Looking for guidance in finding a job for the summer or after your graduate? We have provided you with some links that might lead you to opportunities available to law students for volunteering, internships, job opportunities, finding a mentor, and other general career information.

• ABA Annual Career Fair
• Internships, Fellowships and Clerkships
• Volunteering
• Find a Mentor
• Resources for minority law students
• Job Hunting
• Sample Resumes and Cover Letters

Looking for opportunities that can help you build a strong foundation to your future career. The ABA can help you get the legal experience and exposure you need while you're still in law school.

• Law Student Leadership Opportunities
• Finding a Mentor

Selecting a specific are of the year in which to strategize your legal education and direct your future career can be mind-boggling. With over 35 specialty entities throughout the ABA, you can experience first-hand the nature of that specialty and whether or not it is a possible fit for you.

• Selecting a Practice Setting
• Invite the ABA to Your Law School

Have a question about your legal education? The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar can probably help. This entity strives to improve legal education and lawyer licensing by fostering cooperation among legal educators, practitioners and judges. Through its Accreditation Committee and the Section Council, this ABA entity determines a law schools' adherence with the American Bar Association's Standards for Approval of Law Schools and recommends the accreditation of law schools by the Association. The Section also studies and makes recommendations for the improvement of the bar admission process. Tell me more about The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

Many ABA entities offer clinical practice skill competitions, writing contests and awards specifically designed to recognize law students, law schools and law school organizations for their achievements.

• Law Student Competitions
• Competition Videos
• Law Student Division National Awards
• ABA Awards
• Essay/Writing Competitions

ABA Sections, Divisions and Forum Committees are practice-specific groups formed to meet specialized needs. Sections provide unique insights and offer networking opportunities to legal practitioners with similar interests. Divisions assist legal professionals in their career-stage and professional goals while Forum Committees explore and monitor new areas of law as they emerge.

• Law Student Division Monthly E-Newsletter
• What Are ABA Sections, Divisions and Forums
• Find an ABA Specialty Entity
• Entity Law Student Specific Pages
• Entity Law Student Offerings
• Scholarships to Entity Events

Financing your legal education can be a grueling process. Below are some suggestions to get you started.

• ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund
• Council on Legal Education Opportunities
• Other ABA Resources for Financial Aid
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We hope that the links we have put together will help reduce some of your research time when you are looking for a job, searching for funding for your legal education or researching ways to network with others in the legal community. Good luck. Take me to Law Student Links

ABA Economic Recovery Resources: Find the latest information from the ABA on how to get through the economic downturn. Our Economic Recovery Resources portal contains resources and tips on a variety of topics from job searching, to practice management, to professional development and more. Tell me more