Top Ten Job Search Strategies

1. Attend Career Services career education and employment programs, seminars, roundtable discussions, etc., as well as programs offered by student organizations.
2. Build relatinships (get out and "talk" to people in the legal community): Informational meetings are a necessary part of this strategy. AIR: Advice, Information and Referrals.
3. Contact GSU law alums and alums of your undergraduate institution (if it has a law school). A list can be generated by conducting a Lexis and/or Westlaw search using each school's name and city.
4. Develop "target" employer lists by using the variety of CSO employer directories; local bar associations' publications; by conducting employer searches on Lexis or Westlaw, etc.
5. Enroll in Externships which serve government agencies, the judiciary and public service organizations and agencies (gain legal experience, academic credit, reference sources, network contacts, etc).
6. Join local bar associations as a student member and become an active member in a practice section of interest.
7. Make time to attend at least two Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs in practice areas of interest while in law school (collect business cards then send letter of  introduction and request and informational meeting).
8. Network, network, network. Remember that every time you encounter someone it could be your next employer (strike-up conversations with people wherever you are).
9. Review job listings furnished by CSO on a regular basis. Sign up for the Symplicity Career Management System and use the Job listing notebooks in the CSO.
10. Take advantage of all the career fairs and other legal connections programs which GSU actively participates and/or co-sponsors (i.e. , Coastal Legal Recruiting Conference, Southeastern Intellectual Job Fair, National Patent Law Interview Program, Atlanta Bar Association Programs, Atlanta Legal Hiring Conference, Southeastern Minority Job Fair, Equal Justice Works in Washington, D.C., Georgia Judicial Clerkship Job Fair, Prosecutors Interview Program, etc).

In addition, find a classmate (we have the survey information) who spent the summer (and got a job offer) at a firm, governemnt agency, public interest organization, etc., that is of interest to you to introduce you to the hiring partner or practice section head or send a letter on your behalf (firms listen to their newly hired and "soon to be" associates).