Career Services: Your Resource for Career Success

Registration Policy

In order to use any of the services of the Career Services Office (CSO), you must register with us each academic year. Please complete the registration form    and return it to us, along with ten copies of your current resume for our files.

You are required to maintain a resume file in the CSO, containing at least ten current resumes. This is primarily for your convenience, and you may obtain a resume from your file whenever you need one. After completing the registration form and submitting ten resumes, you will be eligible to use all the services of the Career Services Office.

Interview No-Show Policy

Students are expected to keep any interview appointments they accept. Any interviews, whether on- or off- campus, that must be canceled should be canceled NO LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. Failure to cancel a scheduled interview at least 24 hours in advance will be viewed as a "no-show" and appropriate disciplinary steps will be taken. Disciplinary actions may include forfeiture of the use of the Career Services Office.

Resume Accuracy Policy

The Career Services Office (CSO) has produced a booklet entitled "Resume, Cover Letters and Interviews" to assist you in preparing your resume. Please pick up a copy in the Career Services Office and consult with a member of the Career Services staff for additional assistance.

Resume fraud is an honor code violation, and will not be tolerated. Disciplinary action will be carried out by the Honor Court and the Dean of the College of Law. Resumes will be randomly checked by the Career Services Office for accuracy. If there is a misrepresentation, the student:

1. Will be reported to the Dean and to Honor Court;
2. May be barred from using the Career Services Office for the remainder of the academic year;
3. Must correct the misrepresentation on the resume; and
4. Must notify all employers to whom the resume was sent of the misrepresentation.

Guidelines for Reporting Grades

Students may include their cumulative numeric average on resumes provided they do not round their average. Rankings are based upon numeric averages and are very specific; a change of two or three hundredths of a point can mean a substantial change in a student's rank. For example, an average of 84.57 may NOT be reported as 84.6.

Semester averages may be included on resumes as long as they are clearly labeled as such and are reported in addition to the overall numeric average.

Students who have not yet been ranked may provide their current average on the resume and include a statement concerning the date by which official ranks will be available.

Guidelines for Working Students

The Skills Training Committee of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and admissions to the Bar has developed the following guidelines for students working part-time while in law school:

1. Full-time students should accept part-time employment only after the first year of law school, and then only to the extent that it does not interfere with their ability to attend law school classes, perform assigned clinical work, complete written assignments, and prepare adequately for examinations.
2. Students attending law school on a full-time basis should scrupulously adhere to the ABA rule limiting part-time employment to no more than 20 hours per week.
3. Students working part-time should recognize their professional obligations to their employers and their clients, and should observe the highest standards of professional competence in their work.
4. Students should recognize the special obligation of confidentiality arising from the employment relationship.