Regardless of your career path, how well-defined that path is, or how frequently you choose to change it, Michigan Law can get you where you want to be. Not where anyone else thinks you should be or where everybody else is going—but where you will find the utmost fulfillment as a lawyer and a person.
To that end, we in the Office of Career Planning do more than just lay out a list of jobs and encourage you to apply. We encourage students to think about career planning as a discipline comprising a set of professional skills that can be practiced and improved upon over time. Rather than thinking of a résumé as merely a list of accomplishments, we evaluate it as a piece of self-advocacy. Rather than thinking about an interview as an unpredictable conversation, we practice interviewing by repurposing many of the oral advocacy skills students learn in the classroom. We want to work with you to build your narrative so you can deliver your argument effectively.
Our approach makes the investment into the career planning process worthwhile for getting a postgraduate job and also for succeeding as you continue in the profession. Whether pitching a new client for a piece of business or looking to make a lateral move a few years down the road, self-advocacy skills will be a staple in your professional career. And if you need to talk to us as your career progresses, our attorney-counselor specifically dedicated to advising alumni is ready to work with you.
