Equipment for Student Use in Career Services

Job List Binders

The job listing notebooks containing information about current posted positions, are located in the Career Services Office, and are placed on reserve in the Law Library whenever the Career Services Office is closed, i.e. after business hours and on week ends. There are three listing books, which are identical to each other. Listings are divided into categories such as public interest, law firms, governmental, judicial, student legal jobs, out-of-state and corporations. The listings are numbered and placed in reverse chronological order, with collective listings at the back of each book.

Computers

The Career Services Office has three personal computers for student use. One is to use for resume and cover letter production and two others for career searches. Of the two others, one is a designated Lexis terminal and the other is a designated Westlaw terminal. It is highly recommended that you do your resume on a computer and save it onto a disk. In this way it allows flexibility in updating.

Typewriters

There is a correcting electric typewriter available for student use in the Office for typing employment-related documents. The typewriter is especially handy for filling out applications and preparing envelopes.

Lexis/Nexis

Lexis has an entire career database for student use and at no charge. The career database contains many valuable directories, which can be searched using a variety of parameters. Nexis, the news database, contains articles from hundreds of publications. In addition, the Career Services Office has developed a special program that allows you to transfer data from the Lexis Martindale-Hubbell Directory directly into mail-merge format in WordPerfect. Career Services offers Lexis workshops each fall.

A sample listing of career databases on Lexis follows:

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory:

All United States Listings;

All International Listings;

All Canadian Listings;

Corporate Legal Departments;

Patent and Trademark Listings:

Services for Lawyers.

Directory of Bankruptcy Attorneys;

Lexis Employer Directory;

Lexis Public Interest Directory;

Federal Careers for attorneys;

Federal Law-Related Careers;

U. S. Government Manual;

Lexis Judicial Clerkship Directory;

Law Enforcement Administration Directory;

Lawyer's Plum Book

National Legal Aid and Defenders' Association

Legal publications include:

The American Lawyer;

The National Law Journal;

Illinois Legal Times;

Legal Times;

Massachusetts Lawyer;

Michigan Lawyer;

New Jersey Law Journal;

New York Law Journal;

Texas Lawyer.

WestLaw

Westlaw has many valuable career directories on-line, including NALPline, the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, and the Directory of Corporate Counsel. Using Westlaw to prepare mailing lists, and to prepare for specific interviews, can greatly assist you in your job search. Dialogue, the news database, contains up-to-date articles from hundreds of publications. If you would like to learn more about using Westlaw, watch for the workshop offered by the Career Services Office in the fall.

NALPline Directory of Legal Employers;

West's Legal Directories;

AALS Directory of Law Teachers;

Corporate Counsel;

Government Counsel - State and Local;

Law Firm Marketing Highlights;

Law Students Directory;

Private Practice Directory;

Directory for Canada.

Fax Machine

Students may use the telefax machine for employment related documents. Instructions on the operation of the fax machine are posted on the wall. The fax number is (404) 413-9079.

Telephone

There is a telephone available for student use, except during on-campus interview season. Students are asked to use the telephone only for local employment related calls.

Copier

The Career Services Office provides a copy machine, on which students may copy job listings. We require that you use the copy machine only for job listing.