MSU Law Home

Employment Links

Alternative Career/Non-Legal

• Foundation Center Job Corner
• www.fdncenter.org/pnd/jobs
• Union Jobs Clearinghouse
• www.unionjobs.com
• Just Advocates
• www.just-advocates.com
• National conference of State Legislatures
• www.ncsl.org/public/joblegis.htm
• Public Interest Research Group
• http://www.pirg.org/jobs/
• City Limits Jobs Listings
• www.citylimits.org/content/jobs/index.cfm
• Nonprofit Career Network
• www.nonprofitcareer.com
• Coalition on Human Needs
• www.chn.org
• Environmental Careers Organization
• www.eco.org
• Jobs on the Hill
• www.hillzoo.com
• Institute for Global Communication
• www.igc.org
• Electronic Policy Action Network
• http://www.movingideas.org/content/en/jobs.htm

Legal Staffing Firms

• Lumen Legal
• http://www.lumenlegal.com/
• Special Counsel
• http://www.specialcounsel.com/home.asp
• Kelly Law Registry
• http://www.kellylawregistry.com/web/global/klr/en/pages/
• Robert Half Legal
• http://www.roberthalflegal.com/portal/site/af-us

Legal Professional Organizations/Associations

• State Bar of Michigan
• http://www.michbar.org/
• American Bar Association
• http://www.abanet.org/
• American Health Lawyers Association
• www.healthlawyers.org
• Michigan Health & Hospital Association
• http://www.mha.org/mha/index.jsp
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• www.aipla.org
• American Society of International Law
• http://www.asil.org/
• Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan
• http://www.cdam.net/
• D. Augustus Straker Bar Association
• http://www.michbar.org/localbars/straker/home.html
• Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
• http://www.detroitlawyer.org/
• Federal Bar Association
• http://www.fedbar.org/
• Federal Bar Association – Eastern District of MI Chapter
• http://www.fbamich.org/index.cfm?location=1
• The Federal Circuit Bar Association
• http://www.fedcirbar.org/
• Grand Rapids Bar Association
  • http://www.grbar.org
• Ingham County Bar Association
  • http://www.inghambar.org
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• http://www.naela.org/
• National Asian Pacific Bar Association
• http://www.napaba.org/
• National Bar Association
• http://www.nationalbar.org/
• National Legal Aid & Defender Association
• http://www.nlada.org/
• National Native American Bar Association
• http://www.nativeamericanbar.org/
• Wolverine Bar Association
• http://www.michbar.org/localbars/wolverine/web.html
• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation
• http://www.wlamfoundation.org/
• State Bar of Michigan
• http://www.michbar.org/
• Sports Lawyers Association
• http://www.sportslaw.org/

Legal Directories

• Martindale
• http://www.martindale.com/
• Law Periscope
• http://www.lawperiscope.com/
• Lawyers.com
• http://www.lawyers.com/
• NALP Directories
• www.nalp.org

Judicial Clerkships General Information

Federal Courts and Clerkships

• Federal Judiciary
  Understanding the Federal Courts, Administrative Office of the Courts
  • http://www.uscourts.gov
• List of Federal Courts
  • http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/sites.nsf/main/page
• Federal Judicial Center
• http://www.fjc.gov
• US Supreme Court
• http://www.supremecourtus.gov
• Supreme Court information on Findlaw
• http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com
• Federal Pay Scales
• http://www.opm.gov/oca/09tables/indexGS.asp
• Bankruptcy Courts
• http://www.abiworld.org/Content/NavigationMenu/OnlineResources/CourtsOpinions/
  CircuitCaseUpdates/Default2081.htm
• Federal Magistrate Judges Association
• http://www.fedjudge.org
• US Tax Court Clerkship Program
• http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/lc_program.htm
• National American Indian Court Judges Association
• http://www.naicja.org/
• National Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP)
• http://www.nalp.org/judicialclerkshipinfoforcareerservices

State Courts and Clerkships

• Vermont Law School Guide to State Judicial Clerkship Procedures
  • http://vermontlaw.edu/career/blank_template.cfm?doc_id=93
    (password available in CSO or in Career Network)
• Links to nation’s top appellate courts
• http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
• National Center for State Courts
• http://www.ncsconline.org
• Links to state court websites
• http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html
• Florida State Courts
• http://www.flcourts.org
• New Jersey Courts
• http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/jobs/index.htm
• Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System
• http://www.courts.state.pa.us
• Philadelphia First Judicial District
• http://www.phila.gov

International Courts and Clerkships

• International Court Links
  • http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/CourtWebSites/International.html
• International Court of Justice Clerkship Program
• http://www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/cicl/programs/ICJUnivTraineeshipProgram.htm
• US Office of Personnel, Employment of Non-Citizens
• http://www.opm.gov/employ/html/non_cit.asp

Nominations and Confirmations

• Senate Committee on the Judiciary – tracks nominations/confirmations
  • http://www.senate.gov/legislative/legis_act_nominations.html
• DOJ Office of Legal Policy Judicial Nominations
  • http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/judicialnominations.htm

Westlaw

WLD-JUDGE
Wests's Legal Directory of Judges

WLD-Clerk
Search for clerkships

Courts

• Federal Judiciary
• www.uscourts.gov
• Federal Judicial Center
• www.fjc.gov
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• www.mied.uscourts.gov/
• United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
• www.miwd.uscourts.gov/
• Links to State Courts Websites
• www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html
• National Center for State Courts
• www.ncsconline.org/
• Michigan Supreme Court
• www.courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/
• Michigan Court of Appeals
  • www.courtofappeals.mijud.net/
• Michigan Trial Courts
• www.courts.michigan.gov/trialcourts/trial.htm

Canada

• Law Society of Upper Canada
  • http://www.lsuc.on.ca/
• Charity Village
• http://www.charityvillage.com/applicant/
• CanLaw
• http://www.canlaw.com/
• University of Ottawa Career Services
• http://www.careers.uottawa.ca/en/students/
• Martindale Canada
• http://www.martindale.com/
• Lexpert – Canadian Legal Magazine
• www.lexpert.ca
• Leading 500 Lawyers Magazine
• http://www.lexpert.ca/500/
• Canadian Law List
• www.canadianlawlist.com
• Chambers Global
• www.chambersandpartners.com
• Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
• www.iflr1000.com
• National Committee on Accreditation
• http://www.flsc.ca/en/foreignLawyers/foreignLawyers.asp
• Canadian Bar Association
• www.cba.org
• Federation of Law Societies of Canada
• http://www.flsc.ca/en/whatsnew/whatsnew.asp
• Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
• www.lsuc.on.ca
• Law Society of Alberta
• www.lawsocietyalberta.com
• Law Society of British Columbia
• www.lsbc.org
• Law Society of Manitoba
• www.lawsociety.mb.ca
• Law Society of New Brunswick
• www.lawsociety.nb.ca
• Law Society of the Northwest Territories
• www.lawsociety.nt.ca
• Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
• http://www.nsbs.ns.ca/
• Law Society of Nunavet
• http://lawsociety.nu.ca
• Barreau du Quebec
• www.barreau.qc.ca
• Law Society of Saskatchewan
• www.lawsociety.sk.ca
• Law Society of Yukon
• www.lawsocietyyukon.com
• NALP Canadian Directory of Legal Employers
• www.nalpcanada.com