LibGuides: Career Resources at UMaine Law: Job Search

West Academic

Career Success ebook collection

Certifications

Lexis Advance Practice Ready Certifications
Legal Research
Researching unfamiliar topics and Regulatory Process
Transactional and litigation drafting
Legal analytics
Westlaw Certifications
Business of Law
Efficiency
Legal Research
Transactional Law
Litigation Research

Resources

ABA for Law Students: Alternative Legal Careers
Blog, podcasts
ABA for Law Students: Landing a Job
Advice blog and webinars
ABA for Law Students: Legal Career Paths
Blog, webinars
Equal Justice Works
Summer and part-time public interest fellowships
Linked In
Networking, job postings.
Maine Law Career Resources
PSJD - Public Service Legal Career Pathway
Online clearinghouse for law students and lawyers to connect with public interest job listings and career-building resources started at NYU.
Symplicity: Career Services
For Maine Law students and employers
Vault Law Guides
Career services website has law firm and subject guides. Fee based or through educational institution.

Books

Law Jobs by Andrew McClurg; Christine Coughlin; Nancy Levit
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781640202054
Publication Date: 2019-09-23
100 Days to Your Next Job for Law Students and New JDs by Pamela Davidson
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781640208513
Publication Date: 2019
Available on West Academic.
The All-Inclusive Guide to Judicial Clerking by Abigail Perdue
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781634608220
Publication Date: 2017-04-05
Available on West Academic.
Behind the Bench by Debra M. Strauss
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781628103823
Publication Date: 2017
Guide to Judicial Clerkships
Available on West Academic.
The Bridge by Maxwell D. Rosenthal
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1632818108
Publication Date: 2015-11-01
Lexis Digital Library
How to Land a Legal Job Overseas by Sidney Korshak
Call Number: KF297 .K67 2014
ISBN: 9780991047659
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Landing a Federal Legal Job by Richard L. Hermann
Call Number: KF299.G6 H473 2011
ISBN: 9781616328351
Publication Date: 2012-04-16
ebook also available: https://bit.ly/2kkAauV
The Marble and the Sculptor by Keith Robert Lee
Call Number: KF297 .L44 2013
ISBN: 9781614388869
Publication Date: 2013-11-05
Provides readers with a clear path from law student to lawyer, with a fundamental understanding of what is expected of them as a new attorney: the triumphs and tragedies, the ups and downs, and the wins and losses.
The Practice by Brian Tannebaum
Call Number: KF300 .T36 2014
ISBN: 9781627220019
Publication Date: 2015-08-07
The Relevant Lawyer by Paul A. Haskins (Editor)
Call Number: KF297 .R45 2015
ISBN: 9781634251471
Publication Date: 2016-02-07
A Short and Happy Guide to Being Hired by Toni Jaeger-Fine
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781683289821
Publication Date: 2018-04-18
Available on West Academic.
Telling Your Story by Jo Ellen Dardick Lewis
Call Number: KF297 .L49 2017
ISBN: 9781611638899
Publication Date: 2017-06-16
Writing legal resumes and cover letters
Understanding and Overcoming Cognitive Biases for Lawyers and Law Students by E. Fruehwald
Call Number: KF300 .F78 2018
ISBN: 9781985130135
Publication Date: 2018-02-05