Career Resources

• 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:
  • Application Prep Kit
  • Application Process Overview
• Juvenile Defense Policy and Practice Career Resource Guide (by NJDC)
• Peggy Browning Fund
• Podcast: AIPLA Podcast Network – hub for IP news, analysis, and debate
• Podcast: ‘I Am the Law‘ – Law School Transparency offers podcasts focusing on different legal jobs
• Podcast: ‘The Gen Why Lawyer‘ – explores unconventional career paths for young attorneys
• 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

• 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.
• CareerBliss
• Equal Justice Works: Public Interest Law Jobs Digest
• Evolve Law Jobs: Jobs board for those interested in working in the legal technology sphere.
• Intercollegiate Job Bank: A product of a consortium of member law schools around the country who share job postings for post-graduate positions, particularly helpful to students who seek positions outside of Florida. To obtain log-in information, please contact the CP&P Office.
• Patent Law: Patently-O
• Post Graduate Fellowships
• PSJD: Public sector opportunities, including jobs in government and within law schools, around the globe.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Select writing competitions in the fields of IP, Entertainment and Technology Law available here.

ADDITIONAL WRITING COMPETITIONS: Available at iCompete Writing.

FREIDIN BROWN, P.A. & SAVE SOCIAL JUSTICE SCHOLARHIPS/WRITING COMPETITION [DEADLINE: OCT. 30, 2020]

Topic: Address one of the following topics - (1) How do you hope to use your law or graduate degree to change the world for the LGBTQ community and how would this scholarship towards your tuition change your world? (2) What does Social Justice mean to you and why do you think it is important to stand up for your community? (3) Show us how you translate ideas into action. Present an LGBTQ social justice issue as a statement of a problem and a proposed project that would address this problem. (4) If you could resolve one area of social injustice that the LGBTQ community faces, what would it be and how would you accomplish it? (5) Discuss a past experience where you encountered an injustice, how you responded, and the impact that it had on your professional goals. (6) In what way has your experience as a social justice advocate affected your perception of our legal system and how has it motivated your actions and community involvement as a leader? (7) Profile an LGBTQ activist in your community. Discuss one of their initiatives that has inspired you and one initiative that you would have executed differently. (8) Address a legislative initiative in your community that impacts the LGBTQ population.

Complete details: Available @ yourfloridatrialteam.com/scholarship/

MELMED LAW GROUP P.C. ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP/WRITING COMPETITION [SUBMIT BETWEEN JAN. 1 - FEB. 15, 2021]

Topic: How you were impacted by an issue of workplace fairness. You can be createive - this can be a reaction to a news story, a personal anecdote, or anything else. What does workplace fairness mean to you in the context of a larger social and economic structure?

Complete details: Available @ melmedlaw.com/scholarship

• Résumé & Cover Letter Workshop
• Résumé Template
  • Résumé – Action Verbs
  • Résumé – Checklist
  • Résumé – Dos and Don’ts
  • Sample Legal Résumés
• Cover Letter Template
• Guide to Writing Samples

• 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
• How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Job Search Success
• LinkedIn for Job Seekers: How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile
• What Job Seekers, Employees and Employers Need to Know About Social Media

• Recruiting Dinners
  • “How To Wow The Crowd At Recruiting Dinners”
  • Place Setting
• Texting Etiquette
• Additional etiquette resources from Foley & Lardner LLP available here