Career Webcasts and Podcasts

The Career and Professional Development Center organizes and sponsors hundreds of events to help with professional development and career advice. Videos of many of the events can be found in the list below.

1L Videos
2L/3L Videos
An Insider's Guide to Callbacks
Judicial Clerkships
Lifelong Learning
Keynote Speakers
All Topics

1L Videos

1Ls Interviewing Skills, 11/18/10
Finding and Funding Presentation, 11/16/10
OCI Bidding demo
The Comprehensive 2L Job Search Presentation and PowerPoint, 05/10/10
Essential Elements of the 2L Job Search, April 6, 2010 (Required 1L Programming)
This is an overview of the legal economy and Summer 2011 recruiting season by Associate Dean Bruce Elvin. Professor Lisa Griffin will share her thoughts on what will be required to be successful in the 2L job market, and a panel of students in the Class of 2011 will offer their insights concerning what to expect and how best to prepare. View presentation.
Course Selection & Targeted Career Planning: Government/Public Interest 03/30/2010 Join the Office of Student Affairs, the Career and Professional Development Center, and Kim Bart, Assistant Dean for Public Interest, for a discussion about how to build academic and professional experiences that support a career in public interest or government.
Course Selection & Targeted Career Planning: Litigation 03/23/10 Join Professor Don Beskind, the Career and Professional Development Center, and the Office of Student Affairs for a discussion on how to build academic and professional experiences that support a career in litigation.
Course Selection & Targeted Career Planning: Corporate/Transactional Law Presentation and Powerpoint, 03/16/10 A course selection and career planning session for students interested in corporate/transactional law practice. Join the Office of Student Affairs, the Career and Professional Development Center, and Professor Lawrence Baxter for a discussion on how to build academic and professional experiences that support a career in corporate/transactional law.
Interviewing For Legal Positions: What To Expect & How To Prepare, 01/25/10
1L Critical Skills Workshop, 10/25/2007
1L job searchers, start here! CPDC staff will give a presentation on crafting excellent resumes and cover letters.
1L: Interview Skills Workshop 1/16/2007
Whether you are completely clueless about interviewing for jobs, or just need to brush up on your technique, this program created by the Career & Professional Development Center and attorneys from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP will help you sharpen your skills.
1L Introduction to On-Campus Interviewing and Questions 1/12/2007
Camesha McAllister, Director of Recruiting, will give indispensable tips on preparing for the spring interviewing process.
Career Kickoff and Keynote Speaker with Chris Kay, 10/26/2006
Chris Kay, former COO of Toys 'R' Us

2L/3L Videos

OCI Bidding demo
Pass The Bar For 3Ls Presentation, 9/17/2009
Bar examiners discuss the nuts and bolts of bar exams, as well as how to address the character & fitness portion of the application.
OCI Bidding, Summer 2009
Learn the key points to bidding successful for OCI
2L Job Search Webinar, 6/10/2009
Camesha McAllister Jones hosts a lecture on the 2L job search with help from a panel of recent Duke School of Law graduates.
Guerrilla Tactics for Landing That 2L Job: The Art of Self Promotion & Creative Networking, 6/17/2009
Duke Alumni, Alan Surchin and Peter Ocko discuss methods of networking and self promotion.
2L Callback Podcast, 2009
Learn how to turn your callback interviews into offers.
Job Searching for 2Ls: After OCI, 9/25/2007
A post-OCI job search can be successful if it is planned well. In this session we will discuss timing and strategies for your career search and including selling strategies.
Pass the Bar! For JDs, 9/17/2008
An overview of the bar application process and preparation will be provided, as well as discussion of the Character & Fitness requirements for admission to the bar of most states.
OCI: Interviewing as a 2L: What's It All About? 3/21/2007
Learn what job searching as a 2L is like and why it is so important to focus on your career during this summer. 2L & 3L student panelist will tell you the inside scoop about fall OCI and letter writing.

Judicial Clerkships

Clerkship Nuts and Bolts Presentation and PowerPoint, 3/16/10, Now that you know you want to clerk, join us to learn the details of the judicial clerkship application process. We will also discuss things you can do now to put yourself in the best position to get a clerkship.
Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkship Kickoff, 2/3/2010
Nuts and Bolts of Judicial Clerkships, 3/18/2008
Discussion of paper & online applications, resources for research, and the other "Nuts and Bolts" of judicial clerkships. 3Ls will answer questions about their clerkship searches last fall.
Faculty Clerkship Kickoff: Courting the Clerkship 2/15/2007
Duke Law faculty members discuss the value of a judicial clerkships and provide tips on what you can do now to enhance your application.
Clerkship Alumni Panel, 3/6/06
Present and former law clerks discuss their different experiences clerking, the intrinsic value of a judicial clerkship, and how the choice to clerk affected their careers in the law.

From Behind the Bench: Judges' Perspectives on Clerkships

You have probably heard about judicial clerkships and the application process from your older classmates, but by listening to these webcasts you have the unique opportunity to learn about clerking from the other side of the bench! Federal judges who are on campus to judge the moot court competition will participate in a panel discussion on this topic.

Lifelong Learning

Part of an on-going series to provide lifelong learning and development to lawyers as their careers develop.

Success as an Associate: Lessons From Those Who Have Been There Before
Panelist Janine Brown '86, Alston & Bird LLP, Michael Dockterman '78, Wildman Harrold, Linda H. Martin '96, Simpson Thacher discuss partner and client expectations of associates, how partners discuss associates performance among themselves, why its important to be a great associate even if partnership is not your goal, and how you can determine if you are perceived as good or great.
Client Service: From the Clients' Perspective
Panelist Winston Henderson '96, Surface Logix, Inc., John DeGroote '90, BearingPoint, Inc., Susanne Haas '87, Honeywell International, Inc. join to provide insight and understanding of client service. Each of the panelist has significant in-house experience and has worked extensively with outside counsel.

Keynote Speakers

Careers in Antitrust Law: An Alumni Panel Discussion Sponsored By The ABA, 01/27/10
1L Career Kickoff Keynote Speaker: Charles Becton '69, Part I, Part II, 10/22/2007
Career Kickoff and Keynote Speaker with Chris Kay, 10/26/2006
Chris Kay, former COO of Toys 'R' Us

All Topics

The Federalist Society & Health Law Society Present the 2010 Open Doors Winning Proposal: Impacting Federal Health Care Policy, 3/15/10
Over the past 30 years, Mr. Miller (Duke Law, '75) has worked in a law firm, as a journalist, at policy think tanks, and within governmental agencies. He will be joining us for lunch to provide insight into what motivated him to leave a law firm and pursue a less traditional career path. Mr. Miller began his career working as an associate at the law firm, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy. After two years, he left the firm and became a journalist for nine years. He then continued his career at policy think tanks, beginning as a senior policy analyst at Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), progressing to Program Director at CEI, and next moving to Director of Health Policy Studies at Cato Institute. Mr. Miller then became Senior Health Economist for the Joint Economic Committee in the U.S. Congress from 2003-2006. Currently, he is acting both as a Resident Fellow in the policy think tank, AEI, and as a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (a sub-agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services).
Open Doors: Perspectives On Owning Your Own Firm, 11/19/09
Janet Ward Black, L '85, discusses her noted career path and legal associations during Open Doors: Perspectives On Owning Your Own Law Firm. Ms. Ward-Black is the principal and owner of North Carolina based Ward-Black Law, a leading plaintiff's firm in the state, has chaired numerous civic and professional boards throughout her career, and most recently served as President of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Open Doors: Careers in Social Justice, 11/04/09 The Open Doors Speaker Series featuring Anita Earls, Executive Director, Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
NALP Legal Career Transition Video, 8/24/09
Open Doors: Careers in Education Law, 2/13/2009
The Open Doors Speaker Series featuring Kristi Bowman '01, former attorney at the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and associate professor of law at Michigan State University; Alan Dickinson '01, Duke Law's director of JD advising and former in-house counsel to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools; Ann Majestic '82, partner at Tharrington Smith, LLP; and Lewis Pitts, senior managing attorney for Legal Aid of North Carolina's advocates for children's services division will discuss the exciting and varied careers that await in this oft forgotten specialty.
Open Doors: Lawyers Role in International Development with Helle Weeke LLM '91, 10/31/2008
The Open Doors Speaker Series featuring Helle Weeke LLM '91, principal development specialist at Development Alternatives, Inc., will speak on lawyers' role in international development.
Open Doors: On the Front Lines of Immigrant Advocacy with Debie Sanders, 2/5/2008
The Open Doors Speaker Series featuring Debi Sanders, Founder, Executive Director and President of the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights ("CAIR") Coalition in Washington, DC. Ms. Sanders will speak about her career and her extensive work with immigrants' rights.
Open Doors: Perspectives on Career Alternatives - Federal Public Defenders Frances Pratt '93 and Larry Shelton '74, 10/25/2007
The Open Doors Speaker Series featuring Larry Shelton '74 and Frances Pratt '93, of the Office of the Federal Public Defender. Mr. Shelton and Ms. Pratt will discuss their careers in public service, criminal defense, and choices that students can make to prepare for similar opportunities.
Open Doors: Perspectives on Career Alternatives with Paula Sweeney 2/27/2007
Paula Sweeney '74 of the CIA General Counsel's Office discusses her career in private practice and the public sector, which as included positions at the Legal Aid Society, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Office of Independent Counsel.
Post-Graduate Fellowships: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, 2/13/2007
Michael Foreman, Deputy Director of Legal Programs, and Rob Harrington '87, Co-Chair of the Lawyers' Committee Board of Directors, will speak about the post-graduate fellowship application process. Lawyers' Committee sponsors one fellow every year with their Lindsay Fellowship, and hosts fellows from Equal Justice Works and Skadden. They will also discuss the work of the Lawyers' Committee, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address discrimination.
Open Doors: Perspectives on Career Alternatives with Kristin Ramsey Clyde '92, 1/22/2007
For the past ten years Kristin Ramsey Clyde '92 has been an attorney at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta. While at Turner, Kristin worked on all sides of the business from entertainment networks such as TBS and TNT to her role as Vice President of Enterprises for Turner Classic Movies. While moving up the ladder at Turner, Kristin has been able to strike a great balance of work and home.
Introduction To Venture Capital 11/13/2006
Attorney Ryan Naftulin from the law firm Cooley Godward will lead a discussion of terms and terminology typically seen in venture capital financing transactions, related business issues, and regional and industry differences and trends.
Mock Negotiation 11/13/2006
Are you wondering what corporate lawyers actually do? Today you get to look in as two lawyers negotiate with each other the terms of a financing transaction. The deal is a venture capital firm investing in an early stage company. The program will start with a review of terms and concepts likely to arise during the deal as well as a brief background on venture capital transactions generally. Don't worry if you aren't familiar with this type of work already, but be certain to take advantage of this rare look into the daily life of a corporate lawyer. Cooley Godward is hosting this program.
Home-Buying Seminar, 3/22/2006
Tom Van Zeeland of Wells Fargo provides tips for improving your credit, and a step-by-step guide through the twists and turns of buying a home.
How to Launch a Public Interest Career, 2/09/06
Lawyers can make a significant difference in the lives of vulnerable people and communities that desperately need legal intervention to obtain justice, but scarce entry-level job opportunities and overwhelming student debt combine to thwart many law graduates from pursuing public interest careers. Heather Wells Jarvis, a career public interest attorney from Equal Justice Works, answers questions about public interest law opportunities and gives you strategies for achieving a career in public interest law.
Practice & Opportunities in NC, 1/20/06
Panelists from the NC law firms of Brooks Pierce and Katten Muchin, as well as the NC Secretary of the Dept. of Administration, discuss hiring trends, legal climates, and firm v. public interest/government legal work.
Careers in International Legal Markets, 10/18/05
A partner from the Hamburg office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a leading international law firm, speaks about finding employment opportunities overseas and the current international legal market.