Student Career Toolkit

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Student Career Toolkit

This toolkit contains basic information for students interested in pursuing a career in government or public interest. The section includes:

Public Service Guide: Making a Difference
Job Related E-mail Groups
Fellowships and Other Funding Sources
Jobnet a Web-based searchable database containing summer and permanent public interest and government job postings.
Judicial Clerkships
Public Service Job Fairs/Conferences
Useful Links to Public Service Jobs

Public Service Guide: Making a Difference
The OPS staff, in collaboration with law faculty and public service students, compiled and wrote the Public Service Guide: Making a Difference* which includes but is not limited to the following topics:

Possible Roles in Public Service

Job Search Strategies

Long Term Public Interest Career Planning

Funding

Promoting Yourself

Persistence and Decision-Making

Sample Resume and Cover Letters

* Please note that the public service guide was developed specifically for University of Michigan Law School students so a UM username and password is required for viewing.

Office of Career Services
The Office of Career Services' Web site offers general job search resources and advice including resume and cover letter samples, interviewing tips, and job bulletins that apply to ALL Law School students.

Office of Career Services' Career Guides
The career guides address a range of job search issues, most of which apply to students looking at public service and private practice.

1L Career Guide*

2L Career Guide*

3L Career Guide*

* Please note that these career guides have been developed specifically for University of Michigan Law School students. A U-M username and password is required for viewing.

Other University Public Service Handbooks

Fact vs. Fiction: Public Interest Careers
(Yale Law School)

Books
Be sure to check the list of the books available in the OCS/OPS library (210 HH) for public interest job search guides, career resources, and many job listings. You may also want to look over the Student Funded Fellowship (SFF) resource book, which contains information about previous grant recipients.