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Please let us know if you are unable to access any of the sites listed hereunder or if you discover any additional useful websites.

Legal Employment Websites
Newspapers with Job Listings
Government
Academic
Public Interest/Public Service
Patent/Intellectual Property/Bio-Tech 
International Jobs
Bar Association Websites
Non-Traditional Jobs
Legal Specialties and Resources

Legal Employment Websites

www.indeed.com

www.monster.com

www.careerbuilder.com

www.craigslist.com

www.lawjobs.com

www.lawcrossing.com (subscription required)

www.internships-USA.com  (user name = CalWestSL; password =CalW201213 ) – Internship Opportunities.      

Newspapers with Job Listings

San Diego Daily Transcript: www.sddt.com

Los Angeles/SF Daily Journal: www.dailyjournal.com

San Diego Union-Tribune: http://www.signonsandiego.com/ (click on "Classifieds")

Los Angeles Times:  http://www.latimes.com/ 

Government 

• Judicial Sites 
 o California courts (official):  www.courtinfo.ca.gov
 o U.S. Courts (official site of the Federal Judiciary):  www.uscourts.gov
 o U.S. District Court, Southern District of CA:  www.casd.uscourts.gov
 o National Listing of Clerkships:  http://forms.vermontlaw.edu/career/guides/ (username:  “hurricane” and password:  “irene”) 

• Attorney General, District Attorney and City Attorney 
 o California Attorney General:  www.caag.state.ca.us
 o San Diego County District Attorney:  www.sdcda.org
 o San Diego – Office of the City Attorney:  www.sandiego.gov/cityattorney
 o Prosecutor Links (provides over 450 prosecutor, US Attorney and AG offices nationwide:  www.prosecutor.info
 o Roster of California District Attorneys:  www.cdaa.org/daroster.htm#T

• Federal Government Job Websites
 o U.S. Federal Government job website listing Federal Jobs:  www.usajobs.gov
 o Federal Jobs Digest (unofficial):  www.jobsfed.com
 o Presidential Management Fellows Program:  www.pmi.opm.gov
 o White House Internship Programs (key word:  internship):  www.whitehouse.gov
 o Capital Hill jobs:  www.hillzoo.com

• State/County/City Government Jobs (California)
 o Official California State jobsite:  www.jobs.ca.gov
 o State Personnel Board: http://www.spb.ca.gov/index.htm?e=1 

 o Internships & Student Positions:  www.ag.ca.gov/careers/students.htm
 o County of San Diego:  www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/general/human_resources/examDB/openjobs.html
 o California State Association of Counties:   www.csac.counties.org
 o City of San Diego:  www.sannet.gov 
 o www.capitolweekly.net

• Public Defender Jobs -California / National
 o San Diego County:  www.sdcounty.ca.gov/public_defender/index.html
 o National Legal Aid and Defender Association:  www.nlada.org
 o Link to Public Defender Agencies:  www.pubdef.ocgov.com/linkpdoc.htm
 o Public Defender Link:  www.nysda.org

• Public Sector Jobs
 o Government Jobs:  www.governmentjobs.com
 o Public Sector Job:  www.careersingovernment.com
 o Partnership for Public Service:  www.ourpublicservice.org 

• Government Public Service Jobs:  www.pslawnet.org/governmentcareers

• State and Local Government Job Resources:  https://pslawnet.org/governmentemploymentresourcesbystate

Academic

Chronicle of Higher Education:   http://chronicle.com/

Clinical Legal Education Association: http://clea.memberlodge.org

Association of American Law Schools: http://www.aals.org/

Job listings in Higher Education: http://www.higheredjobs.com/

Academic Positions in Law: http://www.academickeys.com

Public Interest/Public Service

Public Service Jobs Directory - NALP’s comprehensive clearinghouse of public interest opportunities for lawyers and law student members -  (Cal Western is a member but you must register.) www.psjd.org

Equal Justice Works site – Umbrella org. for public interest summer and postgraduate public interest jobs. Cal Western is a member: www.equaljusticeworks.org

Environmental career opportunities (partial listing of jobs is available w/o subscription): www.ecojobs.com

Opportunity Knocks - source of nonprofit jobs and career opportunities: www.opportunityknocks.org 

Probono.net - "Lawyers serving the public good.":  www.probono.net 

www.idealist.org  

Patent/Intellectual Property/Bio-Tech

Recruiter for Patent Law Jobs: www.wkmclaughlin.com

Positions in the Bio-Tech field: http://www.biospace.com

Technical jobs: www.dice.com

International

American Society of International Law- Mission is to foster the study of international law: www.asil.org

Foreign Service Jobs: http://www.state.gov/ (Under “Careers”)

International Law Internships- Offered by Suffolk University Law School and The Center for International Legal Studies:  http://www.law.suffolk.edu/academic/clinical/internship/intl/

Lawyers Without Borders [site offering internships & permanent positions w/ international organizations worldwide.] www.lawyerswithoutborders.org

List of International Law Firms: http://www.legal500.com

Bar Association Websites

American Bar Association:  www.abanet.org

Arizona Bar: www.azbar.org

California Bar Association: http://www.calbar.ca.gov

Nevada State Bar: www.nvbar.org

San Diego County Bar Association: http://www.sdcba.org/ 

Non-Traditional Jobs

Banking: www.bai.org

www.acca.com – Association of Corporate Counsel – job bank. 

Insurance Jobs   www.greatinsurancejobs.com

Legal Publishers on the Net:  Bernan Press: www.bernan.com ; Commerce Clearing house: www.cch.com ; Lexis Publishing: www.michie.com ; Research institute of America: www.riag.com ; Thomson Publishing group: www.thomson.com ; and West Publishing: www.westgroup.com

www.showbizjobs.com

www.entertainmentcareers.net

Music Media & Entertainment Industry Internship Guide:  http://www.cwsl.edu/content/career_services/MME_InternshipGuideFall-Winter2010-11.pdf
Please email career_services@cwsl.edu for the password to access the Guide.

Legal Specialties and Resources

Leadership Directories:  This link can be found on the homepage of the Online Job Database (Simplicity) https://law-cwsl-csm.symplicity.com/students

Justia:  www.justia.com/sitemaps.html

HG.org - Worldwide Legal Directories:  www.hg.org/practiceareas.html

www.lawguru.com 

www.martindale.com