Career Center

Alumni

Career Counseling

The Career & Professional Development Center offers a staff of experienced career counselors who are available to provide assistance to alumni in throughout the job search. Typical alumni support includes: general counseling about goals and directions; how to initiate and conduct a search; types of opportunities to consider and potential contacts; feedback on resumes; how to position professional experience as strongly as possible; interview preparation; evaluating opportunities; and more. Again, neither the Alumni & Development Office nor Career Center maintains lists of current openings (beyond what employers post on the Symplicity job board) and the Law School is not in the position to serve as a headhunter or to seek out openings on behalf of experienced professionals.

Call or email the Career Center Coordinator at (919) 613-7031 or careercenter@law.duke.edu to get access to various resources or to make an appointment to speak with a counselor.

Alumni Career Support

Duke Law School is proud to provide resources to support our alumni in their career transitions. Alumni have the ability to connect with fellow graduates in a variety of applications. In addition to the direct counseling and career resources available through the Career Center, Duke Law Career Link provides an opportunity for confidential alumni-to-alumni brainstorming and advising, as well as a Regional Career Network of alumni who have offered to assist and be a resource to other alumni in geographic, career, and other professional decisions. We also have links to headhunters, articles and other resources that will help alumni plot their course and identify professionals in the field who may be able to help identify specific positions.

The Law School is not able to serve as a headhunter and does not have information on current openings beyond what employers have chosen to post on the Symplicity job board for graduates.

If you are contemplating a career move to academia or interested in pursuing clerkships opportunities, we can help you begin the process.

Job Postings Online

The Career Center Coordinator can provide you with the password to access Symplicity, our online job bank. You can set up a free email account to ensure private communication with potential employers by going to www.dukealumni.com.

Also, check Bridgestar for opportunities in the nonprofit sector.

Volunteering

The Career & Professional Development Center seeks alumni volunteers to serve in a variety of capacities, including as mentors, mock interviewers, and panelists and presenters at professional development programs.

If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to careercenter@law.duke.edu, and include a short statement of interest.

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