Cover Letters

CLERKSHIP COVER LETTER

COVER LETTER FOR SUMER LAW CLERK UNADVERTISED POSITION

COVER LETTER FOR SUMMER LAW CLERK REFERRAL

COVER LETTER FOR SUMMER POSITION NOT ADVERTISED

COVER LETTER WHEN APPLYING DIRECTLY TO AN EMPLOYER

PREPARATION FOR THE JOB SEARCH

SAMPLE COVER LETTERS

SAMPLE WRITNG SAMPLE COVER SHEET

THANK YOU LETTER ASSOCIATE POSITION

THANK YOU LETTER LAW CLERK

THANK YOU LETTER SUMMER POSITION

THANK YOU LETTER SUMMER POSITION

THANK YOU LETTER

Legal Jobs Web Sites

The American Bar Association Career Resource Center, www.abanet.org/careercounsel  
AttorneyAve, www.attorneyave.com
 
Boston Bar Association's Legal Career Center, www.bostonbar.org

EmplawyerNet, www.emplawernet.com

FindLaw Career Center, careers.findlaw.com

FindLawJob, www.findlawjob.com

Heiros Gamos, www.hg.org/hg.html  

Headhunt.com, www.thecounselnetwork.com

Inhouse Jobline, jobline.acca.com  

Job-Hunt, www.job-hunt.org/law.shtml

LawCrossing, www.lawcrossing.com  

LawJobs, www.lawjobs.com

Lawmatch, www.lawmatch.com  

LawyersWeeklyJobs, www.lawyersweeklyjobs.com  

Legal Authority, www.legalauthority.com  

Legal Careers, careers.martindale.com
 
Legal Employment Search Site, www.legalemploy.com  

Legal Job Spot
www.legaljobspot.com

Legal Recruiter's, www.legalrecruiter.com  

NationJob Network-Legal Jobs Page, nationjob.com/legal  

Palidan Legal Resources, www.palidan.com  

SummerClerk.com,  www.summerclerk.com  
The Legal Career Center, www.attorneyjobs.com

Vault.com, www.vault.com  

Government Sites

C.I.A, www.cia.gov/careers/index

Commodity Futures Trading Commission, www.cftc.gov/

Commonwealth Employment Opportunities, www.state.ma.us/hrd  

Comptroller of the Currency, www.occ.treas

Defense Information Systems Agency,  www.disa.mil

Environmental Protection Agency,  www.epa.gov/careers

FBI, www.fbijobs.com

Federal Communications Commission,  www.fcc.gov/jobs/

Federal Jobs, www.federaljobs.com

Federal Job Digest, www.jobsfed.com

FedWorld, www.fedworld.gov  

FirstGov, www.firstgov.gov  

Govtjobs.com, www.govtjobs.com  

HillZoo, www.hillzoo.com  

House of Representatives, www.house.gov

Internal Revenue Service,  www.irs.gov/home

National Labor Relations Board, www.nlrb.gov

Opportunities in Public Affairs, www.opajobs.com

RCjobs, www.rcjobs.com

Social Security Administration, www.ssa.gov/careers

StudentJobs.gov, www.studentjobs.gov

The Massachusetts State Government, www.mass.gov  

The State and Local Government on the Net Directory, www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm .

United Nations, www.jobs.un.org

United States Department of Agriculture, www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

United States Department of Commerce, www.commerce.gov/jobs.html

United States Department of Health and Human Services,  www.os.dhhs.gov

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, www.hud.gov/jobs/index

United States Department of Interior, www.doi.gov/doijobs/doijobs

United States Department of Justice,  www.usdoj.com

United States Department of Labor, www.dol.gov

United States Department of Treasury,  www.ustreas.gov/organization/employment

United States Postal Service,  www.usps.com/employment

United States State Department,  www.state.gov/aboutstatedepartment

USAJOBS, www.usajobs.opm.gov

U.S. Department of State, www.state.gov

White House, www.whitehouse.gov  

Judicial Clerkship Sites

Federal Law Clerk Information System, lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov  

Law Clerk Hiring Plan, www.cadc.uscourts.gov/lawclerk  

MA Judicial Branch, www.state.ma.us/

The Federal Judicial Center, www.fjc.gov  

The Federal Magistrate Judges Association, www.fedjudge.org

The National Center for State Courts,
U.S. Courts, www.uscourts.gov

   Public Interest Sites

The ABA Division for Legal Services, www.abanet.org/legalservices

Equal Justice, www.equaljusticeworks.org 

Essential Information, www.essential.org

Idealist, www.idealist.com

Internet Nonprofit Center, www.nonprofits.org .

National Legal Aid & Defender Association, www.nlada.org/  

The Directory of Law School Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs, www.abaprobono.org
  
The Open Society Institute, www.soros.org  
PSLawNet, www.pslawnet.org

Public Interest Clearinghouse, www.pic.org  

Intellectual Property Sites

Computer Law Resource, www.CompLaw.com  

International Trademark Association, www.inta.org   

PatBar.com, patbar.com

PLI's Patent Bar Review, www.patentbarreview.com  

Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors, www.piipa.org  

Public Patent Foundation, www.pubpat.org  
The Association of Patent Law Firms Job Bank, www.aplf.org/jobs
 
The Boston Patent Law Association, www.bpla.org

The Intellectual Property Law Web Server, www.patents.com

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, www.uspto.gov  

General Job Search Sites

America's Job Bank, General Job Search Sites: www.ajb.dni.us  

BostonWorks.com, bostonworks.com

Career Builder, www.careerbuilder.com  

Employment Guide.com ,www.employmentguide.com

Higheredjobs, www.higheredjobs.com  

HireNet, www.hirenet.net  

HotJobs.com, www.hotjobs.com

ItsYourJobNow.com, www.ItsYourJobNow.com  

MSN, www.careers.msn.com

Occupational Outlook Handbook, stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm  

The Chronicle of Higher Education, chronicle.com/jobs
 
The Riley Guide, www.rileyguide.com  

WetFeet, www.wetfeet.com

Sites with Bar Exam Information:

BAR/BRI, www.barbri.com .

BarExam.org, www.barexam.org  

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, www.mass.gov/bbe
The National Conference of Bar Examiners, www.ncbex.org

Misc. Sites

Fortune500, www.fortune.com

Hoover's On-Line, www.hoovers.com  

LawGuru, www.lawguru.com  

Lawyers Weekly USA, www.lawyersweekly.com
 
MA Bar Association, www.massbar.org  

MA Lawyers Weekly, www.masslaw.com   

National Law Journal, www.njl.com

National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Directory, www.nwf.org/conservationdirectory

Salary Calculator, www.homefair.com/  

The Law Forum, www.lawforum.net/index.html
 
Westlaw, www.lawschool.westlaw.com  

West Legal Directory, directory.findlaw.com

Yahoo, www.yahoo.com