External Links for Law
Career Information
- American Bar Association: http://www.abanet.org
- Internet Legal Research Group: http://www.ilrg.com/
- Martindale Lawyer Locator: http://www.martindale.com
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: http://www.lawyersweeklyjobs.com
- Ms. JD blog: http://ms-jd.org
- National Association for Law Placement: http://www.nalp.org
- Public Interest Law: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/opia/details.php?id=home
(the Specialty Guides section is most useful) - West's Legal Directory: http://www.lawoffice.com
- Women Lawyers and Obstacles to Leadership, A Report of MIT Workplace Center Surveys on Comparative Career Decisions and Attrition Rates of Women and Men in Massachusetts Law Firms. By Mona Harrington, MIT Workplace Center and Helen Hsi, Sloan School of Management. May 2,2007. Prepared for: The Equality Commission, the Women's Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Association: http://web.mit.edu/workplacecenter/docs/law-report_4-07.pdf
Diversity
- Boston Lawyers Group: http://www.bostonlawyersgroup.org
- Council on Legal Education Opportunity: http://www.cleoscholars.com/
- forpeopleofcolor.org: http://forpeopleofcolor.org
- National Bar Association: http://www.nationalbar.org
Internships
- Boston Lawyers Group: http://www.bostonlawyersgroup.org
- Internship Opportunities in Law with the American Bar Association: http://www.abanet.org/hr/interns/home.html
- Search the LACN Internship Database for keywords "law" and "legal"
Financial Aid for Law School
- Fellowships/Scholarships/Financial Aid for Law School - CWS Web page: http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/lawfa.html
- Writing Competitions & Scholarships: http://www.abanet.org/lsd/competitions/writing-contests/home.html
Law School
- American Bar Association: http://www.abanet.org
- Boston College Law School Locator
- Boston College Law School Locator - Part-Time Programs
- Canadian Law Schools: http://lawstudents.ca
- Law School Admission Council Services: http://www.LSAC.org (Information on legal education, links to law school home pages, registering for the LSAT and LSDAS, and links to Web sites of member law schools)
- National Association for Law Placement: http://www.nalp.org
- The NAPLA/SAPLA Book of Law School Lists: http://www.bu.edu/cas/advising/LSAT.pdf
(hard copy available in the CWS Library)
Public Interest Law
- Equal Justice Works: http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/eguide/
(public interest programs & curriculum at law schools) - Public Interest Law: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/opia/details.php?id=home
(the Specialty Guides section is most useful)
Mediation Programs
- Harvard Mediation Program: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hmp/app.php
Networking
- Wellesley Lawyers in Boston: access via CWS CLOE (Career and Life Online Exploration) resources for students and alumnae. Use the login box in the middle of the page presented.
- Wellesley Pre-Law Society: http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/pls/
Selected Resources in the CWS Library
- Access via CLOE: Pre-Law Internship Handbook. Also available in the CWS Library
- CWS Annotated Bibliography: Financial Aid
- CWS Annotated Bibliography: Law
- Learning from Lawyers, March 4, 2006.
Half-day conference with Wellesley Alumnae lawyers, held at Wellesley College.
DVD available in the CWS Library. - Search the Wellesley College Library catalog with an advanced keyword search, location=CWS library and search for law or legal:
Click on the link below for current results.
http://luna.wellesley.edu/search/X?SEARCH=law+or+legal&submit=SUBMIT&l=&b=cwsli&m=&SORT=D&p=&Da=&Db=