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Congratulations on your graduation and law school accomplishments! We here in the Career Development Office wish you all the best and much success in your careers!

Please take a moment to fill out the online graduate employment survey by May 31, 2012 and you will automatically be entered into a raffle for an iPad once you complete the survey.

Thank You!

Georgia State University School of Law will hold its annual Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair (SIPJF) in Atlanta, GA on July 31, 2012. Interested students can preview a list of participating employers here. To participate in SIPJF, students must (1) complete the registration form and return it to the Career Development Office by noon on Monday, May 21, AND (2) pay the online registration fee of $30 by noon Monday, May 21. Contact Bill Powers in the Career Development Office at wapowers@central.uh.edu or 713-743-0810 with any questions.

Graduating 3Ls: 

Congratulations on your graduation and law school accomplishments! We here in the Career Development Office wish you all the best and much success in your careers!

Please fill out a graduate survey form and let us know your employment status so that we may be of assistance as needed.  The form is available at our table at the Law Bookstore or you can come by the Career Development Office in 8BLB.

Thank you! You will automatically be entered into a raffle for an iPad once you complete the survey! 

Join the Career Development Office for a lunch with Mark Levy and Bret Fulkerson of
the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. They will be discussing the anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and what it’s like working for a government agency.

Wednesday, April 18

240 BLB

Lunch will be served!

-> Wednesday, April 18

Lunch with representatives from Office of the Attorney General of Texas.
They will discuss the anti-trust case against Apple as well as what it's like to work for a government agency.

Lunch with be served.

240 BLB

See below for the 2012 OCI Fall Recruiting Schedule. If you have any questions, stop by the Career Development Office in 8BLB.

July 2: Students are able to log into Symplicity to review employers participating in Fall Recruiting (Students must complete their TWEN training and meet with a Career Counselor to get their password to Symplicity)

July 2: Deadline to request resume review in order to guarantee you will have it back BEFORE bidding starts

July 16-23: Bidding Period (submit application materials) MUST log into Symplicity in order to bid.

Aug 1-6: Accept/Decline Period -- Must log into Symplicity to sign up for interview slots (first come first served)

August 7-8: Alternative Sign Up (must log into Symplicity)

August 20-24: Interviews take place at the Law Center: Career Development Office, Finnell Rooms or 2nd floor TUII

The results are in and the awardees are listed below! Congratulations to our 2012 Public Interest Fellows!

Phillip Baggett - Texas Innocence Network (Non-Capital Division)
Lillian Baker  - United States Embassy, Niamey, Niger
Joshua Barron - US Attorney’s Office, District of Nevada
Yanet Benitez - Disability Rights Texas
Darren Braun - Blair County District Attorney’s Office
Paige Cantrell - PEMEX
Shiloh Carter - Galveston County District Attorney’s Office
Amy Demmler - Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Stephanie Eberhardt -  US Attorney’s Office – SD Texas
Mili Gosar - Children at Risk
Tracie Hall - Lone Star Legal Aid
L. Ariell Hardy - US Attorney’s Office – SD Texas
Brandy Howard - City of Austin
Cara Johnson - Bay Area Legal Aid
Paul Kharmats - Lone Star Legal Aid
Blair Leake - Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Olivia Mathias - Kids in Need of Defense, Inc.
Nancy Molina - Disability Rights Texas
Ballari Mukherjee - TIRR Memorial Hermann – ILRU
Kevin O’Brien - Texas RioGrande Legal Aid – Houston
Emma Raimi-Zlatic - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Justin Ratley - Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Amir Roohi - Catholic Charities of Central Texas
Jenna Saldana - Disability Rights Texas
James Santangelo - Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Lisa Steffek - Center for Children, Law & Policy
Alexandra Vickery - DHS, ICE, Office of Chief Counsel
Drew Willey - Texas Innocence Network (Capital Division)
Julia Zhang - Beijing Arbitration Commission

For all other students planning on working in a public interest position this summer, remember that you can either work as a volunteer or as an academic intern. If you are interested in academic credit, please know the deadline for applying for the summer externship course is May 12, 2012, and you can apply at https://www.law.uh.edu/clinic/forms/externform.asp. 

Details on the UHLC Graduate Fellowship program are here!

The graduate fellowship program helps graduates productively bridge the time between sitting for a bar exam and receiving bar results.  The goal of the fellowship program is to expand a graduate's experience/resume and increase their connections in the legal market while working with a government or non-profit legal organization.  Fellows will also participate in the Career Development Office’s bi-weekly career coaching & counseling program.

A limited number of fellowships are available.  Interested grads should make note of the three step application process: 

(1) No later than May 18th (prior to arranging placement) meet with the Assistant Dean and the Public Interest Advisor to discuss placement options relevant to your career goals (schedule appointments here); 
(2) submit your application to your organization, gain approval, and have your organization submit the Agency Agreement by June 8, 2012;  and
(3) email your application and resume to Anna Julia at amjulia@central.uh.edu in the Career Development Office also by June 8, 2012.

Fellows will earn $4000 for 10 weeks of part-time work between August and November. 

A completed application includes an application, a current resume and the agency agreement and will not be accepted if the applicant has not met with the Assistant Dean and the Public Interest Advisor for Career Development.  All completed applications are due Friday, June 8, 2012 – NO EXCEPTIONS. 

Additional information along with Applications and Agency Agreements can be found here.

Houston Bar Association Presentation - Panelists discuss Alternative Legal Careers

Time: Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Date: March 28, 2012
Place: Room 240 BLB
UH Law Center

Lunch Will Be Provided

Panelists:

Abby D. Hemstreet, R.N., J.D.
Manager, Corporate Claims and Litigation
The Methodist Hospital System

Kelly Beam
Director
Jones McClure Publishing, Inc.

Kelli L. Dinneen
Sr. Professional Development Coordinator
Andrews Kurth LLP

Jennifer Hannigan
Staff Attorney
Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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2Ls: Apprentice Program – BIDDING ENDS TONIGHT, Thursday, March 22nd at 11:59 pm. 

Today is your last day to bid for employers and apply for the Apprentice Program! If you are interested in applying, you must bid on Symplicity tonight by 11:59 pm!

 Student Timeline:

March 15th: Students begin reviewing employers on Symplicity under the Recruiting tab. 

March 20 - 22:  Students apply/bid with a cover letter and resume for up to three employers.

March 23 - April 5: Employers review applications and contact candidates of interest.

Late March/Early April: If employment placement is secured, students apply for the Apprenticeship class through clinical program.

May 21 - June 29: Students work 30 hours/week as an apprentice and attend class on Thursday evenings during such time.

Please contact Mona Elchahal (mdelchah@central.uh.edu) in the Career Development Office if you want a copy of the Apprentice Program FAQs or if you have any questions.