Listed below are links to a number of sites to help you in your job search. If you are seeking employment in another part of the country, you may wish to check the career service Web sites of the law schools in that area. Those Web sites may contain useful information for you regarding reciprocity arrangements, local resources, and links to various job databases.
- General Career Information
- Additional Links of Interest
- Federal Government Sites
- Public Interest Law
- International Opportunities
- Summer Sublet Information
- Bar Preparation
- Bar Review Courses
General Career Information
- Government Honors & Internship Handbook (information about summer internships and entry-level jobs at federal agencies). Using this website requires a username and password; call or email the Career Services Office for this information, if you need it.
- LawCrossing.com (summer, entry-level and lateral job postings across the country). University of Wisconsin Law School students have free access to the job postings and other resources on this site if they sign up using the promotional code, which can be obtained by contacting the Career Services Office. UW Law School alumni are entitled to a discount when they sign up for a LawCrossing membership if they use the alumni promotional code -- contact the Career Services Office for that information.
- Intercollegiate Job Bank -- This website contains the alumni job bulletins of many law schools throughout the U.S. Call or email the Career Services Office for the username and password, if you are a UW Law School alum who wants to access this website.
- State of Wisconsin
Employment Opportunities
Job listings available with the State of Wisconsin - State Attorneys General
website
This site, created by Columbia University Law School, contains an interactive map that guides you to the website of each state's attorney general; these sites typically include employment information.. - State Bar of
Wisconsin Legal Career Center
Job postings in Wisconsin and nationwide. - Wisconsin Alumni
Association Career Center
Career information and links - JOBTRAK
"Pathway" access is available ONLY via UW computers.
Business jobs posted with the University of Wisconsin Business School. - ABA Career Resource Center (access to ABA career information, as well as daily tips on finding jobs and enhancing careers)
- Hieros Gamos
Contains a searchable job database and links to other legal career sites. - National Law Journal
The law employment center is divided into three sections of legal job listings, law firm recruiting information and a legal employment library. - Fedworld
Another searchable source of federal positions, some of which are not contained in the OPM site. - Findlaw
- Career Path
This site contains links to the classified ad sections of nearly 90 major newspapers. - Directory of Legal Employment Resources on the Internet
- Law Jobs
Positions from the American Lawyer Media family of newspapers and journals. - WetFeet.com
Information about careers in law, business, finance and counseling. - National Association for Law Placement
- NALP Directory of Legal Employers
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Emplawyernet.com
- Information.com
Career information exchange for the legal community. - Lexis.com
- Vault.com
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Legal Employment Weekly
- Daily Journal Corporation
newspapers
Classified ads for attorney jobs in California. - Legaltimes.com
Classified ads for attorneys jobs, mostly in the D.C. area. - CareerJournal.com
General career advice from the Wall Street Journal.
Additional Links of Interest
Many of the following sites have comprehensive legal links to additional sites.
- American Corporate Counsel Association
- The American Bar Association
- American Bar Association Career Center
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- Comprehensive
Guide to Bar Admission Requirements
Contains bar admissions information for all 50 states. - Summer Study
Abroad Programs
Contains a listong of all summer abroad programs that are approved by the ABA.
Federal Government Sites
- Federal
Government
List of all federal government agencies on-line - Federal Career Opportunities (using this site requires a user name and password; contact the Career Services Office if you want to obtain them)
- Federal Government Service Pay Scales
- Federal Government Forms
- Agency for International Development
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Commodity Futures Trading Co.
- Comptroller of the Currency
- Congressional Budget Office
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Equal Employment Opportunity Comm.
- Farm Credit Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Deposit Insurance Co.
- Federal Election Commission
- Federal Emergency Management Assoc.
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Federal Trade Commission
- Food and Drug Administration
- Government Printing Office
- General Accounting Office
- General Services Administration
- House of Representatives
- Internal Revenue Service
- International Trade Commission
- Library of Congress
- NASA
- National Endowment of the Arts
- National Labor Relations Board
- National Security Council
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Office of Management & the Budget
- Office of Personnel
Management
This page lists all federal job openings provided by OPM and serves as a gateway to other employment information about federal jobs nation and worldwide. The listings are updated daily and can be searched by occupational category, geographic location, and pay level. Lists current openings. On-line application. - Patent & Trademark Office
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Co.
- Postal Service
- Securities & Exchange Commission
- Small Business Administration
- Smithsonian Institution
- Social Security Administration
- U.S. Information Agency
- U.S. Senate
- White House Internship Program
Public Interest Sites
The Career Services Office has assembled a list of Internet resources to help students search for public interest internships, careers, fellowships and funding opportunities in many areas of law.
International Opportunities
Summer Sublet Information
Summer Sublet Web Sites:
National sublease and housing sites: http://www.SubletSwap.com; http://www.SummerExchange.com; http://www.JDpost.com; http://www.nalp.org (NALP's "National Apartment Exchange" will be on line from February 1 through May 1); http://www.apartments.com; http://www.rent.net; http://www.eattorney.com.
Washington, D.C. summer housing:
American University -- http://www.american.edu/other.depts/reslife/interns.htm;
Catholic University -- http://housing.cua.edu/och/home.cfm;
George Washington University -- http://www.gwired.gwu.edu/och/index.html;
Georgetown University Law Center-- http://www.law.georgetown.edu/reslife/; or telephone (202) 662-9290.
University of Maryland -- http://tombstone.umd.edu/ndconfig/nd/OchStudentSearch/Welcome (Housing ID: usjustice PIN: dcpass).
New York housing: http://www.law.nyu.edu/residenceservices/summer.html
Bar Preparation Links
Listed below are the major national bar review courses and their links.