1L & 2L students: please take a minute to take this survey, to let us know your summer plans and to provide us with feedback we can use for planning next year’s programs.

Be better prepared for your next interview!

The MLK Day of Service is January 17, 2011. This service day is a multi-institutional collaboration among 14 colleges and universities in the greater-Porltand metro. In 2009, over 1200 students and community members participated in the MLK Day of Service. The Day will begin with a rally at Portland State University. Participants will then hop on buses to a wide variety of organizations including Big Brother Big Sister, De La Salle High School, Film Action Oregon, Friends of Tryon Creek, Friends of Trees, all across Portland. Sign up now!
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Bill Penn J.D. ’02, public interest law coordinator, has been appointed to serve on the Equal Justice Works National Advisory Committee.

This year, more than 275 attorneys and judges are mentoring Lewis & Clark Law students - a record number!  On September 15th, many of the mentors and students attended the kick-off reception at the Law School, where they met for the first time.  Upcoming Mentor Program events included Lunch @ the Law School (Oct. 15), a volunteer session at the Oregon Food Bank (Oct. 20), and billiards night at Henry’s (Nov. 3).

Judicial Clerkship application season is here and the Career Services Office has resources to help you.  Students apply to these positions in the spring and summer before their final year and in the early fall of their final year. If you are not started yet, get started applying now!

Fellowships are one to two year jobs where new graduates do public interest work.  Typically, you must apply to these positions in the fall of your final year of law school.  Deadlines are in the fall of your final year of law school and early planning helps.

Beginning Jan. 11, sign up through TWEN to visit different law offices and find out what it’s like to practice law.

Since opening its doors in 2006, Lewis & Clark Law School’s Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC) has provided business transactional legal advice to more than 300 new and emerging Portland businesses, primarily those owned by women, minorities, and recent immigrants.

In a down economy and competitive job market, career counseling services have become more important than ever for students preparing to graduate and prospective students considering where to attend law school. Lewis & Clark Law School is countering panic-inducing headlines with comprehensive career services and a wide array of clinical and other hands-on opportunities that allow students to put what they learn in the classroom into practice.