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Career Services

Legal career opportunities abound in Southern California's dynamic legal community.

The Whittier Law School Career Services Office provides valuable resources to students beginning in their first year of study and into their attorney careers.

The Career Services Office is involved with bar associations and other organizations to promote the law school. The office is actively involved in the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), the Law School Career Advisors of Southern California (LSCA), the Los Angeles Area Legal Recruitment Association (LAALRA), the Orange County Area Legal Recruitment Association (OCALRA), and Equal Justice Works. Whittier Law School pays membership dues for all Whittier Law School students to the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), the largest bar association in the local community. Membership allows students to meet with attorneys in specialty practice areas and to learn effective networking skills early in their careers.

Office Resources

The spacious Career Services Office is centrally located on campus. In addition to a comprehensive library of career information, the office offers access to electronic databases. Networked computers, printers, photocopiers, a fax machine, and conference rooms are available at no charge to students and alumni conducting job searches.

Law clerk and attorney opportunities are posted on an online database, allowing both students and alumni to post their resumes and access job listings at their convenience. Law clerk positions, available throughout the year, provide students with income, valuable training, and possible permanent employment offers.

CAREER SERVICES OFFICE HOURS:

Monday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Office hours are subject to change.

Phone: 714-444-4141 x. 292 • Fax: 714-444-0848

Working with Students and Alumni

The Career Services newsletter provides information on frequent career planning programs, interviewing opportunities and other job-related concerns. First-year students are encouraged to attend informational programs during their first semester of study. The Career Services Office will begin to work with students on an individual basis at the end of their first semester of study.

The staff provides assistance in resume and cover letter preparation, career goal identification, and career strategy development. Students and alumni can sharpen their interviewing skills by participating in mock interviews offered by staff members.

The Career Services Office works with student organizations in organizing speaker events to explore legal specialties, alternative careers, ethnic/gender/age issues, bar examination preparation, and other career topics.

Meeting the Legal Community

Employers are invited to interview students on campus during both the fall and spring semesters. The Career Services Office also hosts the annual Intellectual Property Associate Search, co-sponsored by the ABA schools in Southern California. Through other co-sponsored programs, students have opportunities to interview at Public Interest Career Day and the Government Career Information Day.

The Career Services Office also presents an annual Orange County Law Firm Practice Day and other programs relating to success in solo and small firms. Through the mentor program, students can be matched with graduates or other practicing attorneys who are willing to act as advisors.

Employment Salarly Survey

Every year, the Career Services Office conducts a salary and placement survey of the most recent graduating class 6-9 months after graduation.

2006 Salary Survey

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Selected Firms That Have Hired Whittier Graduates

• Allred Maroko & Goldberg, Los Angeles

• Baker Botts LLP, Dallas

• Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP, Universal City, CA

• Berger, Khan, Shafton, Moss, Irvine & Marina Del Rey

• Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP , Costa Mesa

• Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP, Los Angeles

• Bonne Bridges Mueller O’Keefe & Nichols, Santa Ana & Los Angeles

• Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger, Los Angeles

• Cooksey Toolen Gage Duffy & Woog, Costa Mesa

• Cotkin Collins & Ginsburg, Santa Ana

• Cummins & White, LLP, Newport Beach

• Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP, Los Angeles

• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, Costa Mesa

• Ford, Walker, Haggerty & Behar, LLP, Long Beach

• Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Los Angeles

• Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP, Los Angeles

• Greenberg Traurig LLP, Santa Monica

• Gates & Cooper LLP, Los Angeles

• Gunster Yoakley, Palm Beach, FL

• Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP, Los Angeles

• Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC, Saint Louis, MO

• Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco & Singapore

• Holland & Hart, LLP, Denver

• Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami

• Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., Los Angeles

• Jackson DeMarco & Peckenpaugh, Irvine

• Jackson Walker LLP, Dallas

• Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP, Los Angeles

• Jenkins & Gilchrist, Dallas

• Keesal, Young, & Logan, Long Beach

• Kiesel Boucher & Larson, LLP, Beverly Hills

• Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear LLP, Irvine & Riverside

• Latham & Watkins, New York

• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles

• Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles

• Masry & Vititoe, Westlake Village, CA

• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles

• Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez LLP, Los Angeles

• Mardirossian & Associates Inc., Los Angeles

• Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago

• Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, San Diego

• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles

• Morgan Lewis LLP, Los Angeles & San Francisco

• Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott LLP, Irvine

• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Orange County

• O’Sullivan Graev & Karabell, LLP, New York

• Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver, & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles

• Reed Smith, Los Angeles & Washington D.C.

• Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles

• Salomon Brothers, Inc., New York

• Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, Los Angeles

• Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles

• Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP, Foothill Ranch

• Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix

• Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Los Angeles

• Stephan Oringer Richman & Theodora, Costa Mesa & Los Angeles

• Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Newport Beach

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa, FL

• Toshiba America Information Systems, Irvine

• Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Pearson, LLP, Tarzana

• White & Case LLP, New York

• Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, Los Angeles & Newark

• Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto

• Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., Dallas

• Winston & Strawn LLP, New York