Job Search Resources

Arkansas Jobs

Arkansas.gov: https://www.ark.org/arstatejobs/index.php; The official employment website of the State of Arkansas. Legal and nonlegal jobs are posted on this website.
Arkansas Judiciary: https://courts.arkansas.gov/employment/index.cfm; The Arkansas judiciary maintains a listing of current job openings within the state court system.
Arkansas Bar Association: http://l.ar.bar.associationcareernetwork.com/Common/HomePage.aspx; The Arkansas Bar Association Career Center site is powered by the Legal Career Network, and often does not have any Arkansas job listings, but keep your eye on the site because employers can post jobs directly and if it gains popularity with Arkansas firms, the Arkansas listings should increase.
Arkansas Municipal League: http://www.arml.org/classifieds.html; The classified section of the Arkansas Municipal League includes job postings from cities throughout Arkansas. These are not limited to legal jobs.

Out of State Jobs

Intercollegiate Job Bank: http://www.law2.byu.edu/; This site is a simply outstanding resource for finding out-of-state jobs. This link will take you to a job bank that allows you to pull up employment bulletins from law schools all over the country. Simply go to the site, click on "career services" then "intercollegiate job bank" and then enter the username and password that has been provided by the Career Services Office.
Law Student Jobs

Judicial Clerkships

OSCAR Online Judicial Database: https://oscar.symplicity.com/; Allows you to search for available federal clerkships.
The Federal Courts Website: http://www.uscourts.gov/Careers/SearchIFrame.aspx; Jobs in federal courts
Vermont Guide to State Judicial Clerkships: http://www.vermontlaw.edu/job_search_resources/judicial_clerkship_and_internship_resources.htm; This site is also a one-stop-shopping type resource for all state judicial clerkships. Contact the Career Services Office for username and password information.
National Center for State Courts: http://www.ncsc.org/Education-and-Careers/Jobs.aspx; state court job postings as well as links to state court employment websites.

Government Jobs

The Arizona Guide: http://www.law.arizona.edu/career/secure/student_landing_page.cfm; This is the ultimate one-stop-shopping site for federal government clerkships and jobs. This site is updated on a regular basis, so it would behoove you to bookmark this site and check it on a regular basis. Also, please note, that many federal government jobs have application deadlines that are sometimes months in advance of the position start-date, so please pay special attention to the application deadlines. See the Career Services Office for username and password information.
Government Honors and Internship Handbook: http://www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm; Guide to summer and post graduate opportunities for 1L’s, 2Ls and 3Ls with local, state and federal government.
United States Government Office of Personnel Management: http://www.usajobs.gov/; This site contains job openings in the federal government. You may register (free) and have job listings that meet your criteria emailed to you. OPM also offers a specific site for students http://www.usajobs.gov/StudentJobs.
National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/about-us.aspx?tabs=1027,78,588; Jobs clearinghouse of opportunities with state legislatures and other public policy positions.
Roll Call Jobs: http://rcjobs.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=11641; Features jobs in governmental affairs, lobbying and related fields.
Avue Digital Services: https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/casting/aiportal/control/mainmenu; Some federal agencies elect to advertise available opportunities on Avue Digital Services in addition to or in lieu of posting on USAJobs. Search both Avue and USA Jobs for federal positions.

Public Interest Jobs

PSLAWNET.org: http://www.pslawnet.org/; This site contains information on public interest jobs and fellowships from all over the country. Please contact the Career Services Office for username and password information.
Equal Justice Works: http://equaljusticeworks.org/; summer and post graduate public interest jobs
Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/; This site focuses on philanthropy worldwide and offers a free, weekly jobs bulletin listing current openings at US based foundations, public charities, corporate programs and nonprofit organizations.
Idealist.org: http://www.idealist.org/; Job listings in public service, including human rights positions throughout the world. If you enter your profile, idealist will send you relevant listings.
National Legal Aid and Defender Association: http://www.nlada.org/Jobs; includes positions in civil legal services, defender organizations, pro bono and public interest organizations, public interest law firms and academia.
Grassroots Roundtable: http://grassrootsroundtable.com/jobs.asp; Opportunities with various grassroots organizations.
The Non-profit Jobs Organization: http://nonprofitjobs.org/; Site listing opportunities with non-profit organizations.

Corporate Legal Positions

Linkup: http://www.linkup.com/; Searches jobs from company websites which are often not contained on traditional job boards
Simply Hired: http://www.simplyhired.com/; Said to be the largest database of online jobs.
US.Jobs: http://us.jobs/; Job board maintained by the National Labor Exchange
Indeed: http://www.indeed.com/; job listings from web sites, job boards, newspapers, blogs, company career pages, and associations. Searches can be saved with new jobs delivered daily by email.
Glassdoor: http://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm

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