When you're in practice, these same resources will also provide important information about the judge before whom you are trying a case and about opposing counsel. The Missouri volume is kept on Reserve along with the Missouri Legal Directory and The Missouri Bar - 1998 Directory . The latter source includes a biographical information section arranged by practice area, but like M-H not every attorney is listed there. Online services allow you to combine your search by geographical location and practice area more easily than in the print directories. They also allow you to place your resume online for viewing by prospective employers only.
Copies are available in the Computer Lab.
The more you know about your prospective employer's practice the better chance you have of distinguishing yourself from other applicants. You have an interview scheduled at Bryan, Cave. One of the attorneys you will be meeting is Thomas W. Van Dyke. Richard Winfield practices with a large New York firm and specializes in First Amendment litigation. You're interviewing for a clerkship with Judge Bowman of the 8 th Circuit.