Career Links
In addition to Office of Professional Development online job postings, there are numerous additional resources available to Brandeis students. The OPD welcomes feedback from students and alumni on which websites are useful or not useful, websites that should be added, additional categories, etc.
Academic
ABA Approved Study Abroad programs & LLMs
Alternative Careers
- National Association for Legal Career Professionals
- ABA Resources for Alternative Careers
- JobHuntersBible.com
Areas of Practice
Bar Information
- Requirements for bar exams in all 50 states
- Various boards of bar examiners across the U.S.
- National Conference of Bar Examiners
- Institute for Patent Studies patent bar review
- Practicing Law Institute’s Patent Bar Review Web site
- Information on how to become a registered patent attorney or agent
Corporations/Business
Environmental
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- Environmental Careers Organization
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
- Sierra Club
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental Job Postings
Federal Government
- Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FedWorld Information Network
- Internal Revenue Service
- Legislative Branch – House
- Senate
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Dept. of Legal Affairs
- Partnership for Public Service
- Presidential Management Fellows Program
- Careers in the Federal Judiciary
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
- U.S. Dept. of Commerce
- U.S. Dept. of Defense
- U.S. Dept. of Education
- U.S. Dept. of Energy
- U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
- U.S. Dept. of Interior
- U.S. Dept. of Justice
- U.S. Dept. of Labor
- U.S. Dept. of State
- U.S. Dept. of Transportation
- U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
- U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- The Federal Government’s Official Jobs Site
- Federal Research Services, Inc.
- Opportunities in Public Affairs
- A to Z index of agency websites
State and Local Government
- Commonwealth of Kentucky job listings
- Kentucky Court of Justice
- Legislative Research Commission
- National State Attorney General Program through Columbia Law School
- National Center for State Courts
Fellowships
Grants/Foundations
Intellectual Property
- Computer Law Association
- U.S. Copyright Office
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
International Law
- American Society of International Law (ASIL)
- Amnesty International
- Association for Women’s Rights in Development
- Center for International Legal Studies
- Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
- Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
- Human Rights Resource Center
- International Conflict Research
- International Career Employment Weekly
- Lawyers without Borders
- One World
- Organization of American States
- U.S. Dept. of State
Job Hunt
- ABA Career Counsel
- Law Match
- Legal Employment Search Site
- Lexis-Nexis
- Martindale-Hubbell
- HierosGamos Legal Employment site
Judicial Clerkships
- OSCAR (Online System for {Federal}Clerkship Application and Review)
- National Center for State Courts
- Judicial Staff Directory
Labor Law
- American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
- U.S. Dept. of Labor
- The Peggy Browning Fund
Public Interest
- Public Service Job Directory
- Equal Justice Works
- Office of Defender Services
- National Legal Aid & Defender Association
- Citizens for Health
- Partnership for Public Service
- Skadden Fellowship Foundation
- Idealist.org
- Volunteer Match
Solo Practice
- U.S. Small Business Adminstration
- MyShingle.com
- ABA's Young Lawyer Division
- Solo Practice University
