During our Fall On Campus Interview (OCI) Program, we often have employers who sign up to participate in OCI after the initial registration and bidding process closes. These employers are referred to as "supplemental" employers and the bidding period for these employers will differ depending on when they are added.

A. New Fall OCI Supplemental Session #4:

For our 2007 Fall OCI Program - Supplemental Session #4 we have one new employer who is accepting bids from interested students from the class years listed:

City of Miami Attorney's Office (Miami, FL) - 2L and 3L students

Bidding for this employer begins Tuesday, October 9th, and will conclude Sunday, October 14 at 11:00 p.m. All bidding will take place via Symplicity.

B. New Fall OCI Supplemental Session #5:

For our 2007 Fall OCI Program - Supplemental Session #5 we have one new employer who is accepting bids from interested students from the class year listed:

James M. Fishman, P.A. (Miami, FL) - 3L students

Bidding for this supplemental session begins Thursday, October 11, 2003 and concludes Tuesday, October 16 at 11:00 p.m.

C. New Resume Referral / Direct Contact Session #5:

The following employers are participating in Resume Referral / Direct Contact Session #5, bidding for which begins Tuesday, October 9th, and concludes on Tuesday, October 30:

Gordon Hargrove & James (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - 2L students

Farr, Farr, Emerich, Hackett and Carr, P.A. (Punta Gorda, FL) - LL.M. in Taxation and LL.M. in Estate Planning students*

*Please note that this firm is canceling their on campus date and will participate as a resume referral employer. They firm will consider all applications already received through OCI bidding and will contact students they are interested in interviewing directly. The firm is extending bidding for LL.M. in Taxation and Estate Planning students only.

You can only bid on the employers accepting bids from your class year.

If you have any questions, please email npierrelouis@law.miami.edu .

Learn About Practicing in a Mid-Size Law Firm

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN . . .

Mid-sized firm practice?

Maritime, commercial litigation and/or international trade?

Practicing in Northern Florida?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the talk for you! Join Phillip Buhler

(UM Law '87) of Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones (www.mwpplaw.com/) as he talks about his mid-sized practice in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mr. Buhler's practice includes, but is not limited to, maritime law, commercial litigation and international trade. His firm has a wide array of practice areas including environmental, trusts and estates, appellate practice, alternative dispute resolution and employment law.

Come learn what mid-sized firm practice is like, what is expected of young associates and what you can do to make yourself marketable to such firms.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15

12:30 P.M.

ROOM 108

"Her Place at the Table: Negotiating Conditions for Career Success

Attend this dynamic seminar and learn how to negotiate for your career success!

Don't miss this opportunity -

become empowered to negotiate for your career success.

The University of Miami School of Law Career Planning Center and Miami Law Women cordially invite you to attend a seminar designed to provide women with the resources---conceptual frameworks as well as practical skill sets---to succeed in the workplace.

Carol Frohlinger, Esq. co-founder of Negotiating Women, Inc, and co-author of Her Place at the Table: A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success, is an expert on how negotiation can help women to advance in business. She will share practical advice that will change the way you think about negotiation, as well as offer a framework you can use in even the most difficult situations.

Hosted by the UM Women MBAs Association and Miami Law Women, and sponsored by the School of Business and School of Law career centers, the presentation by Negotiating Women, a consulting firm that has worked with leading women and organizations in America, should provide the audience with resources to succeed in the workplace, as well as insight into how organizations can create cultures that value and profit from the diverse talents that women bring.

WHEN: October 18^th, 2007. The seminar will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and a networking reception will kick off the event at 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: UM School of Business, Storer Auditorium.

RSVP: By October 12^th to: ddarby@law.miami.edu in the School of Law Career Planning Center. SEATS ARE LIMITED!

Comparative LL.M. Students-attend the cover letter workshop/luncheon

Attention Comparative LL.M. Students!

There will be a Cover Letter Workshop on Wednesday, October 24 @ 12:30 p.m. in Room 216B. We encourage you to attend this presentation which focuses on how to draft a proper cover letter to send with your resume and other materials to potential employers. Please make it a point to attend this event.

Lunch Will Be Served.

The Los Angeles Bar Association Offers Benefits for Law Students Interested in a Legal Career in California

The Los Angeles Bar Association ("LACBA") provides countless benefits for law students who are interested in a legal career in California. Not only does the Association provide benefits that put LACBA member into LACBA attorney member law firms as paid staff, the Association also offers law student members a variety of benefits to help jumpstart their careers as future California attorneys.

As LACBA Law Student members, you can have access to the following benefits:

The Student Lounge Website - An excellent resource for LACBA services. This is also a prime location for interaction with student peers, as well as attorney and other legal professionals.
The Law Student List Serve - E-mail based discussions regarding law school, the bar exam, pro bono and job opportunities, networking, the exchange of law books and much more.
The Job Board - Located on the Student Lounge website, this affords law student members the opportunity to market themselves to thousands of law firms and tens of thousands of attorneys throughout California.
LACBA Practice-Area Specific Sections - Members are able to network with legal professionals in areas of practice that spark their interest and gain valuable information before they enter a law firm work environment.
Attorney Member Benefits - All student members are eligible for most of the Member Benefits that attorney members receive, including career resources, networking opportunities, event attendance and discounts on products such as AON Health Insurance, CLE programs, legal books from the ABA bookstore, auto rentals and more!

If you are interested in joining the Association, simply visit their website at www.lacba.org , or call the LACBA Member Services Department at (213) 896-6560. If you join before December 31, 2007, it will only cost $10.00, which includes a 2008 membership.

INTERNSHIP & clerkship OPPORTUNITIES

The ALDF Animal Law Externship Program

Introducing the ALDF Animal Law Externship Program:

Bringing Law Students and Attorneys Together

ALDF has a new groundbreaking Animal Law Externship Program that pairs animal law attorneys with law students interested in working in this dynamic area of the law. Not only will ALDF match qualified candidates with practitioners for this innovative program, ALDF will provide the funding for these externship positions.

These ALDF-funded positions continue a commitment to creating opportunities for both legal professionals and law students by advancing animal law and furthering ALDF's mission to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.

How it Works:

ALDF will accept applications from (1) firms/attorneys who are interested in working with law externs, and (2) law students who are interested in working with animal law practitioners. After reviewing the attorney and law student candidates, ALDF will match the appropriate law students with interested attorneys for potential job placement. Once ALDF matches extern prospects with an interested attorney, the attorney/firm will be responsible for interviewing the candidates and hiring the best fit. The inaugural externship program will commence in Summer of 2008. Please note that most law students recruited for summer positions will be interviewed during the 2007 fall semester.

In addition to the summer externship program, ALDF will also have a limited number of paid externships during the fall and spring semesters. If you are interested in taking advantage of this program during the school year, please note this on your application.

For more information and to submit an application, please contact Nicole Pallotta at npallotta@aldf.org.

Public Interest Law Initiative ("PILI") Announces Paid 2008 Summer Internships in Chicago

The Public Interest Law Initiative ("PILI") has summer internship opportunities available in Chicago for 2008. These internships pay $5,000.00 for ten weeks, and they include twenty different host agencies. The following are some of the areas of law which will be covered in these internships:

Family Law
Civil Rights
Children's Rights
Environmental Law
Social Justice Issues
Immigration Law
Disability Rights
Fair Housing Law
LGBT Rights

For additional information, and to apply on-line, please visit www.pili-law.org.

The ABA Minority Judicial Internship Summer Program for 2008

The ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Program is a full-time, six-week minimum, summer internship program open to all first- or second-year minority and/or financially disadvantaged law students who want to do legal research and writing for state or federal judges in participating cities. Participating judges are from Illinois; Texas; Miami, FL; Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; and Washington DC. Students may indicate geographic location preferences on their applications. Interns will receive an award of $1,500.

The program seeks to provide internship opportunities for minority or financially disadvantaged law students, those who are members of traditionally underrepresented groups in the legal profession.

The program is only open to students who have not previously participated as an intern in the program. Students applying to the program must submit a completed application, resume, legal writing sample and a statement of interest. Students may rank location preferences on their application; however students may not request particular judges or courts.

The American Bar Association Section of Litigation will begin accepting applications for its Summer 2008 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program October 1st for second-year law students. Applications for first-year law students will be accepted December 1st, in accordance with NALP guidelines.

The program offers the following intern sites:

Chicago and surrounding suburbs
Central and Southern Illinois
Houston, Dallas, Southern and Eastern Texas
Miami, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Washington, DC

All applications must be postmarked by January 18, 2008. Screening interviews to better determine student qualifications will be done on a rolling basis. Only qualified students will be sent on for judicial interviews. Judicial interviews will continue until all positions are filled.

More in depth information can be found in the "AVAILABLE JUDICIAL INTERNSHIPS" Binder in the Resource Room or online at: http://www.abanet.org/litigation/jiop.

Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC

Summer Clerkship Program (2L, 3L, Alumni)

Electronic Privacy Information Center ("EPIC") is a leading Internet civil liberties organization, based in Washington, D.C. EPIC focuses on civil liberties, privacy and freedom of expression, with special emphasis on emerging communication and information technologies. EPIC runs an outstanding Clerkship program during the summer, as well as both fall and spring semesters. Funded by a generous grant from the Glushko-Samuelson Foundation, the Internet Public Interest Opportunities Program (IPIOP) Clerkship provides extraordinary opportunities for hands-on experience with the legislative process and public interest litigation. Clerks also benefit from weekly seminars led by eminent scholars and practitioners who work on Internet public interest issues.

Recent graduates can work at EPIC full-time if they can secure public interest funding. There are various well known public interest fellowships. Their work fits squarely into any reasonable definition of the "public interest"; in fact, much of EPIC's portfolio is explicitly understood as "human rights" work.

Applicants are invited to contact EPIC with potential projects and interests as soon as possible. For additional information and for applying to this program, please visit the EPIC website for instructions at http://epic.org/epic/jobs.html . Applications will be accepted until December 31, 2007.

Opportunities with the SEC (2L, 3L)

2008 Summer Honors Law Program (2L)

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Summer Honors Law Program gives law and JD/MBA students the opportunity to become acquainted with the regulation of the securities markets and careers within the Commission. Students may work for ten weeks during the summer at the Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, or in one of its 11 regional offices nationwide. US citizenship or citizenship in an allied country is required.

Application deadline is October 31, 2007 for the DC Offices and December 3, 2007 for the Regional Offices. To submit an online application, visit the employment page on the SEC website (www.sec.gov/jobs) to find the appropriate web link to AVUE (the SEC's online application software). For positions in the regional offices, indicate the office(s) in which you have an interest.

2008 Advanced Commitment Program (3L, LLM, and Judicial Law Clerks)

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Advanced Commitment Program provides opportunities for current third-year law students, LL.M. candidates, and judicial law clerks to secure entry-level attorney positions in its Headquarters in Washington, DC, and its Boston, New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Fort Worth and Denver regional offices. US citizenship or citizenship in an allied country is required.

Application deadline is December 10, 2007. To submit an online application, visit the employment page on the SEC website (www.sec.gov/jobs) to find the appropriate web link to AVUE (the SEC's online application software).

ABA Division for Public Services 2007-2008 Clerkship

The American Bar Association Division for Public Services is seeking a law clerk with exceptional research and writing skills to conduct individualized public interest legal research and writing project in Washington, D.C. To qualify, you must have an interest in, and plan to write about, one of the following areas: bioethics and the law; disability law; election law; environmental law; homelessness and poverty; immigration law; the Law Library of Congress and access to legal resources; national security law; substance abuse; or public interest in law school and as a career.

Eligible applicants must:

have completed their first or second year at an ABA-accredited law school;
identify a law school faculty member knowledgeable in the selected subject who will review the work in progress;
demonstrate exceptional research & writing skills; and
submit an application package.

To apply, please submit the following:

1. COVER LETTER stating your interest and qualifications;

2. A RESUME;

3. Name, title, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address of FACULTY

MEMBER who has agreed to review your work in progress;

4. Names and addresses of two REFERENCES who can comment on your work and

qualifications; and

5. An ESSAY, of 3-5 typed pages describing the public interest law research & writing

project you propose in one or more of our areas of involvement or in the interplay

between law and public policy decision making in one of the substantive areas.

The benefits of the clerkship include:

Unique opportunity to design and carry out a public interest legal research and writing project of particular interest to the student; and
Spend the summer in Washington, DC.

CLERKSHIP IS UNPAID.

DEADLINE FOR SPRING/SUMMER CLERKSHIP: DECEMBER 1, 2007.

For more information, contact:

Carrie Coleman

ABA

740 15th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005-1022

(202) 662-1691

E-mail: ccoleman@staff.abanet.org

Graduate Employment Opportunities

Attorneys Wanted

GROWING AV rated insurance defense firm seeks 2 attorneys - one with 0-1 year experience and the other with 2-4 years experience - in worker's compensation/insurance defense matters. Salary negotiable. Excellent benefits. Respond to Eileen Michelbrink at Pallo, Marks & Hernandez, P.A., 4800 Riverside Drive, Suite 101, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410.

CONROY, SIMBERG, GANON, KREVANS, ABEL, LURVEY, MORROW & SCHEFER seeks highly motivated defense attorney for the following office: -Litigator 0-2 years experience -Fort Myers. e-mail: RECRUITER@conroysimberg.com.

SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS

The 2007-2008 Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program from the American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law ("ASIL") is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization founded in 1906. Its mission is to foster the study of international law, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law & justice. Through the Helton Fellowship Program, ASIL awards micro-grants to law students and young professionals for the pursuit of fieldwork & research on significant issues involving international law, human rights, humanitarian affairs and related areas. These grants are intended to contribute to paying for logistics, housing, living expenses and other costs related to the Fellow's fieldwork and research in affiliation with the sponsoring organization.

The fellowship supports law-related public service work in educational institutions, international organizations or non-governmental organizations concerned with issues of an international scope, or relevant to countries in transition. Consideration will only be given to applicants seeking assistance in conducting international fieldwork and law-related research affiliated with the types of institutions listed previously in the areas of international law, human rights, humanitarian affairs or other related fields. All applicants must either be current law students or have graduated from law school no earlier than December 2005 at the time of submission in order to remain eligible.

Completed applications will consist of the following materials: online application form; writing sample; current cv or resume; evidence of law student status and/or date of graduation from law school; two letters of recommendation.

Applicants may begin submitting applications beginning Monday, October 15, 2007. All applications must be completed & received by Friday, February 15, 2008. Only the first 50 completed applications submitted by the deadline will be considered for review. For more information, please visit http://www.asil.org/heltonapplication.

Fried Frank Fellowships (3L, Recent Graduate)

Fried Frank has joined with two of the country's leading civil rights advocacy organizations, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("LDF") and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("MALDEF"), and one of New York's leading legal service providers, inMotion, to create unique programs that effectively bridge the worlds of private law firm litigation and public service law.

The LDF and MALDEF fellowships each give an entry-level lawyer the opportunity to spend two years as a Fried Frank litigator, and then two years as a staff attorney with the LDF or MALDEF. At the end of their four-year commitment, Fellows are eligible to return to the Firm with full seniority and, in some cases, they may continue on the staff of their civil rights organization.

The inMotion fellowship, gives an entry-level lawyer the opportunity to spend one year as a Fried Frank litigator, and then one year as a staff attorney at inMotion providing direct legal services to indigent, often battered, women in need of family law services. As with the other fellowships, at the end of the year at inMotion, the Fellow is eligible to return to the Firm with full seniority.

The ideal candidate for a Fried Frank Fellowship is a third-year law student or recent graduate currently in a judicial clerkship. Candidates for the MALDEF and LDF fellowships should have a genuine interest in both corporate and civil rights litigation. For the MALDEF and inMotion Fellowships, Spanish language skills are highly desirable.

Download applications at http://www.ffhsj.com/index.cfm?pageID=49. The application deadline for all programs is November 2, 2007.

For more information, please contact:

Nicole Cambridge
Attorney Relations Coordinator
+1.212.859.8387
fellowship@friedfrank.com

Presidential Management Fellowship Program (3L)

The 2008 Presidential Management Fellows ("PMF") Program application season will be open soon. The PMF Program is the premier program for leadership development in the public sector. Its purpose is to attract outstanding men and women to the Federal service. Each year, the program draws fellows from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear commitment to excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.

The program provides a two-year federal government fellowship to individuals who have completed a graduate-level course of study at an accredited college or university. Since 1977, the PMF program and its predecessor, the Presidential Management Intern ("PMI") Program, have been attracting outstanding graduate, law, and doctoral-level students to the Federal service.

The PMF Program is a passport to a unique and rewarding career experience with the Federal Government. It provides Fellows with an opportunity to apply the knowledge they acquired from graduate study. PMF assignments may involve public policy and administration, domestic or international issues, information technology, human resources, engineering, health and medical sciences, law, financial management and many other fields in support of public service programs.

Numbers per year: In recent years, the number of fellows has ranged between four hundred and six hundred. There is not a set number of fellows selected per year. The number hired is based on the hiring projections of agencies as well as the number of highly-qualified applicants.

Salary: Fellows must have a graduate degree, meaning that they will be at least at a GS-9 pay level ($54,272-$70,558 in the greater Washington DC area, varies by geographic region). Many graduates may be at a higher level, depending on their degree and previous work experience.

Deadline: the application is projected to launch late October/November 2007.

Further information on the PMF Program can be found on the PMF website at: www.pmf.opm.gov.

Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program/

Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Fellowship Program

Applications for the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program ("WLPPFP") and for the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa ("LAWA") Fellowship Program are now available.

WLPPFP offers fellowships for public interest lawyers from across the United States who are committed to advancing women's rights throughout their careers, and who are interested in gaining experience working on women's rights for a year with a public interest organization or governmental agency in the nation's capital

The LAWA Fellowship Program was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., in order to train women's human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning home to their countries in order to advance the status of women and girls throughout their careers. Over 50 women's human rights advocates from Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe have participated in the LAWA Program

The application deadline for WLPPFP is Friday, November 2 and for the LAWA Program is Friday, November 30.

If you are interested in either of these 2 fellowships, please visit www.wlppfp.org for applications and additional information regarding the respective programs.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Federal Student Loan Repayment Program - Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2006 - is Now Available Online

The Federal Student Loan Repayment Program for Fiscal Year 2006, Report to Congress, contains agency data, reports and comments. It can now be accessed online at: http://www.opm.gov/oca/pay/studentloan/html/fy05Report.pdf.

New Federal Legal Employment Opportunities Guide Now Available

The newly updated 2007-08 Federal Legal Employment Opportunities Guide is now available as a free PDF download at: www.pslawnet.org/assets/397_0708fedlegalempguide.pdf. This guide contains detailed information regarding legal jobs with the federal government, testimonials from current federal lawyers, descriptions of dozens of federal agencies/entities that hire lawyers and more.

The Government Honors & Internship Handbook 2007-2008 is Now Available

The new Government Honors & Internship Handbook is now available, both on-line and in the CPC Resource Library. The Handbook is produced annually by the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in Tucson, Arizona, and provides a thorough list of local, state and federal government programs available in different agencies throughout the United States. It includes a myriad of government opportunities for 1L, 2L, 3L students, as well as recent graduates.

IMPORTANT. You can look at the hard copy of the Handbook as a guide, but then always go to the website for updated deadlines. The deadlines may change from day to day; therefore, it is important to rely on the information furnished on the website. To view online, you may access the Handbook at: www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm (username: oreo; password: cookie).

CAREER FAIRS

The University of Miami School of Law participates in several job fairs throughout the summer and school year. Job fairs provide great opportunities to get exposure to employers outside of Florida and we encourage you to take advantage of them. The registration and bidding process for the job fairs, as well as the registration deadlines, vary. Registration for most of these job fairs takes place in the spring semester and early summer. Please note that job fairs designated as minority job fairs are open to all students.

If you have any questions regarding a particular job fair, please contact the advisor listed under such job fair.

Vault and Minority Corporate Counsel Association Are Hosting a New Orleans Career Event

Vault and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association ("MCCA") are hosting a New Orleans Career Event on October 18, 2007. This is a great opportunity for you to gain exposure to top legal employers from across the U.S. as well as network with other students and practicing attorneys. The event details are below, for more information on the event and to register please visit www.vault.com/legaldiversity.

The event is sponsored by Jones Walker and is being held in conjunction with Loyola University New Orleans College of Law's Annual Diversity Conference, "Leadership: Vision and Values",

Date: October 18, 2007

Location: Hale Boggs Federal Building

500 Poydras Street

New Orleans, LA 70130

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

There are no fees associated with participation in this event.

Please register for this event by October 12^th at www.vault.com/legaldiversity.

International Student Interview Program ("ISIP") in NYC

The International Student Interview Program ("ISIP") is hosted annually by New York University School of Law. This consortium event is sponsored by 32 law schools nationwide to facilitate the hiring of highly qualified foreign-trained lawyers enrolled in LL.M. programs at each school. Over 1,100 candidates representing 75+ countries will have an opportunity to be considered for internship and permanent positions in the United States and abroad. The program attracts more than 120 of the top legal employers from around the world, continues to grow substantially each year. ISIP 2008 will take place on NYU School of Law's campus in Greenwich Village on January 25th and 26th, 2008. For more information about the program's structure and participating schools and employers, please refer to the Student FAQs at: www.law.nyu.edu/depts/careerservices/isip/StudentFAQs.pdf, the 2008 ISIP Brochure www.law.nyu.edu/depts/careerservices/isip/EmployerBrochure.pdf, or contact Tere Rodriguez at (trodriguez@law.miami.edu).