Category: Professionalism

Tips and Tools for Making the Most of Your Summer presented by WLA

The Georgetown Women's Legal Alliance presents: "Tips and Tools for Making the Most of Your Summer"

Please come meet Kirkland & Ellis attorneys and listen to their practical advice on how to be a successful summer associate/intern and what pitfalls you should avoid. The Q&A session with our panelists will be followed by a reception with food and drinks!  Get all your questions answered before your first day on the job whether you'll be working at a firm or in a public interest position!

Time: Monday, April 8th, 2013, 6-8pm,
Location: Panel - McD 141; Reception - Upper Hart Lobby
Panelists: Eunnice H. Eun - Partner, Ritu Kelotra - Associate, and Anne Howard Dechter - Associate

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Posted by Lauren Dubin at 2:26 PM - Categories: 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E | Professionalism

Experiential Learning Information Session – Tonight!

Want to know the difference between an externship and a practicum? How about how the pass/fail credits work for experiential learning? Do you want to get the inside scoop on the most rewarding externship placements? Come hear from upperclass students, externship director Carmia Caesar, and clinical Dean Jane Aiken about the myriad experiential learning opportunities available here at Georgetown. Tonight, McDonough 203, at 5:45pm, sponsored by OPICS and the Public Interest Fellows program.

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Posted by Ruby Sheikh at 1:10 PM - Categories: 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E | Internships / Externships | Professionalism | Public Interest

Upcoming OCS Program: How to Succeed as a Summer Associate – April 17

If you are a 1L or 2L spending the summer at a law firm this year, you won’t want to miss OCS's annual How to Succeed as a Summer Associate program on Wednesday, April 17 at 3:30 p.m. in McDonough 205. Come and hear from a panel of recruiting professionals about how to approach your summer, including sealing the deal and getting that offer at the end of the summer.

The panelists, who have seen it all when it comes to summer associate programs, include: Robert O. Edwards (Director of Attorney Recruitment and Development, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York); Demetria Johnson (Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Hogan Lovells in Washington, DC); and Jonathan Kanter, (Hiring Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in Washington, DC).

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Posted by Jennifer Wetzel at 9:26 AM - Categories: 1L/1E/2E | 2L/3E | Law Firms | OCS / OPICS Programs | Professionalism

Event Tomorrow: Presenting Your Professional Self

The Corporate Law Association and Women’s Legal Alliance are co-sponsoring an event on Presenting Your Professional Self this Wednesday (tomorrow), November 28th, from 4-6pm in McDonough 160.  It will include a panel discussion on networking and a presentation by Banana Republic on the basics of building a professional wardrobe.  Attendees will receive great advice and access to exclusive discounts!  Dinner will also be served.  Please contact wla@law.georgetown.edu with questions.

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Posted by Jennifer Wetzel at 11:40 AM - Categories: OCS / OPICS Programs | Professionalism

Join the MBA Career Center for their July Professional Development Series

The Executive Time Compactor - Making Excellent Use of Your Time - Featuring Carol Kivler, speaker, motivator, training consultant, author, and president of Kivler Communications

Friday, July 13, 2012, Fisher Colloquium, Rafik B. Hariri Building.  Networking Reception begins at 6:00 PM - Program begins at 6:45 PM.

Register TODAY at: http://mcdonough.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ewBbrA017VvriLi

Graduate students from the MSB, SFS, GPPI, School of Law, alumni and guests are cordially invited to join us for an end-of-the-week evening of socializing, networking and learning as the MBA Career Center continues its Professional Development Series.

Please see below for more details.

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Posted by Laura Hosid at 2:58 PM - Categories: All class years | Community Events | Professionalism

"Tips for Summer Associates on Getting an Offer"

Posted by Laura Hosid at 8:52 AM - Categories: 3L/4E | Law Firms | Legal News | Professionalism

Careerist (Law.com blog), May 29, 2012

“The weather is hot, and Memorial Day is over. And that means the summer associates are on deck! Here is the first of our posts to help summers make it through their Big Law audition.   Today, guest blogger and former lawyer Grover Cleveland, author of Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks: The Essential Guide to Thriving as a New Lawyer (West 2010), offers advice to anxious summer associates about snagging that offer.”

To continue reading, please click here.

Free PLI Program – “How to Succeed as a Summer Associate 2012”

Posted by Laura Hosid at 2:53 PM - Categories: 2L/3E | Law Firms | Off-campus programs | Professionalism

The Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) 6th Annual “How to Succeed as a Summer Associate” will be offered in New York City on June 4, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., and via Live Webcast at www.pli.edu. 

For more information and to register, click here.