ResouRces The UC Hastings office of Career and Professional Development is staffed by attorney-counselors who come from a variety of legal backgrounds includ- ing private practice, the judiciary, government, and the nonprofit sector. UC Hastings students can take advantage of a host of career development oppor- tunities such as workshops, one-on-one counseling, self-assessment tools, and alumni mentoring. Workshops sponsored by the Career office cover a wide range of professional topics including effective interviewing, résumé and cover letter preparation, networking, salary negotiation, and professional etiquette. ACTIvITIES AND SERvICES INClUDE: • More than 60 events per academic year “UC Hastings was • Networking events such as the Intellectual Property Career fair, Public Interest/Public Sector Careers Day, and Creative Career options with a wonderful for me JD fair, which features alumni who have chosen to pursue nonlegal career because it was looking opportunities in areas such as the media and the arts • More than 800 alumni volunteers from every legal practice area and some to produce real lawyers, with careers outside of law ready to mentor and advise students • fall and spring mock interview programs in San francisco law firms not theoreticians. • fall and spring on-campus interview programs Everything I ultimately • one-on-one counseling appointments with attorney-counselors • online database of more than 8,000 employers, student reviews of was able to do employers, and job postings • Extensive library and website of law-related career resources in the world of law came out of my training at DiD You Know …? UC Hastings.” • The UC Hastings alumni community is one of the country’s largest legal —Willie Brown ’58, Former networks, with more than 19,000 living members. • UC Hastings graduates have served or currently serve on the State Supreme Mayor of San Francisco Courts of Hawaii, California, Montana, and vermont. • At least six UC Hastings graduates have been elected to the U.S. Congress; and Speaker of the California many more have served as state legislators, mayors, and city council State Assembly members throughout the country. • outside of the United States, UC Hastings graduates can be found in cities such as Beijing, Jakarta, Paris, and The Hague. “Uc Hastings was instrumental in preparing me for my legal career. the classes that taught me the principles and theories underlying an area of the law have had a lasting effect on my ability to succeed in my profession. the strength of the law school is teaching its students to think like lawyers.” —the Hon. ashley tabaddor ’97, U.S. Immigration court, los angeles www.uchastings.edu / UC hastings 29
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