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Free Resume Critique and Free Market Evaluation
Just fill out our Sign Up Form and we will contact you to set up an appointment to talk to you about your job search. We will interview you in depth over the phone to understand what type of legal employment you are seeking. If you would like, ask us for a resume critique, and we will provide you with suggestions to improve the impact and effectiveness of your resume. In addition, we will provide a market evaluation and give you an assessment of your overall marketability. This critique and market evaluation are absolutely free, and there is no obligation to continue. We are committed to helping you find a job, whether you decide to use our full services or not.
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At Legal Authority, we're so sure that our service is the right way to get attorneys jobs, we make the following promise: if you don't get a job within 90 days of using our service, we will give you up to 200 additional free contacts.
This applies to everyone. It doesn't matter what part of the country you're in or what level of experience you have. Legal Authority is simply the best way to move forward in your legal career.
Here's how it works: We put together a personalized search, print your custom resumes and cover letters, and deliver them to you for signing and mailing. If you don't get a job as a result of sending them out to employers within 90 days, simply contact us, and we will give you the same amount of contacts you purchased (up to 200... a value of up to $500) totally free of charge!*
It's that simple. Don't wait though: this offer expires 120 days after the day your letters are dated.
The risk is ours!
So why not try Legal Authority? We're so confident that our service will work for you, that we'll give you up to $500 worth of contacts for free if it does not. Become a member today, and experience the benefits.
*Applies to clients who signed up after September 1, 2005. The offer is valid only for clients who are U.S. licensed attorneys with no disciplinary record, or who are second- or third-year students at a law school in the United States of America. The Legal Authority 200 Free Contact Offer does not cover shipping fees. |
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Don't let your school control the recruiting process
Every law student in this country is familiar with Career Services. You have probably used them to look for either a summer associate position, or a law clerk position while you attended school, or even a post-graduation position after you had taken the bar exam but before your results arrived. Some students have achieved varying degrees of success, but most students have been left dissatisfied, frustrated, and, most important, jobless! If this describes your situation, Legal Authority exists to help students like you.
This article is not designed to bash Career Services or the job that they do. Rather, this article is meant to highlight the fact that while Career Services serves a function, that function is rather limited. One thing that law students are not aware of is the fact that Career Services Departments can only be effective for the top 10% of the class! Unfortunately, the other 90% of the class is left struggling to find positions. Legal Authority will assist that other 90% in finding the best jobs for them.
The primary purpose of this article is to make sure that you, the job seeker, are equipped with all the information you need to take control of your job search. We will look at Career Services in terms of what do they do and whom they help the most. Next, we will look at why it does not make sense for you to place your future in the hands of Career Services. And finally, we will lay out your plan of action and determine how you can take control of your job search!
Career Services: Who are they, and what do they do?
As noted above, every law student in this country will at one time or another visit his/her Career Services office for assistance with a job search. In the fall, most if not all Career Services offices organize some sort of on-campus-interviewing process. Many schools refer to it as fall OCI (on-campus interviewing). During this process, many large law firms go to various law schools and recruit law students up to one year in advance to begin their positions with these firms the following summer. Career Services will help law students draft resumes and cover letters for the available positions. In addition, they will help law students get their resumes to the hiring coordinators of the large firms.
Unfortunately, your decision to work for a firm that recruits on campus is not always in your control. First, firms are usually looking for the top students with the best grades, as well as journal/moot court participation. Second, you might be a student who is looking to move to a different geographic region for the summer, and firms from that region do not recruit on your campus. For the lucky few students who land their positions through this process, the hunt is over. However, for the majority of students, the job search is only beginning, and these students can no longer rely on their school's Career Services office.
Your Future in the Hands of Career Services???
Most students need to be proactive in their job searches and take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that they find the best jobs for them. If you are one of those students, Legal Authority can help you apply directly to almost any legal employer anywhere, including law firms, corporations, judges, public interest organizations, public defender's offices, prosecutor's offices, state and federal governmental agencies, law schools-you name it. With the largest database of legal employers anywhere, Legal Authority has contacts for more than two million legal employers in all 50 states and more than 150 countries. It is not unusual for our clients to get 10 or more offers. The limited resources of your law school's Career Services office simply are not designed to help you get such results.
When looking for a job as a 2L, 3L, or recent grad, it is important to note that the job that you take is critical and will set up the first stage of your legal career. Because your first job as a law clerk or a first-year associate is so important, the wisest job seekers do not leave their job searches in the hands of Career Services. They are great for helping students with the best grades land great positions. And you must remember that your Career Services office has every incentive to promote their best students in landing jobs with firms. This is primarily because it helps to increase the school's ranking and prestige in the legal community. Nevertheless, if you are not one of those select few, Career Services can leave you feeling hopeless.
Take Control of Your Job Search: Your Plan of Action
As you might have experienced, it is very difficult to land a summer associate position if you have not been recruited. It is not, however, impossible. To maximize your chances of getting a great position, you need to first maximize both the quality and quantity of the interviews and then maximize your interview efficiency. This is where Legal Authority makes all the difference. We will help you get your resume and cover letters out to great firms that are looking for someone just like you.
This opportunity is being utilized constantly by students and attorneys alike. Many 2Ls and 3Ls use targeted mailing as a way of getting around the nightmare of fall OCI, where only the top 10% of the class is offered job opportunities. The savviest students know that they can use Legal Authority to create their own fall OCI that is tailored to their needs and targeted to those employers that are not going to dismiss them simply because they are not first or second in their class. The service has helped numerous students from all over the United States bypass Career Services and take control of their job searches!
Remember, when you conduct a job search using Legal Authority, the purpose is not to find just any job. If you sit around long enough, you will find any job. The point of this search is to find the best job for you. You will sample all of the opportunities out there and find the job that is the best fit for you and your needs. No other job search allows that. If you find a job through an advertisement, then you are at the mercy of that employer, including whatever salary and workload it dictates. There is no opportunity to weigh several offers and negotiate the best deal. Targeted mailing affords you that opportunity. You future does not have to be governed by the lack of success during the on-campus-interviewing process. You can determine your career path and land a great position when you take the initiative with Legal Authority and take control of your job search.
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Bob Gerberg is one of the country's top job-hunting authorities. His books, seminars, and programs have been used by millions of people worldwide for one simple reason: Bob knows what he's talking about.
His works include The Professional Job Hunter's Guide, An Easier Way to Change Jobs, Sixty Great Letters Which Won New Jobs, and many others. He has also written dozens of articles, and he created The Career Advancement Series and other programs, both in print and on cassettes. His programs have helped professionals in many law firms, the U.S. government and military, major universities, and a multitude of Fortune 1000 companies.
Indeed, Bob knows what he's talking about. And he's been at it for more than 20 years; his concepts have clearly withstood the test of time.
So when Bob Gerberg says that 70% of your job search lies in marketing yourself, you can believe it.
Bob's quotation on our homepage says it all: Your success in finding the job of your dreams is 70% marketing. You can be a great attorney, but until you market yourself correctly, you'll be waiting behind your competition. And that's where Legal Authority comes in...to take care of that 70% for you!
Legal Authority does not wait for employers to post want ads in the newspaper or online. Instead, Legal Authority aggressively finds hiring contacts at some 2 million legal employers and puts you in direct contact with them. So that you can market yourself to them immediately...without waiting for their information to appear in a want ad.
Legal Authority is the natural extension of everything that experts like Bob Gerberg preach. You must market yourself, and Legal Authority is the industry's leading way to do so.
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Legal Authority: Is Every Client Happy?
Legal Authority has helped thousands of attorneys and law students find new opportunities and new careers throughout the country. While we can’t speak for each and every one of our clients, the growing list of customer testimonials is a proven track record of our success!
The reason is simple. Legal Authority is a convenient, inexpensive and reliable way to help jobseekers apply directly to almost any legal employer in the country. With a database that can not be offered by any other job boards, classified sections of legal newspapers, legal recruiters, on-campus interviewing programs, or job fairs, Legal Authority is able to give its clients the exposure they need to get hired. And it requires very little effort. Legal Authority does all the grunt work for you, from customized cover letters and envelopes to professionally crafted resumes. All you do is sign, seal and deliver. We’ve been told by our clients that the hardest part of the process was deciding between job offers!
It’s hard to guarantee the level of success that you will have in your job search, however, if it’s any indication of how people have felt about our service, our growth has come almost entirely from word of mouth in the legal profession. Legal Authority’s satisfied and happily employed clients have continuously referred us to their colleagues, friends and family. We hope you let Legal Authority work for you in your career journey.
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Our Writers
Legal Authority's writers are required to undergo an extensive examination and certification process, including a two-hour exam that tests their grammar, proofreading, and problem-solving skills, and a critical resume and cover letter re-writing session which puts their knowledge of resume and cover letter strategy, design, and creative wordplay to the test. Every client can rest assured that his or her resume is in the best hands when our writers are in control.
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Our Quality Guarantee
We guarantee that we will provide you with the most effective, comprehensive job search possible. If we haven't done our best to supply you with the ability to reach every potential employer in any given market, we will refund 100% of your money, less the membership fee. This is how confident we are that our services provide the best job search for attorneys, anywhere.
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| The Legal Authority Outplacement Program |
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Give your attorneys the most opportunities.
Making economic or strategic adjustments in personnel can be a tough decision for any firm. When you release an attorney due to poor economic conditions or performance, the result can be troubling not only for that attorney, but also for the rest of your firm, your partners, associates, staff, and personnel administration. The problems can multiply if the separation is not handled with care. Your job is never easy, but if you are successful in helping those you let go secure new employment, it will make the transition that much smoother. You will preserve your firm's image, both internally and externally, and you will help maintain productivity. It will also be psychologically and emotionally satisfying for those you let go, as well as for you, the firm's decision makers.
If you are dedicated to helping your former employees secure legal employment, you will want to give them access to the most opportunities for their careers.
Legal Authority is proven to find more jobs for attorneys than any other source.
With unparalleled candidate services and a continually updated, state-of-the-art employer database with more than 2,000,000 legal contacts, we can help your attorneys apply directly to every legal employer in the country, including major law firms, small and boutique firms, corporations, judges' offices, public interest organizations, public defenders' offices, prosecutors' offices, state and federal government agencies, and academic institutions. Legal Authority is the most successful service of its kind.
Counseling
When taking on a new client, the first thing our Employment Advocates will do is conduct an in-depth analysis and discussion of the candidate's career to date and his or her accomplishments and goals. This is an especially critical step for candidates who have recently been laid off by their law firms. Losing a job can be one of the most difficult experiences an attorney will ever have to endure. The uncertainty that results often leads to frustration and panic, especially in trying economic times when legal jobs may not be in abundance. How a candidate reacts to these life changes is of vital importance. It's our job to help get him or her pointed in the right direction again.
We pride ourselves on the strong relationships we build with our candidates, and we work under each candidate's direction to help him or her succeed. To do this, we must get to know him/her and understand his/her needs. Candidates are interviewed at length to determine:
- Their strengths and how to capitalize on their values
- Their weaknesses and how to turn them into positive attributes
- Immediate goals
- Future goals
- Where the candidates should be working: their ideal job
- Intriguing career alternatives
- Salary expectations
- Which companies to target
- The scope of their job searches
What We Do
Legal Authority was designed with the job-seeker in mind, and we are constantly evolving to meet every challenge and to provide solutions in even the most difficult situations.
Simply put, we grant attorneys access to the largest legal-employer database in the world. When a candidate uses Legal Authority, he or she will be interviewed by one of our Attorney Employment Advocates, who will spend as long as it takes to understand exactly what that attorney is seeking in his or her legal career. We then perform extensive employer searches based on their specific criteria, needs, and objectives. From this, we will then develop a precisely researched market of employers that is targeted to the candidate's particular job search.
Legal Authority's professional writers will review and revise the candidate's resume and create a cover letter that is tailored specifically to their goals. Candidates work with the writer as a counselor and guide and expect to come up with a letter and resume that are perfect. We work with the candidate until he or she is absolutely satisfied.
After we have a final resume and cover letter, Legal Authority will prepare a package of resumes, cover letters, and envelopes, addressed to the precise and most relevant hiring contact person for each employer (no "To Whom It May Concern" or "Dear Hiring Partner"), with the candidate's return address and name on them. We will ship the package to the candidate, and all he or she has to do is sign and mail each letter.
We follow up with the candidate weekly to check on his or her progress. We will prepare additional letters at any time if the candidate is unsatisfied with his or her results.
A Targeted-Mail Campaign Works
According to the National Association of Law Placement, "The most common means for locating a position is through a letter or other 'self-initiated' contact with an employer." Legal Authority was founded on this very idea and, over the years, has proven again and again that it is the single most effective way for attorneys to find jobs.
In today's market, more than 85% of all available legal positions are never publicized. Attorney search firms fill less than 5% of all available positions. "Networking" is very limiting and therefore a much less effective way of finding highly sought after and unpublicized positions. Ads posted on job boards or in classified sections of newspapers or journals often draw in excess of 1,000 responses. Here, candidates are not competing in terms of character or experience, but in simple terms of chance. Out of the thousand-plus resumes received, how many will the employer actually review? How many will get lost in the shuffle? Candidates cannot afford to gamble when their careers are at stake.
The most efficient way to find these legal positions is through a large-scope targeted-mail campaign. Legal Authority is able to connect attorney candidates to legal employers in the fastest and most efficient way possible. We help candidates cover any market more efficiently, costeffectively, and in less time than any other resource.
Using the world's most sophisticated database of employers, we penetrate markets to give candidates the exposure to the employers they need. Finding a legal job is not a passive task. Jobs do not find candidates. Not in the form of a recruiter, not in the form of an advertisement. We actively market the candidates, so they can be sure they are doing all they can to find the best and most profitable opportunities available.
Research and Database
Our database contains more than 2,000,000 contacts. That's more legal employers than any other database in the world, and it is updated by the minute. It includes virtually every law firm or corporation that employs attorneys in the United States and abroad. Our team of more than 40 researchers ensures that our data is comprehensive and accurate. New firm and company contacts are added just as soon as they open their doors for business, and we closely monitor existing firms for changes in their internal organization and personnel. You won't find a more complete database of U.S. legal contacts anywhere, and candidates working with Legal Authority have full access to our unlimited search capabilities. Your attorney's next job is already in our database!
Pricing
Make Legal Authority Your Outplacement Team
Every month we help hundreds of attorneys find jobs. What we do is a truly unique service to the legal profession. We have worked tirelessly to develop and maintain the tools and resources needed to make our service the single most effective way to find a legal job, period. No outplacement firm or recruiting firm can compete with our rate of success. We have specially designed our outplacement program to offer unlimited job search services for your attorney (something we do not offer individual Legal Authority candidates) at an extremely cost-effective rate.
The total cost of the Legal Authority Outplacement Program:
$3,000.00 per candidate.
For each candidate this includes:
- Unlimited consultation with his or her Employment Advocate
- Unlimited market and practice area analysis
- Professional resume and cover letter preparation
- Unlimited database searches
- Unlimited resume and letter production for targeted mailings
- Campaign monitoring and follow-up
We will work with candidates until he or she succeeds in finding a job! No other outplacement service can make this guarantee.
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