If you say that you will call the employer, make sure to do so. Finally, thank the reader for taking the time to consider your application. Where appropriate, you may enclose additional materials, such as a particularly good writing sample, an article you wrote that was published, an unofficial copy of a transcript with relevant course work highlighted, or a particularly glowing recommendation. These types of materials should not be sent under all circumstances. If you have any doubts, see a career counselor.
Some students find it hard to promote themselves, but that is what a cover letter requires.
On the other hand, while you want to come across as confident and self assured, you do not want to seem cocky or arrogant. Although a cover letter allows for some creativity, don't be so creative that your letter is considered weird or inappropriate. Remember, lawyers are still a very conservative bunch. Have a career counselor read your cover letter to provide some useful perspective. Paper and Printing a.