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Those who do, often wonder why they didn' go there sooner. "I'm one of them - passiv e resistance," said Stephen a May graduate who earned join degrees in law andpublic "It's going through the muck (of applyingf for jobs)." Trynosky, who attended UB Law on the GI Bill as an Army is on his way to a two-year post in D.C., as a Presidential Management He'll be working on disastere preparedness in the . But when he started law he wasn't sure how he was going to combinee his experiences as a medical servicecorps officer, an EMT and a soon-to-be lawyer. "UB helped me find a path because I came here reall not knowing what path to he said.
"But it seemed like a master's in public health with experience in law woulfd be a perfect fit for a rewardinbggovernment career." Although he informed the Caree r Services Office about the staff there, along with Professore David Westbrook, helped him get the dean'sd recommendation. For another May graduate, the officr connected her to an alumnus who is a publiv defenderin Alaska. Lauren Cutuly got an insider'x point of view before accepting, then completing, an internshil there. "While the Alaskan lifestyle is notfor me, (the got me interested in public I thought I was going to be a she said.
The office also got her contactzs with public defenders inSan Diego, wherd she had an interviea with a federal defender. "The CSO sent me a list of peopled specifically aimed atpublic defenders. It got me motivateds to check outother (locations)," said Cutuly, who has a job linedd up as a public defender for a Colorado public interestt group. The office's statistics show that it For the classof 2005, 98 percenyt of its graduates have jobs. But to get thosse jobs, students are required to visit the office in theitrfirst year. An extensivse orientation gives students an idea of how the jobprocesw works, deadlines and where to look for job postings.
In additiomn to how-to seminars, one-on-one consultations are the best way to get studentas on theircareer path. "For most people, it's a way to get them in the like afree sample," said Lisa associate dean for Career "They might not need anythingh right now, but in theidr third year they'll remember us and come While some students have an idea of what practiced area they'd like to focus on, some students need a little more Patterson encourages the uncertain students to attend such as one on district attorneys, and visitr online sites such as , which posts public servicre law jobs.
"Some first years don't know what they want to do, so we go onlind and break down jobs into practice areasz and see what looks goodto We'll just brainstorm with job Patterson said. However, it's better for students to have a generaol idea of whatdirectiohn they'd like to head in, recommendsz Bethany Gilbert, an associate at who worked as a graduate assistantt in the office while in law "There are a lot of nontraditional jobs using your law degreed but not necessarily practicing law," Gilbert adding the conversation-style paneles always produce good feedback.