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FinancesFinances

Major Major ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

Why this Why this CareerCareer

Education &Education &TrainingTraining

Summary Slide

Resume

InterviewWelcome to the law Welcome to the law

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Why I Chose This Career?Personality Profile From Drive of Your Life:

– Structured, Outgoing, & Influential

Personal Interests:• List• List

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Education & Trainingto Obtain this Career

• Bachelor's Degree• Law School• Pass a written bar examination• Gettysburg College & Harvard Law

– Law

Add your college(s) logo on this pageNo more than 3

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What is your starting salary?

During the Budget Unit you made choices about where and how you would live. Discuss below what your have learned about continuing your education/training and how it will impact you when you are living on your own. Be sure to include what changes you would make now that you know how expensive it is to live on your own. Be prepared to discuss what goals you will set for yourself regarding education and finances.

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Advantages & Disadvantages

List Advantages Here• Knowing the laws• Rarely in hazardous

conditions• Pick a field of law that

you enjoy

List Disadvantages Here

• Long hours

• Losing cases

• Lots of research

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Insert your resume

hereIn a brief paragraph:

Give me tips on writing a good resume.

What are some common mistakes made when writing a resume?

How can you improve your resume

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The Interview ProcessThe Four Phases of An Interview•Introduction• Background and Probe Stage• Matching Stage• Final Questions and Close

Tips• Dress nicely• Be prepared

• Resume• History on the company• Questions to ask the interviewer

What are some examples of skills required for your career?

Provide a picture of something you would wear to an interview.

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Major ResponsibilitiesMake a bulleted list that describes your responsibilities here. Make sure you include at least FIVE typical tasks that you would do each day.• One• Two• Three• Four• Five

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Start of Work Day:

•8:00 Am

•Meet with other lawyers at the firm to discuss the 70 or so calls about potential claims.

•Discuss whether or not to take the case on.

Morning Responsibilities:

•10:00 AM

•Draft discovery requests in a case involving promissory fraud.

Lunch Responsibilities:

•12:00 PM

•Meet with client regarding legal issues

Waking Up:•6:30 AM

•Get dressed•Eat breakfast and read the paper

Ending Your Work Day:

•4:55 PM

•Draft more discovery requests

•6:30 PM

•Go home.

Afternoon Responsibilities:

•1:15 PM

•Call potential clients discussed about earlier telling them whether or not the firm can represent them in court.

•3:45 PM

•Hold meeting with potential client to review a severance agreement that they are about the enter into with his employer.

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Other Possible Careers

List 3 and Explain Why

• One

• Two

• Three

Summary Slide

Give a brief summary of your chosen career.

Explain two things that you can do in the next few years to work towards your career.

Describe one thing that you learned about yourself through this class.

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FinancesFinances

Major Major ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

Why this Why this CareerCareer

Education &Education &TrainingTraining

Summary Slide

Resume

InterviewWelcome to the law Welcome to the law

offices of Alicia Soostoffices of Alicia Soost