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Current Featured Titles from Career Services Collection:

Browse current featured titles from the WVU Law Library's Career Services Collection below, which encompasses works on legal career overviews, job search strategies, and curriculum planning for future career success.

How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success by Jason Mendelson; Alex Paul
Call Number: Law Library Career Services KF300 .M47 2022
ISBN: 9781119835813
Publication Date: 2022-06-15
In this book, a team of veteran lawyers and entrepreneurs delivers an eye-opening discussion of how to translate your years of training and education into a running start in the world of practice. The book bridges the gap between law school and practice, whether you hope to be a big firm transactional attorney, a solo criminal lawyer, work for the government or any other legal profession.
The Law Student's Guide to Networking by Amy Smith; Haley Grieco; Lawyers Who Launch
Call Number: Law Library Career Services KF297 .S465 2021
ISBN: 1737922185
Publication Date: 2022-01-29
The Law Student’s Guide to Networking gives you the straightforward tools for successful law school networking without wasting any time. Whether you are a 1L, 2L or 3L, the Law Student’s Guide to Networking will provide you with the framework to learn how to network today and jumpstart your legal career.
How to Crush Law School: Graduate at the Top of Your Class and Land the Job of Your Dreams by Charles Buist
Call Number: Law Library Career Services KF283 .B85 2020
ISBN: 9798642721735
Publication Date: 2020-05-25
In this concise book, the author explicitly reveals the secrets to success in law school and shares his most valuable bits of law school wisdom.
The Law Career Playbook: The Guerrilla Guide to Getting a Legal Job You Actually Like by Rachel Tessa Gezerseh
Call Number: Law Library Career Services KF297 .G49 2018
ISBN: 9781732637207
Publication Date: 2019
Rachel Gezerseh flips the status quo for law school students and graduates, giving them tangible tips on resume-building and networking, as well as diving into the branding strategies that will make you stand out as exceptional in a sea of qualified lawyers.The Law Career Playbook is your ticket to hustling with purpose, forging meaningful industry connections, and unlocking the power of who you are in order to end up with your very own dream law career.
Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know About a Career in the Law by Susan S. Blakely
Call Number: Law Library General Collection KF299.W6 B59 2009
ISBN: 9780735593855
Publication Date: 2009-11-17
Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know about a Career in the Law addresses the realities of law firm practice, especially in large firms, and gives pre-law students, law students, and new attorneys a realistic view of the opportunities and challenges most often encountered by women lawyers.
Managing Your Legal Career: Best Practices for Creating the Career You Want by Richard L. Hermann
Call Number: Law Library Career Services KF297 .H45 2010
ISBN: 1604429003
Publication Date: 2011-07-16
This thorough guide, divided into short, specific sections that touch on what you'll need to do before your new job hunt, while you're looking, as you're sitting in the interview, once you've gotten an offer, and everything in between, covers everything you need to know.
A Law Graduate's Guide: Navigating Law School's Hidden Career and Professional-Development Curriculum by Nelson Miller
Call Number: Law Library Career Services KF297 .M547 2011
ISBN: 9781935220398
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Written to help the transition from graduate to lawyer, the Law Graduates Guide reveals that law school has a hidden curriculum. While studying, completing course requirements, and making progress toward a law degree, students should also be deliberately planning their career and professional development. This guide helps law students identify, organize, and make the best use of career and professional-development advice and resources in order to link their education with a meaningful career.

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