Passwords to Useful Legal Websites



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1L Summer Jobs with Law Firms – Class of 2017

Duke Law Resources:

• Review weekly e-mails from the Career Center and search job postings on Symplicity.

• Speak with upper-class students about their experiences from previous summers and refer to list of past 1L summer employers.

• Reference 1L Toolkit on Career Center website for various resources. ().

• Review Diversity Opportunities for 1Ls (updated on an ongoing basis): ().

Top On-line Resources:

• The NALP Directory: (). Your first site to research larger firms. The site allows you to search for firms that hire 1Ls, look up deadlines for applications and complete mail merges.

• Martindale–Hubbell: (). A comprehensive list of firms, larger and smaller, and individual attorneys. Use the advanced search option to explore firms in your practice areas and locations of interest and search for Duke Law alumni.

• Chambers Associate and Chambers USA: ( and ). Great resources for researching firms in your practice areas and locations of interest. Firms, practice areas, and attorneys are ranked in “bands.”

• Benchmark Litigation: (). Explore smaller firms and more specialized areas of practice. Includes rankings and descriptions of litigation firms and attorneys, including “future stars”.

• Super Lawyers: (). Contains ratings of outstanding lawyers from a variety of geographic and practice areas. Use this in conjunction with Benchmark Litigation to uncover prominent attorneys and firms in local markets and specialized practice areas.

Networking Resources:

• Duke Law Alumni Directory: (). Search to identify alumni in practice areas and locations of interest. Username: staff; password: devils.

• LinkedIn: (). Key online tool for networking. Create your professional profile and join the Duke Law Alumni group, the alumni group for your undergraduate institution and any others of relevance.

• Rival Edge: (). Use to job search and stay on top of market trends. Access information on 400+ firms nationwide. For free access, login with your Duke email address; default password: duke15@.

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