Career Publications

We publish or reprint a variety of career planning materials to assist students and graduates with their job search. The following resources can be downloaded in Portable Document Format (PDF).  For current NUSL students, there are additional resources, publications and in-house memoranda on the Career Services Department page of myLaw.

General Career Publications

• Career Services Handbook
• A Guide to Writing Your Resume
• Guidelines for Preparing Cover Letters
• Thank You Etiquette (sample letters, notes, and e-mails)
• The Interview Process
• Samples Resume for Graduates
• Sample Cover Letters and Networking Letters for Graduates
• Sample Letters of Recommendation for Clerkships and Fellowships
• Extended Use of Student Practice Certification under SJC Rule 3:03
• Writing Sample Guidelines
• Networking and Informational Interviewing
• Jobs with the UN and International Organizations

Career Publications by Legal Setting

Law Firms

• Sample Summer Associates Resumes

Government

• DOJ Honors Program Transcript Information
• Working for the Federal Government
• Massachusetts District Attorney Offices Hiring Information
• New York District Attorney Offices Hiring Information
• On-Line Information re: U.S. Foreign Service

International

• Information on Internship and Post-Graduate Opportunities with the UN and other intergovernmental organizations

Judicial

• Judicial Clerkship Handbook
• State Courts with Early Application Deadlines 
• Applying for Clerkships with Administrative Law Judges
• Overview of OSCAR for Graduates
• Judicial Clerkships:  Federal Staff Attorney Positions
• Administrative Law Judge Hiring Information

Public Interest/Fellowship

• Sample Public Interest/Public Service Resumes
• Post-Graduate Public Interest/Fellowship Handbook
• Public Interest Job Search Process
• Equal Justice Works Presentation - Summer 2009