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1 Descriptive Career Information
2 Job Banks and Searching Advice
3 Law Firm Directories
4 Associations
5 Graduate School Information
6 Market Trends
7 Related Pages

Descriptive Career Information

Industry Advice: Law Careers
This portal of career information includes a collection of articles about law careers: click on Career Advice and look for "Law Careers " under Industry Advice.

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Current students and staff can access Vault on campus and remotely using their Simmons log-in: http://0-www.vault.com.library.simmons.edu/cb/careerlib/careerlib_main.jsp?parrefer=2336
Alumni have off-site access to the Vault Online Career Library provided by the Simmons Office of Alumnae/i Relations with Alumnet registration with Alumnet registration. To register for Alumnet, go to: https://www.alumnet.simmons.edu/olc/pub/SNS/register/register.cgi.
To log-on to Vault through Alumnet, go to: http://www.alumnet.simmons.edu/olc/membersonly/SNS/career_lib.html
A free version of Vault, which also contains the Vault job board, is available at http://www.vault.com.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Lawyers
The Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook provides career outlook, descriptive career, and salary information on lawyers, paralegals and legal assistants, court reporters, and judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos053.htm

Paralegal Careers
Paralegal career information from Hartwick College with links to descriptive information and career advice.
http://info.hartwick.edu/tcpd/webx/webx.html

Job Banks and Searching Advice

Association of Patent Law Firms (APLF) Job Bank
Patent Law Firm job listings.
http://www.aplf.org/job-bank/

FindLaw
Recruiting website that provides job listings as well as employer information for career research, view employer profiles, create a target list by location or keyword, etc.
http://www.careers.findlaw.com/

Lawyers Weekly Jobs
Job listings from the classified advertisements of this weekly journal.
http://www.lawyersweeklyjobs.com/

LawJobs.com
Job listings for law careers from classifieds; can also search legal firms.
http://www.lawjobs.com/

LawCrossing
Lists internships, summer associate positions and entry level law jobs nationwide.
http://www.lawcrossing.com/

Legal Employment Search Site
A collection of legal employment web resources.
http://www.legalemploy.com/

National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) Career Center
Job listings and relevant articles for paralegals from a professional association for paralegals.
http://paralegals.legalstaff.com/

SummerClerk.com
Employment site for law students looking for summer employment.
http://www.summerclerk.com/

Law Firm Directories

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
Create a list of firms or lawyers by specialization, geographic area, firm size, and law school attended.
http://lawyers.martindale.com/

Associations

American Arbitration Association (AAA)
Includes information on arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators.
http://www.adr.org/

American Bar Association (ABA)
http://www.abanet.org/

Boston Bar Association (BBA)
http://www.bostonbar.org/

Boston Patent Law Assocation (BPLA)
http://www.bpla.org

National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA)
Includes information on the Certified Legal Assistant exam, schools that offer training programs in a specific state, and standards and guidelines for paralegals.
http://www.nala.org/

National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
http://www.ncraonline.org/

National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA)
Includes information on a career as a paralegal, schools that offer training programs, job postings for paralegals, the Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam, and local paralegal associations.
http://www.paralegals.org/

National Verbatim Reporters Association (NVRA)
http://www.nvra.org/

United States Court Reporters Association (USCRA)
http://www.uscra.org/

Graduate School Information

American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE)
http://www.aafpe.org/

Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
http://www.lsac.org/

MassCIS
The Massachusetts Career Information System (MassCIS) is available to Massachusetts residents and includes an Education & Training section. Click on "Graduate School Sort" to create a list of schools matching your preferences. From the Mass. Division of Career Services (DCS).
http://masscis.intocareers.org/

Peterson's Online Graduate Program Resource
Peterson's online searchable graduate program database. Users can search graduate programs nationally by keyword, location, etc.
http://www.petersons.com/Default.asp?ShowTab=gr

Market Trends

ABA (American Bar Association) Career Counsel
Look at the section called Career News for articles from ABA Journal related to the Law industry.
http://www.abanet.org/careercounsel/

Career Journal: Salary and Hiring Info by Industry
Salary and hiring data for the Law industry from the publishers of the Wall Street Journal.
http://www.careerjournal.com/salaryhiring/industries/law/index.html

Pulse of the Legal Profession: 800 lawyers reveal what they think about their lives, their careers and the state of the profession
An article found in ABA Journal where lawyers answer questions regarding their experience in the law profession.
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/pulse_of_the_legal_profession/