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.
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
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 alumni roundtable discussions and other programs related to law firm success. 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.
2008 Salary Survey NALP 08 PDF
Selected
Firms That Have Hired Whittier Graduates
Baker Botts LLP, Dallas
Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP, Universal City, CA
Berger, Khan, Shafton, Moss, Irvine & Marina Del Rey
Best, Best & Krieger, Riverside
Bingham, Los Angeles
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP , Costa Mesa
Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP, Los Angeles
Bonne Bridges Mueller O’Keefe & Nichols, Santa Ana & Los Angeles
BP America, Orange County and New York
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
Gates & Cooper LLP, Los Angeles
Greenberg Traurig LLP, Santa Monica
Gunster Yoakley, Palm Beach, FL
Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP, Los Angeles
Haynes and Boone, Orange County
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
Jones Day, Los Angeles and Irvine
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
Littler, Los Angeles
Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles
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
McAndrews Held & Malloy, Chicago
McDermott, Will and Emory, Los Angeles
Milberg LLP, New York
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles
Morgan Lewis LLP, Los Angeles & San Francisco
Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles
Nixon Peabody, Los Angeles
Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott LLP, Irvine
O’Sullivan Graev & Karabell, LLP, New York
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Orange County
Proskauer, New York
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
Sony Pictures, Los Angeles
Stephan Oringer Richman & Theodora, Costa Mesa & Los Angeles
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Newport Beach
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa, FL
Tex-Mex Restaurants, Los Angeles
Time Warner Inc., Atlanta
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
Wood Smith Henning & Berman, Orange County
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