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Internships through Employment: The Paralegal Job Hunter's Handbook

Authors
  • Deborah E. Bouchoux
  • Susan M. Sullivan
Series / Aspen College Series
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Description
Table of contents
Preface

Written by authors with extensive experience in placing paralegal students in successful internships and permanent jobs, Internships through Employment: The Paralegal Job Hunter's Handbook is the only text in the field to focus on internships and permanent employment.

Divided into three sections -- internships, finding the right permanent job, and ensuring success in the workplace -- this concise handbook offers:

  • practical information with a variety of samples including cover and thank-you letters, sample resumes, and sample job-hunting portfolio pages
  • valuable advice not covered elsewhere, such as how to quit a job without burning bridges, how to interview by telephone, how to get around the "no reference" rule, how to respond to online job postings, as well as realistic advice on inappropriate workplace behaviors and ethical concerns
  • a readable, accessible style

Bouchoux and Sullivan, both with wide-ranging practical and teaching experience, have designed this outstanding text to be useful as a coursebook as well as a handbook:

  • each chapter includes Web references, ethics tips, discussion questions, and sample assignments
  • extensive appendices include job hunting resources, sample resumes, sample cover letters and other types of correspondence, and paralegal resources to help job hunters

 

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Table of Contents
Summary of Contents

Contents 
List of Figures 
Preface 
Acknowledgments 


Part I
Laying the Foundation for a
Successful Internship and Career 
Chapter 1 Internship and Career Strategies: The Preliminaries 
Chapter 2 Internships: Setting the Stage 
Chapter 3 Building an Effective Re´sume´ and Cover Letter 
Chapter 4 The Internship Experience 

Part II
Finding the Right Job 
Chapter 5 Revising Your Internship Re´sume´ and Cover
Letter for Permanent Employment 
Chapter 6 Interviewing and Negotiating 

Part III
The Workplace 
Chapter 7 The Law Firm Environment 
Chapter 8 Keeping Your Job and Advancing in Your Career 
Chapter 9 Quitting Your Job and Getting Your Next Job 
Chapter 10 Trading in Your Backpack for a Briefcase:
Strategies for Success in the Workplace 
Chapter 11 Alternative Career Paths 

Appendices

Appendix A Job-Hunting Resources
Appendix B Sample Re´sume´s 
Appendix C Sample Cover Letters 
Appendix D Sample Acceptance and Resignation Letters 
Appendix E Sample Thank You Letters 
Appendix F Paralegal Associations 
Appendix G State and National Bar Associations 
Appendix H Paralegal Codes of Ethics 

Glossary 
Index
 
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About the authors
Deborah E. Bouchoux
Instructior
Georgetown University

Deborah E. Bouchoux is a licensed attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience in legal education and private practice. She has taught at paralegal programs in various universities, including the University of San Diego and Georgetown University. She is the author of various texts including:

  • Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals

  • Business Organizations for Paralegals

  • Fundamentals of Business Organizations for Paralegals

  • Intellectual Property for Paralegals

  • Protecting Your Company’s Intellectual Property

  • Cite Checker: A Hands-On Guide to Citation Form

  • Cite-Mate (a guide to citation form)

  • The Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers

  • The Practical Paralegal: Strategies for Success

Ms. Bouchoux has spoken on a variety of legal topics at private law firms, Fortune 500 companies (including Marriott International and Exxon-Mobil), and various government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the U.S. Tax Court. Ms. Bouchoux is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia (active) and the California State Bar (inactive).

Product Information
Publication date
2008-05-02
Pages
380
Paperback
9780735562479
Subject
Internship
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