From the Career Development Office

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CDO will be in the Lobby every Monday from 9:45 – 10:45am and Friday from 2:30 – 3:30pm.

Great Jobs found in ROSCOE:
Project Harmony Child Advocacy Summer Internship, 1L, 2L, (Lincoln, Omaha, Council Bluffs)
Spring 2019 Law Clerk, 1L, 2L – First National Bank (Omaha, NE)
Space Law Summer 2019, 1L, 2L, 3L – NASA Internship (Nebraska College of Law)
2019 Summer Intern, 1L – Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith (Sioux Falls, SD)
Summer Intern, 1L, 2L – Chicago Immigration Court (Chicago, IL)
Rural Practice Initiative Program, 1L, 2L, 3L – Nebraska State Bar (North Platte, NE)
Restorative Justice Paid Summer Internship, 2L – The Resolution Center (Beatrice, NE)
Nebraska Supreme Court Law Clerk, 3L – Nebraska Judicial Branch Judge John Freudenberg (Lincoln, NE)
Deputy Lincoln County Attorney, 3L – Lincoln County Attorney’s Office (North Platte, NE)

Rural Summer Legal Corps: Applications due February 11

The Rural Summer Legal Corps (RSLC) program will connect law students with different civil legal aid sites across the country this summer to address pressing legal issues facing rural communities. There are 30 positions available nationwide with a variety of legal aid organizations, including Legal Aid of Nebraska, which will be a hiring a fellow for the Lincoln office to work with the Housing Justice Project, and Iowa Legal Aid, which is offering the opportunity to work out of any of its ten regional offices, one of which is in Council Bluffs. Students will earn a $5000 stipend for the summer.

Each site has a different project focus and students can select up to three sites that they're interested in with one application. 

Find out more about this program and apply here. Do not miss out on this incredible public interest opportunity! 

If you are a 1L don’t forget to RSVP to the Employer hosted events in your ROSCOE account. Take this opportunity to meet with the firms before they are on campus holding interviews! See ROSCOE for more details and to sign up.

Cline Williams Evening Social
Monday, January 14, 2019
5:30 – 7:00pm
HopCat (Downtown Lincoln)

McGrath Evening Social
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
5:30 – 7:00pm
Blue Sushi Sake Grille (Downtown Lincoln)

Fraser Stryker Social
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
5:30 – 7:00pm
The Cellar at the Oven (Downtown Lincoln)

Koley Jessen 1L Social
Monday, January 21, 2019
5:30 – 7:00pm
Koley Jessen Law Firm (Omaha, NE)

1L Atwood Holsten Brown Deaver & Spier Social
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
4:30 – 6:00pm
Atwood Law Firm (Lincoln, NE)

Baird Holm Employer Social
Thursday, January 24, 2019
5:00 – 7:00pm
Lazlo’s (Downtown Lincoln)

Husch Blackwell 1L Social
Thursday, January 31, 2019
5:30 – 7:00pm
Blue Sushi Sake Grill (Downtown Lincoln)

Employer lunches – Open to ALL students

Jacobsen Orr Lunch Event
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
12:00 – 1:00pm
Room: Auditorium

Upcoming CDO Events

Interviewing Success: Get Practical Advice and Practice
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Room 115
12:10 – 1:00pm

Get practical tips on interviewing and have the opportunity to practice what you learn!

Mock Interviews
Friday, January 18, 2019
Rooms 174 – 179C
8:00 – 5:00pm

**As a reminder you cannot sign up for Mock Interviews or Spring On Campus Interviews until you have a Resume uploaded and approved in the system.

Spring OCI sign up will be opening up the first week in January. The first on campus interview deadline is January 25th at 10:00am. You CAN NOT sign up to interview with any employer if you do not have an approved resume in the system. If you have not gotten into your ROSCOE account or have not had your legal resume edited and returned please contact the Career Development Office (lawcareer@unl.edu).

Resume and Cover Letter tips and examples can be found here: https://law.unl.edu/career/application-materials/
An electronic copy of your transcript/grade report can be requested from Vicki Lill vlill@unl.edu