Baylor Law School's CDO blog talking legal market, networking, interviewing and finding your job
\par What You Missed Last Week – Interviewing Skills Workshop and Dress to Impress \par We had two fantastic programs last week focused on interviewing skills and how to dress professionally; this post will focus on the interviewing program. If you were in attendance this will be something of a summary, but I’ll also include…
\par Mailbag! \par \par Q:\tab How many employers participated in Spring OCI and how many should we anticipate will participate in fall?\par \par A:\tab We had 22 employers register to participate this spring, which is slightly more than last year and quite a bit more than we have typically had in past years. Something to…
\par Having Fun With Employment Statistics \par Let's talk about employment statistics. If you have yet to graduate, your exposure to them has primarily been when you researched law schools before applying. If you're a graduate, you've filled out the graduation employment survey as well as perhaps the CDO's employment survey we use to report…
\par Get The Most Out Of OCI It's interview time again and many of you will be asking or wondering (or should be), how do I get the most out OCI? Here are five things you can do:\par Get your materials ready. It's a safe bet that employers may ask for your resume, a cover…
\par Mock Interviews! Beginning next Monday, I will offer regular times each week to conduct mock interviews. Our office has offered these in the past in conjunction with Fall OCI, which we will continue to do. However we felt it import\par ]]>\par \par You can practice answers to relatively common interview questions, and we can…
\par Take Action Today! \par One of the trends we've noticed in our office lately is a willingness among students to research potential employers, but often in lieu of taking any action to reach out to them. If it's happening in our office surely it's happing among some of you on your own, so we…
\par Tips for 2Ls Looking For Summer Opportunities \par So it's January, the quarter is about to end, and you still have one or both halves of your 2L summer still open. What do you do? First, don't panic. More people are in you\par ]]>\par \par Participate in CDO Interview Programs. Granted spring OCI is…
\par Pursuing 1L Opportunities \par We've fielded quite a few questions recently from 1Ls regarding what 1L summer opportunities are out there and how to find them, and I thought it was worth addressing from the employer side of things. Some of this may repeat (or hopefully reinforce) what Angela has already communicated, and if…
\par Christmas Break Networking Stories \par Welcome back everyone! I wrote a post back in November talking about the importance of taking advantage of breaks in the calendar to network. Then last week we asked you to share your stories with us. Here are a few that you sent in, but we'd like to share…
\par What Does The Changing Legal Landscape Mean For You? \par \par You likely hear and read quite a bit about the struggles and transformation going on in the legal industry, most notably in big law firms. Cary Gray from Looper, Reed & McGraw (and also a Baylor regent) was just on campus Thursday to…