department of Agriculture –
www.usda.gov
• Department of Commerce –
www.commerce.gov
• Department of Education – www.ed.gov
• Department of Health & Human Services –
www.dhhs.gov
• Department of Homeland Security –
www.dhs.gov
• Department of Housing and Urban Development –
www.hud.gov
• Department of Interior –
www.doi.gov
• Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office –
www.usdoj.gov
• Department of Labor –
www.dol.gov
• Department of State –
www.state.gov
• Department of Transportation -- 
www.dot.gov
• Department of Treasury –
www.ustreas.gov
• Department of Veteran’s Affairs –
www.va.gov
• Environmental Protection Agency –
www.epa.gov/epahome
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission –
www.eeoc.gov
• Farm Credit Administration –
www.fca.gov
• Federal Aviation Administration –
www.faa.gov
• Federal Bureau of Investigation –
www.fbi.gov
• Federal Communications Commission –
www.fcc.gov/jobs
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation –
www.fdic.gov
• Federal Election Commission –
www.fec.gov
• Federal Emergency Management Agency –
www.fema.gov
• Federal Labor Relations Board –
www.flra.gov
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York –
www.ny.frb.org
• Federal Trade Commission –
www.ftc.gov
• Food & Drug Administration –
www.fda.gov
• General Accounting Office –
www.gao.gov
• General Services Administration –
www.gsa.gov
• Government Printing Office –
www.gpo.gov
• Internal Revenue Service –
www.irs.treas.gov
• International Trade Commission –
www.usitc.gov
• Library of Congress –
www.loc.gov
• National Aeronautics & Space Administration –
www.nasa.gov 
• National Institutes of Health –
www.nih.gov
• National Labor Relations Board –
www.nlrb.gov
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration –
www.noaa.gov
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission –
www.nrc.gov
• National Security Council –
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc
• Office of Personnel Management – www.usajobs.opm.gov – U.S. Government’s official site for jobs and employment.
• Patent & Trademark Office –
www.uspto.gov
• Peace Corp –
www.peacecorps.gov
• Presidential Management Fellows Program –
www.pmf.opm.gov
• Secret Service –
www.secretservice.gov
• Securities & Exchange Commission –
www.sec.gov/jobs.shtml
• Senate – www.senate.gov
• Small Business Administration –
www.sba.gov
• Social Security Administration –
www.ssa.gov
• U.S. Air Force -- 
www.af.mil
• U.S. Army –
www.army.mil
• U.S. Coast Guard –
www.uscg.mil
• U.S. Marines –
www.usmc.mil
• U.S. Marshals –
www.usdoj.gov/marshals
• U.S. Navy –
www.navy.mil
• Whitehouse –
www.whitehouse.gov


State and Local Government Jobs
• National Association of Attorneys General –
www.naag.org
• National District Attorney –
www.ndaa.org
• Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction job postings –
www.drc.state.oh.us/web/careers.html
• State Government Links –
www.statelocalgov.net


Judicial
• Federal Court Locator –
www.law.villanova.edu/
• Federal Judiciary –
www.uscourts.gov
• Ohio Judicial Conference Directory –
http://ohio.gov/
•  State Court Locator – See CSO for URL & Password


Public Interest


General
• ABA Division of Legal Services –
www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/home.html
• ABA Criminal Justice Section –
www.abanet.org/crimjust/
• ACCESS Networking in the Public Interest –
www.communityjobs.org
• Alliance for Justice –
www.afj.org
• Amnesty International –
www.amnestyusa.org
• Appalachian Ohio Causes –
www.ruralaction.org
• CARE –
www.care.org/careers -- finds solutions to world poverty
• Center for Law and Social Policy –
www.clasp.org
• Corporate Pro Bono Network –
www.corporateprobono.org
• Electronic Privacy Information Center –
www.epic.org
• Equal Justice America –
www.equaljusticeamerica.org – provides summer funding for law students
• Equal Justice Works –
www.equaljusticeworks.org (formerly NAPIL)
• Essential Information –
www.essential.org – Links provided go to public interest Web sites
• Human Rights Internet –
www.hri.ca/internships-jobs.aspx -- jobs in human rights worldwide
• Human Rights USA Resource Center –
www.hrusa.org/field/default.shtm -- human rights fellowships and internships
• Human Rights Watch ---
www.hrw.org
• Idealist –
www.idealist.org – 20,000+ Public Interest Organizations around the world
• JustAdvocates –
www.justadvocates.com – list of private firms that handle public interest cases
• Lawyers Committee for Human Rights –
www.humanrightsfirst.org
• National Alliance for Mentally Ill –
www.nami.org
• National Fair Housing Advocate –
www.fairhousing.com
• National Center on Poverty Law –
www.povertylaw.org
• National Legal Aid & Public Defender Association –
www.nlada.org/index.htm
• OneWorld –
http://us.oneworld.net – Focus on human rights.
• Partnership for Public Service –
www.ourpublicservice.org
• Probono.net –
www.probono.net – Pro bono opportunities in New York, Minnesota, San Francisco, D.C.
• PSLawNet.org –
www.pslawnet.org – public interest law network.  UDSL is a member so students can access for free
• Public Interest Clearinghouse –
www.pic.org
• Public Law Initiative –
www.pili-law.org – summer funding for jobs in Chicago agencies
• ReliefWeb –
www.reliefweb.int/vacancies -- job postings in international humanitarian organizations
• Victims Rights Law Center – legal help for sexual assault victims –
http://victimrights.org


Foundations
• Council on Foundations –
www.cof.org
• Ford Foundation –
www.fordfound.org
• Foundation Center –
www.foundationcenter.org
• W. K. Kellog Foundation –
www.wkkf.org
• Rockfeller Foundation –
www.rockfound.org


Legal Services
• Alaska Legal Services Corporation –
www.alsc-law.org/
• Atlanta Legal Aid –
www.atlantalegalaid.org
• California Indian Legal Systems Inc. –
www.calindian.org/
• Center for Arkansas Legal Services –
www.arkansaslegalservices.org
• Georgia Legal Services Program –
www.glsp.org
• Gulfcoast Legal Services Inc. –
www.gulfcoastlegal.org/
• Idaho Legal Aid Systems Inc. –
www.idaholegalaid.org/
• Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. – 
www.legalaction.org
• Legal Advice & Referral Center Inc. (NH) –
www.larcnh.org
• Legal Aid Bureau Inc. (MD) –
www.mdlab.org
• Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota –
www.lasnem.org
• Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati (OH) –
www.lascinti.org
• Legal Aid Society of Orange County Inc. (CA) –
www.legal-aid.com
• Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands Inc. (MA) –
www.lscci.org
• Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (MO) –
www.lsem.org
• Legal Services of Northern California –
www.lsnc.net
• Legal Services of Northern Virginia –
www.legalaidhelp.org
• Legal Services of North Texas –
www.lanwt.org 
• Legal Services Law Line of Vermont –
www.lawlinevt.org
• Lehigh Valley Legal Services Inc. (PA)
www.lehighlegal.org
• Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Inc. – www.nslawservices.org
• Neighborhood Legal Services Association (PA) –
www.nlsa.us
• Neighborhood Legal Services Inc. (NY) –
www.nls.org
• New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation (LA) –
www.nolac.org
• Northwest Justice Project (WA) –
www.nwjustice.org
• Northwestern Legal Services (PA) –
www.nwls.org
• Ohio State Legal Services Association –
www.ohiolegalservices.org
• Palmetto Legal Services (SC) –
http://web.logicsouth.com 
• Peninsula Legal Aid Center, Inc. (VA)  -- 
www.nngov.com/children-youth-families/community-resources-directory/peninsula-legal-aid-center-2013-intake
• Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center (PA) – www.philalegal.org
• Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc. (ME) –
www.ptla.org
• Rhode Island Legal Services Inc. (RI) –
www.rils.org
• Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services Inc. –
www.hbci.com/~smrlswi/
• Three Rivers Legal Services Inc. (FL) –
www.trls.org
• West Tennessee Legal Services –
www.wtls.org
• Wisconsin Judicare Inc. –
www.judicare.org


New York City
• The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services –
www.cases.org
• The Center for Reproductive Rights –
www.crlp.org
• Legal Services of New York City –
www.mfy.org
• Safe Horizon for victims of crime and abuse –
www.safehorizon.org
• The Vera Institute of Justice –
www.vera.org


Public Policy
• New American Foundation -
www.newamerica.net/about/employment_opportunities/


LLM Programs
• ABA Section of Legal Education -
www.abanet.org/legaled/postjdprograms/postjd.html - provides links to all the different LLM programs offered by law schools in the U.S.


Summer Abroad
• 
www.abanet.org/legaled/studyabroad/semester.html


Summer Sublets
• 
www.apartments.com
• 
www.law.georgetown.edu/reslife/summer/index.html
• 
www.nalp.org (Feb 1- May 1)


United Kingdom Law
• 
www.lawsociety.co.uk


Bar Exam Information


General
• BarBri –
www.barbri.com – BarBri is the most popular bar review course taken by UDSL students.
• National Conference of Bar Examiners –
www.ncbex.org
• Palidan –
www.palidan.com – Palidan contains a wealth of information for both attorneys and law students.  It’s section on state bar  examinations will cover everything you need to know for all 50 state bar examinations
• Patent Bar Review –
www.patentbarreview.com – Information on Patent Bar Review Courses
• PMBR –
www.pmbr.com – PMBR, a popular bar review course, focuses on the MBE.  Both 3-day and 6-day courses are available.


National Bar Associations
• American Bar Association –
www.abanet.org
• Federal Bar Association –
www.fedbar.org


State and Local Bar Associations in Ohio
• Akron Bar Association –
www.akronbar.org
• Cincinnati Bar Association –
www.cincybar.org
• Cleveland Bar Association –
www.clevelandbar.org
• Columbus Bar Association –
www.cbalaw.org
• Dayton Bar Association –
www.daybar.org
• Lake County Bar Association –
www.lcba-ohio.org
• Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas –
www.montcourt.org
• Ohio Association for Justice  –
www.oajustice.org/OH/
• Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – www.oacdl.org
• Ohio Attorney General – www.ag.state.oh.us/index.asp
• Ohio State Bar Association –
www.ohiobar.org
• Ohio State Supreme Court –
www.sconet.state.oh.us
• State of Ohio Jobs –
http://ohio.gov

 

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