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WHO WE ARE:
Welcome to the Office of Career Services! Our office and The Social Justice Program Office are committed to your career development. We offer a wealth of resources to both help you find meaningful work as legal practitioners as well as provide you with the skills you need to enter the world of work as consummate professionals. We genuinely look forward to getting to know you all.
WHAT WE DO:
Our office offers many invaluable services. These include:
* Individualized Career Counseling:
We have several wonderful counselors on staff, most of whom are lawyers. Our counselors have decades of counseling as well as practice experience and a wealth of resources to help you create your own career path. They are committed to giving you the tools you need to identify and achieve your career goals.
* Introduction to a Vast Network of Employers:
Through our Early Interview Program (EIP), Fall Interview Program (FIP) for 2Ls & 3Ls, our Spring Interview Program for 1Ls and our Overseas-Trained LLM Job Fair, you will have the opportunity to meet and interview with a large number of employers in both the private and public sectors. During the school year, many of these employers also host on-campus events and participate in programs hosted by our office. Therefore, you will have many opportunities to make meaningful contacts that will serve you well during the recruitment process and in your life beyond graduation.
* Opportunities to Develop Strong Relationships with Alumni:
Our office works closely with the Development and Alumni Relations office to ensure that all of you have access to our alums across the country and the world. Our alums are eager to work with you during your time at CLS and you will have many opportunities to develop rich, lasting relationships with them.
* An Extensive Range of Cutting-Edge Programming:
Throughout the academic year, our office will host a large number of programs that are designed to fully introduce you to the exciting and diverse opportunities available to lawyers and to address important professional development issues.
* A Wealth of On-line Resources:
From podcasts to articles to webinars to useful links, our office is committed to providing you with easy-to-access information about the job market, professionalism, stress management, financial planning, alternative careers and similar topics.
WHERE WE ARE:
Our mailing address is:
435 W. 116th St., Box A-5
New York, NY 10027
HOW TO FIND US:
We are located on the second floor of the Jerome Greene Annex, off the courtyard east of Greene Hall, the main law school building. The nearest subway is the 1 at 116th Street.
Please click here for a map
Phone: 212.854.2683
Email: careerservices@law.columbia.edu
WHEN TO REACH US:
* Academic Year
We are open Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm
* June through August
We are open Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm
* Weekends and Public Holidays
The office is closed on these days.
See you all soon!
Please click on the appropriate link to your left for further information.
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CALENDAR:
Summer Internships with the Department of Justice Criminal Division Brown Bag, WJW 101, Monday, November 23, 2009 12:00 - 1:00 PM. Agency Counsel Julie Zebrak, Acting Deputy and Executive Officer in the DOJ Criminal Division, will speak about unpaid summer internships in D.C. at a Brown Bag info session in WJW 101 at 12:10 today. She will be joined by CLS graduate John Neal, who serves as a Senior Trial Attorney in Criminal Division’s Fraud Section at the U.S. Department of Justice. This event is geared toward 1Ls, but 2Ls are welcome. The DOJ Criminal Division develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws except those specifically assigned to other divisions. The Division, and the 93 U.S. Attorneys have the responsibility for overseeing criminal matters under the more than 900 statutes as well as certain civil litigation. Criminal Division attorneys prosecute many nationally significant cases. For more information, contact Abigail Meisel, Assistant Director, Pro Bono and Domestic Programs @abigail.meisel@law.columbia.edu
NYC Bar Diversity Fellowship Program Info Session, Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM. Jerome Greene Annex. In 1991, the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers established a program of summer clerkships for first-year law students to address the under-representation of minority lawyers in the legal field. The goal of the Fellowship Program is to offer first-year students from under-represented populations a unique summer employment opportunity in outstanding law firms and corporate law departments. To learn more about this program and the application process, and to hear the experiences of past Fellows, please join us for an informational session. Applications will be distributed at the info. session. Pizza will be served.
Taking Control of Your Career In a Troubled Economy: A Program for Law Students. Monday, November 30, 2009 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. NYC Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues). This tough legal market demands that you use every opportunity to distinguish yourself. Come hear experts discuss ways of making yourself more marketable in this economy. Panelists will cover a wide array of topics, including the art of cover letter and resume writing, interviewing, informational interviews, online job applications, traditional and online social networking and more! The paneliest will include Eric Barron, President, The Ability Project; Camille Chin-Kee-Fatt, Director of Career Services, Brooklyn Law School; Lori Freudenberger, Former Prosecutor; Moreen Mitchell, Associate Director of Career Services, New York Law School. Please RSVP to lsprsvp@yahoo.com.
New Directions 2010: Practical Skills for Returning to Law Practice
INFORMATION SESSION:
DATE: November 19, 2009
TIME: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
5:30 – 6:00 - Introduction by New Directions Staff
6:00 – 7:00 – Remarks by Current and Past New Directions Participants
7:00 – 7:30 – Informal Q & A and Conversation
PLACE: Pace Law School, 78 North Broadway, White Plains, New York 10603. Gerber Glass Building, Law Library, 3rd Floor
For information about our innovative and unique program to facilitate attorneys’ return to the legal marketplace, please come to our upcoming Information Session. New Directions graduates and current participants will be attending to describe their experiences. You provide the questions – we provide food, beverages and answers!
• Session One Dates: January 25, 2010 - July 8, 2010
• Session Two Dates: TBD (July – December 2010)
For more detailed information, visit our website at www.law.pace.edu/newdirections, call Amy Gewirtz, Director, New Directions, at (914) 422-4606, or email us at agewirtz@law.pace.edu. Please RSVP to agewirtz@law.pace.edu by November 12, 2009
The Great Recovery III: The Future of the Legal Profession. Monday, November 30, panel at 6:00 pm, reception at 7:00 pm.
Princeton Club of New York, 15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY. Since the onset of the current financial crisis, major law firms have laid-off approximately 10,000 attorneys. These numbers do not include the vast numbers of junior attorneys who have been furloughed, or summer associates who have not been invited to return to work. Firms like Heller Ehrman, Wolf Block, Dreier, and Thelen Reid have ceased to exist, and while the largest players have been hit the hardest, regional players have avoided some of the strife. As the financial and business communities reexamine the models they have relied upon in the past, how will these lessons effect the legal community going forward? What will law firm recruiting and retention look like in the new environment? What will be the profit model for the future of the legal profession? If you are an attorney, one who uses legal services, a student, or simply interested in the subject matter, please join our panel of legal experts who will share insight into the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. After the panel discussion, please stay for a drink and a chance to network with our guests and other industry professionals.
Moderator: Prof. David Barnard of Columbia Law School
Panelists: Cathy Kaplan LAW '77 of Sidley Austin, Hugh Verrier of White & Case, Blair Fensterstock of Fensterstock & Partners LLP, and Michael B. Rogers CC'80 of BNP Paribas
Cost: $10, members; $15, guests (includes panel and one drink)
RSVP: please email events@princetonclub.com with your name, affiliation, and the number of guests you will be bringing.
**There will be a special dinner menu available for all attendees in the Tiger Bar & Grill immediately following the event
See the Full Career Services Calendar
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