August 25, 2007
Listen* to the meeting providing basic instructions and logistical information for students participating in the Early Interview Week Program from August 27-30, 2007, at the Holiday Inn near the University of Michigan, 3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI. OCS will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm for student to pick up their transcript packets.
August 28, 2007
Hear* OCS Assistant Dean Susan Guindi and our student peer advisors discuss how to handle callback interviews and what to expect in the callback interview process.
September 6, 2007
Listen* to Professor Joan Larsen and OCS Clerkship Advisor Robin Kaplan offer interviewing tips and advice for post-graduate judicial clerkship applicants.
September 7, 2007
Hear* Judge Griffin's talk.
October 1, 2007
Listen* to Mark Hermann, partner at Jones Day in Chicago, talk about his book, "The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law." The back cover of the book describes it as "offer[ing] practical and honest, if blunt, advice for surviving and thriving in a law firm." He tells you want you need to know about billing, managing your assistant, drafting internal memos, dealing with clients and building your law practice. Find out what drives law partners crazy, what will impress them, and what ten mistakes you should avoid. Concise, humorous and full of valuable (but curmudgeonly) insight.
October 2, 2007
Hear* Cesar L. Alvarez, Chief Executive Officer of the law firm Greenberg Traurig, discuss with students law firm economics and how a firm's management structure affects the environment of the workplace, and what students should look for during callbacks to learn about the firm's culture and work.
October 5, 2007
Listen* to OCS Assistant Dean Susan Guindi provide information and advice for the LL.M. job search, including participation in the LL.M. Job Fair in New York, NY.
October 5, 2007
Hear* Judge Noel Anketell Kramer ('71) discuss the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court and clerking.
October 11, 2007
October 18, 2007
Listen to* Mark Dighton of Practising Law Institute (PLI) discuss the latest info on the new computer-based Patent Bar Exam and give recommendations on when and how to study for this Exam.
October 24, 2007
Hear* the Office of Career Services and the Office of Student Affairs provide information on the bar exam application process, multi-state and state portions of the bar exam, bar review courses,and character and fitness considerations. A handout is also available (PDF document).
October 29, 2007
Listen* to an impressive panel of Michigan Law graduates, all are leaders in their firms; some are managing partners, while others lead a particular department. Topics include challenges facing law firms today, changes anticipated in the practice of law over the next 10-20 years, the future of law firm practice, and general insights about running a law firm. The speakers include:
1) John (Jack) Wm Butler, Jr. '80, co-leader of worldwide corporate restructuring practice, Skadden Arps
2) Michael W. Hartmann '80, chief executive officer, Miller Canfield
3) James D. Holzhauer '80, chairman of the management committee, Mayer Brown
4) Keith C. Wetmore '80, chair, Morrison & Foerster
5) Barry M. Wolf '84, co-chairman of the corporate department and member of the senior management committee, Weil Gotshal
Special guest: Richard W. Pogue '53, former managing partner, Jones Day
Moderated by Professor Karl Lutz and sponsored by the Richard W. Pogue Endowment for the Study of the Business of Law.
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October 30, 2007
Hear* 3L's and an alum descibe their successful search for a law firm job that didn't involve EIW.
November 1, 2007
Listen* to Assistant Dean Susan Guindi and Assistant Dean Mary Ann Sarosi discuss the 1L job search, including tupes of jobs to consider and resources to help in the search.
November 2 - 8, 2007
Hear* our resume preparation workshops will discuss resumes and cover letters, and will address your questions in a smaller group.
November 9, 2007
Listen* to Jeremy Spector ('97 alum), a partner from Covington and Burling and Michael Gotham, Director of Attorney Recruitment from Heller and Erhman LLP, will provide tips on how to interview successfully.
November 12 - 16, 2007
These small-group interviewing workshops will cover the most common interview questions and situations in more detail, and will address students' converns. Sign-up sheets will be posted on our bulletin board outside 210 Hutchins Hall beginning November 8, 2007.
November 13, 2007
Terrence G. Perris, '72, heads the taxation practice at Squire Sanders, head quartered in Cleveland. Prior to joining Squire Sanders, Mr. Perris clerked for Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court, and before that, he clerked for Judge J. Edward Lumbard, the former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
November 16, 2007
Hear* Dganit Sivan, LL.M. ('05), will discuss mialing campaigns and how to network effectively.
December 3, 2007
Listen to* Michael Strong ('07) talk about how to develop and use networking skills to land that first summer law job and beyond. Mr. Strong will counter some of the myths about networking, and show students how to tap into re-existing skills and contacts in order to develop a successful netowrking campaign in time for the holiday break. Michael Strong is a 2007 graduate of UMLS, and an associate at the Chicago office of Jenner & Block.
* This program has been digitally recorded. Students using a PC will need windows media player which many students will already have, and which is also available for download on the Web at: Windows Media Player for PC . Students using a Macintosh computer will need windows media player for Macintosh: Windows Media Player for Macintosh