While the eventual success of securing employment rests with you, the Career Services Office is the conduit between the attainment of career knowledge and its application in legal or related professional opportunities. We have a career resource library, which contains a number of handouts, books, directories, and other resource material designed to assist you with your job search whether it is in Central Pennsylvania or Central California. Students have access to a computer for the purposes of editing job search materials and job search activities utilizing the Internet, Westlaw, and Lexis. We also collect and report statistical information on student employment to you, to alumni, to faculty, to national organizations, and to selected periodicals and resources for publication. While on-campus interviews generate a lot of activity in our office, the majority of employers do not come on campus to interview, and only a small percentage of our students actually obtain employment via this route.
Every employer has the option of conducting interviews on-campus.
Most opt not to do so. Thus it is strongly advised that students develop and send targeted mailings and use networking to develop contacts in the legal environment. Typically fall on-campus interviews are conducted by large firms and corporations, and also by such varied employers as judges, public accounting firms, federal and state government agencies, and small to medium size law firms. Spring on-campus interviewers usually include small law firms and state agencies. The Career Services Office has specific procedures in place for student participation in on-campus activities including strict adherence to application deadline dates.