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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:
Fall OCI Interview Program, September 21 - November 20
Webcast: SpeedReaching Interviewers:
A Strategic Advantage for Lawyers in Transition. Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET).
Presented by Paul D. Tieger, Former Jury Consultant, Author of Do What You Are.
In a competitive job market, attorneys seeing employment need the ability to quickly and effectively demonstrate their value to potential employers.
Paul D. Tieger, a former jury consultant, internationally recognized expert in Personality Type and the author of the 800,000 copy best selling career book Do What You Are, will demonstrate how you can capitalize on your natural communication strengths and avoid potential weaknesses to positively influence interviewers. You will learn how to be alerted to key clues about each interviewer's preferred communication style, enabling you to "speak their language" to best assure a positive outcome.
As part of this program, participants will have an opportunity to complete a free and accurate on-line Personality Type assessment, which will help identify key assets and most suitable career choices.
Register online at www.nysba.org/November18thWebcast.
1L Summer Job Panel - Opportunities in Japan. Thursday, November 19, 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM. JG 107. Come here about the many unique opportunities available to CLS 1Ls to spend your summer in Japan! Fluency in Japanese is not required, and some of them do not even require any Japanese! We'll have students who have worked at Japanese law firms, Tokyo offices of U.S. law firms, and non-profits share some of their experiences and tips. Lunch will be served.
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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