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What is Handshake?
What is Handshake?
Pre-law students can access a broad range of legal internships, job opportunities, and volunteer roles through Handshake, making it a valuable platform for gaining experience in the legal field. By leveraging Handshake’s filtering options, students can narrow their search to find positions that match their career goals and interests.
Pre-law students can access a broad range of legal internships, job opportunities, and volunteer roles through Handshake, making it a valuable platform for gaining experience in the legal field. By leveraging Handshake’s filtering options, students can narrow their search to find positions that match their career goals and interests.
What Can I Do With This Major?
What Can I Do With This Major?
"What Can I Do With This Major?" is a resource on Handshake that features 100+ major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Pre-law students, especially first-year students, can use this resource to determine what career paths they can pursue with their major or intended major. This feature also offers advice on internships, graduate programs, and other professional development activities that can align with pre-law careers.
How to Use Handshake
How to Use Handshake
Go to the "Jobs" section and click on the “All Filters” tab.
Go to the "Jobs" section and click on the “All Filters” tab.
Then select "Legal & Law Enforcement" as their primary industry of interest, which will streamline their search to positions specifically within the legal sector. Additionally, students can refine their search further by filtering for specific job roles, such as "Paralegals & Legal Assistants," "Judicial Law Clerks," or "Miscellaneous Legal Support Workers." With this filter, students can target job titles that align with their skills, whether they’re interested in gaining courtroom experience, supporting legal research, or assisting in law firm operations.
Then select "Legal & Law Enforcement" as their primary industry of interest, which will streamline their search to positions specifically within the legal sector. Additionally, students can refine their search further by filtering for specific job roles, such as "Paralegals & Legal Assistants," "Judicial Law Clerks," or "Miscellaneous Legal Support Workers." With this filter, students can target job titles that align with their skills, whether they’re interested in gaining courtroom experience, supporting legal research, or assisting in law firm operations.
If pre-law students are interested in opportunities at a particular organization or law firm, they can use the "Employer" filter to type in the name of the employer. This feature enables them to quickly see if a specific firm is hiring, view any active job postings, and learn more about that organization’s offerings.
If pre-law students are interested in opportunities at a particular organization or law firm, they can use the "Employer" filter to type in the name of the employer. This feature enables them to quickly see if a specific firm is hiring, view any active job postings, and learn more about that organization’s offerings.
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