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A successful job search often requires a partnership between the Career Planning Center (CPC) and each student. While we do not create jobs and, of course, we are not an employment agency or placement service, use of our services and resources typically is a vital component of a successful job search. CPC exists to provide Marquette University Law School students and alumni with (i) the information, tools and connections to enable them to define and effectuate a career path that is a good fit between individual and job, and (ii) assistance, encouragement, and support in mounting an aggressive, creative, and thorough job search. To accomplish this, we offer a wide variety of services and resources.

INDIVIDUALIZED CAREER PLANNING & ADVISING

No two students or graduates are exactly alike. Each presents unique needs, motivations, values, strengths, skills, credentials, goals, and geographic preferences. Accordingly, we feel that it is critical that we get to know each student individually via one-on-one meetings so that we can best assess options and tailor job search strategies to help students to refine and achieve their career objectives. We also offer self-assessment tools to assist students in gaining insight into their personality style to get them thinking about which of the many legal and alternative careers optimally fit that style.

PROFESSIONAL NETWORK

CPC cultivates and maintains the Law School's Professional Network (ProNet), a database of alumni who have agreed to serve as Volunteer Career Advisors. ProNet brings students and graduates together for the purpose of assisting students in learning about career options and opportunities, the realities of practicing law, and an array of other career and practice-related information that is critical to an efficient and effective job search.

COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE LIBRARY

CPC's library consists of more than 300 holdings that provide a wide array of information on jobs, employers, job search techniques and strategies, traditional and alternative careers, and career planning in general. Virtually all of our books, pamphlets, periodicals, videotapes and CD-ROMs can be borrowed from the office.

ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEW PROGRAM

In both the Fall and Spring semesters each year, CPC coordinates Marquette's extensive On-Campus Interview Program (OCI). Representatives of various law firms, public interest organizations, companies, federal, state and county agencies, and other legal employers come to the Law School to interview students for full-time summer positions and permanent positions commencing after graduation.

SKILLS WORKSHOPS

CPC presents a series of interactive programs throughout the year on the fundamentals of the job search process, including resume workshops, cover letter workshops, computer research workshops, networking workshops, and professional etiquette workshops.

JOB SEARCH GUIDES

CPC offers thorough guides to help students navigate each step of the legal job search (e.g., self-assessment, online research tools, legal resume preparation, cover letters, networking, interviewing, and thank you letters) as well as guides devoted to the judicial clerkship, alternative career, and out-of-state job searches.

ETIQUETTE LUNCHES

Throughout the busy fall recruiting season, students are given the opportunity to join the CPC professional staff at local fine restaurants. During the meal, the CPC staff provide etiquette tips and dining suggestions to assist students to successfully navigate an interview lunch or dinner.

NEWSLETTER

The Sidebar is a news publication of original work regularly produced by the Career Planning Center (CPC) with the purpose of providing informative, practical, relevant and entertaining information regarding the many facets of the job search process. Current and recent editions are available for students to download as a resource.

SPEAKERS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

CPC sponsors programs in which attorneys from various practice areas and practice settings come to Marquette to describe their career paths, provide insights about their work, discuss the realities of practicing law, and offer career planning and job search advice and guidance.

MOCK INTERVIEWS

CPC offers personal interviews conducted by our trained staff so students can practice and receive feedback before facing the real thing. Additionally, CPC brings attorneys to the Law School to conduct interviews with students as part of its annual Mock Interview Program.

EMPLOYER DATA FILES

CPC maintains files containing information on a wide range of legal employers from across the country.

JOB BULLETINS

CPC collects and maintains information on current job listings of part-time, summer, and full-time positions in Wisconsin and across the country for both students and graduates. Access to the online versions of both the Alumni Job Bulletin and the Student Job Bulletin, which are updated daily, is restricted to Marquette University Law School students and alumni. Graduates from other law schools can access the Alumni Job Bulletin for a fee.

EMPLOYER AND ALUMNI OUTREACH

CPC aggressively markets Marquette University Law School and its students and graduates to legal employers throughout Wisconsin and nationwide, and reaches out to Law School alumni across the country to enlist them as an important resource for student job searches.