STUDENT SIGN UP: 2010 PALS Mock Interview & Resume Workshop for Law Students of Color

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7/27/2010 3pm - 7pm

Event Sponsored By:
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Herrick Feinstein LLP
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
New York City Bar Association
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Location:
New York City Bar Association
House of the Association
42 West 44th Street
(bet 5th & 6th Ave.)

Do you know how to present yourself effectively and successfully? This workshop is designed to help law students of color prepare for the fall recruiting season by identifying the key aspects of an interview that legal employers look and listen for when they interview law students for positions as summer associates, interns and clerks.  The program will also offer participants the opportunity to participate in mock interviews and receive critical feedback on interviewing skills. Learn how to communicate who you are, to give yourself the best opportunity to secure your next job in the legal field.

Event Timeline:
 
2:45 – 3:00pm Student Check-In

3:00pm - Welcome and mock interview ground rules given to law students in the Main Chamber

3:00pm – 4:15pm Panel – Hiring/Interview Skills Panel
4:30 – 5:10pm - Student interview#1
5:15 – 5:55pm - Student interview #2

6:00 – 7:00pm  Cocktail Reception 

Student Interviewees:
 

Students must arrive promptly at 3:00pm  in business attire.

 1) Students will be required to RSVP in advance and bring several copies of their resume and transcript.  Students must RSVP to participate in the interviews. Priority will be given to students have joined PALS via the PALS website: www.palsprogram.org.  

2) Students must attend the entire hiring/interview skills panel to participate in the interviews.

 
Hiring/Interview Skills Panel

Moderator: Stephanie McGregor,

Panelists:
 
Robin Edwards - Administrator of the Legal Hiring, New York County District Attorney's Office

Maja D. Hazell -

Patricia Miller - Deputy Assistant Chief of Trials for the Labor & Employment Division of the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the City of New York.