Career Resources
Resource Center
The Ovadia CP&P Office aims to guide and assist students in every step of their professional development journey. In keeping with the Office’s partnership model, it is committed to help create and maintain a pipeline of employment opportunities. The CP&P Office also commits to provide comprehensive programming to help students develop the tools needed to meaningfully participate in those opportunities.
Career Planning and Exploration
- 12 Months of Diversity & Inclusion Opportunities (ABA Office of Diversity & Inclusion: Resources for Minority Law Students)
- ABA Internship Resources
- ABA Section of International Law – International Law Firm Internships
- Animal Law: The ALDF Opportunities in Animal Law booklet contains information about clerkships, scholarships, job and pro bono opportunities, law journals, research tools, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters and more.
- Calendar and Timelines
- Career Planning Development Plan
- Careers in Law
- Chambers Associate
- Equal Justice Works (EJW) – “Take Control of Your Future” (Free Student Loan Debt e-Book)
- FireScience.org: Guide to Public Service Careers
- Guide to Alternative Careers
- Guide to Judicial Internships
- Intellectual Property: Careers in IP-Entertainment-Technology Law (select employers with whom FIU Law alumni have found employment)
- A sample of IP law firms in the Greater Miami Area
- OSCAR Program Office Resources for Clerkship and Staff Attorney Applicants:
- Juvenile Defense Policy and Practice Career Resource Guide (by NJDC)
- Peggy Browning Fund
- Podcasts
- AIPLA Podcast Network – hub for IP news, analysis, and debate
- ‘I Am the Law‘ – Law School Transparency offers podcasts focusing on different legal jobs
- ‘The Gen Why Lawyer‘ – explores unconventional career paths for young attorneys
- Additional podcast examples available here
- The Florida Bar – Master Calendar of Events
- Vault Campus
- Vermont Law: Judicial Clerkship Guide (please contact the CP&P Office for username/password).
- Voluntary Bar Association Networking Events
- The Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar - Find an Affiliate
Job Databases
- ABA Career Center
- Arizona Government Honors & Internships + Public Policy Handbooks: Federal, state and local government programs. Please contact the CP&P Office for the password.
- BARBRI Job Network
- CareerBliss
- Evolve Law Jobs: Jobs board for those interested in working in the legal technology sphere.
- Florida Bar Career Center
- GIPA IP Careers Portal
- Patent Law: Patently-O
- Post Graduate Fellowships
- PSJD: Public sector opportunities, including jobs in government and within law schools, around the globe.
Writing Competitions
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Select writing competitions in the fields of IP, Entertainment and Technology Law available here
ADDITIONAL WRITING COMPETITIONS: Available at iCompete Writing
Résumés, Cover Letters & Other Correspondence
Social Media Marketing Resources
- CP&P Office LinkedIn Guide for Law Students Brochure
- LinkedIn Profile Checklist
- LinkedIn Help Center
- LinkedIn Jobs
- Search for law jobs @ linkedin.com/jobs/legal-jobs/
- Search for legal internship opportunities @ linkedin.com/jobs/internship-legal-jobs
- FIU Alumni Association social media accounts
- LinkedIn for Job Seekers: How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile
- 5 Simple Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Job Searching Success
- What Job Seekers, Employees and Employers Need to Know About Social Media
Etiquette Resources
- Recruiting Dinners
- Texting Etiquette
- Additional etiquette resources from Foley & Lardner LLP available here
Academic Policies & Regulations – Employment Restrictions
Per FIU Law’s Academic Policies & Regulations, certain employment restrictions are imposed upon full-time first year students as well as part-time students. These regulations in their entirety are available at law.fiu.edu/aba/.
Contact Us
Career Planning and Placement Office
- 11200 SW 8th Street RDB 1055 Miami, FL 33199
- 305.348.8376
- lawcareer@fiu.edu
- Staff Directory