Your Legal Career Starts Here
The University of St. Thomas School of Law Office of Career and Professional Development's mission is:
To provide our students and alumni with whatever career and professional development resources they need to achieve success in a career they find meaningful.
Here’s a sampling of what we do:
- We spend time working individually with you to help you define your career goals and create a plan for achieving them.
- We continuously network on behalf the law school, its students, and its alumni to create powerful connections and connect you to career opportunities.
- We provide practical, hands-on support to help you polish your application materials (such as resumes and cover letters), refine your interviewing techniques, and extend your personal and professional network.
- We constantly update our job board with the latest job postings and employment opportunities, as well as with tools and resources you can use exactly when you need them.
We Help University of St. Thomas School of Law Graduates Get Jobs They Love
When you are at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, you have access to our extensive career and professional development resources starting the first moment of your first day of law school. Our relationship with you doesn’t end at graduation – we work with alumni every day, helping them experience success in their current position or find a way to make a career move into an even better opportunity.
The vast variety of resources available at the University of St. Thomas School of Law – nationally-leading scholar teachers, an award-winning mentorship program, intensive support with career planning, cutting-edge professional development advice, practical clinical experiences, and much more – prepares our students to launch their legal career with both competence and confidence. We are proud of our employment statistics, and we are always working hard to improve them.
Here’s How We Help You Achieve Your Career Goals
Our staff can help you:
- Determine your personal career goals
- Identify your natural gifts and clarify your values
- Chart a course for success
Learn Practical Career Skills
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Unlock the mysteries of state and federal judicial clerkships.
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Find out what they are, where they are, and how to prepare a winning application.
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Link to
OSCAR (the clerkship application site) and other resources.
- Get current information about helpful workshops and career events both on and off-campus.
- Access the event calendar and RSVP for a program.
- Check out the growing archive of past workshops streaming on this page 24/7.
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Receive continued career guidance
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Check current job postings
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Check for upcoming alumni events
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Stay in touch with your law school and let us know how we can support you.
Kendra Brodin
Director of Career & Professional Development
651-962-4865
Office: MSL 134 (inside the Student Services Suite)
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