C A R E E R S
C U R R E N T S T U D E N T S
General Legal Resources and Research Links
Bar Associations
Legal Research
- Emory School of Law Federal Courts Finder - Easy-to-use web site enables users to click on a map of the U.S. connecting them to other web sites that provide U.S. federal court decisions.
- Internet Legal Resource Guide - A categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as more than 850 locally-stored web pages and downloadable files. The site serves as a comprehensive resource of information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America.
- Lawguru.com - The web site conveniently pools together many online law-related web sites in order to offer users the ability to conduct legal research, read legal news articles, find legal forms, join discussion groups, locate lawyers, and access specific practice area pages. Also offered are several legal employment links and job listings.
- LexisNexis - Besides offering extensive online legal research tools the web site also provides subscribing users career search services in affiliation with www.vault.com.
- Martindale.com - Includes job listings for attorneys and other legal professionals, advice on job searching, a directory of legal recruiters, and other job search tools.
- Martindale - Legal Careers - Provides MCLE-approved seminars, exclusive
law school pages, and pages specific to areas of specialty.
- Westlaw - Online legal research tool which enables subscribers to search a vast database of cases, statutes, business materials, and other documents. Also, the site offers an online store, listings of law-related jobs, access to CLE courses, and free newsletters.
Legal Sites
- Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute - Through this project, Cornell University
Law School provides links to important legal web sites and documents.
- Hieros Gamos - Offers international legal news, news on over 70 practice areas and links to various online resources covering career advice to U.S. court cases.
- Jungle Law - Provides various articles covering topics such as getting into law schools, legal recruiting, and associate life.
- Law Forum - Exclusive directory of law firms, legal support services, legal resources, employers, and aspiring attorneys with web sites.
- Lawyers Weekly, Inc. - This site provides summaries of local court decisions and other vital news for lawyers.
- National Conference of Bar Examiners - The web site disseminates relevant information concerning bar admission standards and practices. In addition, the site offers bar admission statistics, bar admission office locations, bar exam hints, and online MPRE registration.
- Washburn University School of Law Guide to Legal Information on the Internet - Provides information ranging from individual court circuits to legal humor.
Legal Job Search/Salary
- AttorneyJobsOnline - This web site requires a paid subscription to access a database containing listings of current attorney and law-related positions nationwide and abroad, information on judicial clerkships, fellowships, legal search/headhunter positions, and government contract opportunities.
- The Daily Journal - The site provides job listings in the classified section.
- eAttorney.com - Provides a classified job bank, an alumni job bank, and research tools. Also, applicants can apply online and membership is free.
- Emplawyernet - Provides attorney job listings that can only be accessed with a paid subscription. However, the "basic" free membership allows access to several research tools and articles concerning legal recruiting.
- Findlaw - offers a wealth of information, ranging from U.S. Supreme Court decisions to course outlines for law students.
- Find Law Career Center - Attorney job listing web site also includes a "Yellow Pages" of legal employers, various career newsletters, salary charts, insider perspectives, and the Greedy Associates Board.
- Internships-USA- This web site is designed to provide law students with access to information on over 500 internships, as well as contact information for thousands of law firms, prosecutors, government agencies and judges nationwide. See "For Law Students Only" section for username and password information.
- Law.com - Offers attorney job listings, along with a firm directory with links to the corresponding recruitment pages. In addition, the web site contains an expansive collection of law-related resources such as salary surveys, news articles, and various firm rankings.
- Lawcrossing.com - Collection of legal jobs for law students and attorneys.
- Lawjobs.com
- Lawmatch - Online attorney job listings are accessible for free. The web site also offers various paid membership services which offer services ranging from a listing in their resume bank to personal internet career agents.
- Law and Policy Institutions Guide - Provides job seekers a free job search, free confidential resume posting, free "Career Agent" email service that notifies of new job postings, and a Career Resource Center with resume tips, interviewing techniques, cover letter advice and much more.
- The Legal Employment Search Site - A comprehensive listing of web sites for information on legal related employment, law school career services offices, general employment, posting resumes online, and other job searching suggestions.
- Opportunities in Public Affairs - A source of public affairs job openings in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
- Paycheckcity.com - Offers several online tools to calculate take home pay, gross pay, 401(k)s, bonuses, etc.
- Salary.com - Features news articles on salaries in various fields, offers salary advice, and a salary wizard which calculates the average salaries based on field and geographic area.
- SummerClerk.com - Includes web-based recruiting software and databases law firms use to recruit students for internships and full-time jobs
- U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics - Of particular interest to the alternative career seeker are descriptions of major industries and compensation data for hundreds of occupations.
- Vault - Features a substantial variety of interesting and useful resources, including descriptions of associate life in various practice areas, legal news, firm research tools, and an active message board. In addition, the site features job listings for attorneys and a career services section. The site also covers various other industries such as finance and health.
- Wetfeet - The web site provides both job and internship listings. In addition, the site offers various research tools on private firms, salaries, and practice areas. The free membership also provides career newsletters, discussion boards, and free career guides.
