PDO is here full-time over the summer. Feel free to drop in, email (Anneliese.Booher@law.utah.edu Kay.Shelton@law.utah.edu) for an appointment, or call us as you would during the school year. Watch your email for important information from us, as well as a bi-weekly Career Brief.
If you are around, PDO has also several important programs during the summer months.
First, the Solo Practice Series is a popular workshop is taught by Kyle Hoskins, Hoskins Legal Solutions PLLC, and covers establishing a business plan, marketing, and pitfalls to avoid in setting up a private practice. Held during the evenings of May 18, 19, and 25. You must RSVP to the Professional Development Office and plan to attend all three nights.
Second, the Mentor Lunch Program runs during May – June. Network over lunch with an attorney and other students at a restaurant of the attorney’s choosing. Within the next week or two PDO will send out an email announcing the mentor attorneys/lunch dates, and student sign-ups will begin. Most attorneys are willing to take a group of three or four students to lunch.
Third, plan to attend a Résumé and Cover Letter refresher workshop – Taught by Anneliese Booher on Wednesday, June 23, at 12:15 in Room 107.
Fourth, there will be an Interviewing Skills workshop taught by Anneliese Booher on Wednesday, August 18, at 12:15 in Room 107.
The application period for fall on campus recruiting begins July 23 and ends August 5; the first day of interviews is August 23 (the day before school starts).
Keep in touch!