The Office maintains a full service career resource library to assist students and alumni with their career development. The Office also provides every student with a Career Services Binder containing useful job search information and guides on subjects such as Internet job searching, networking, informational interviewing, resumes, and cover letters.
Beyond our guides and links, some other career resources include:
Other departments/ resources helping students gain practical experience:
Other support based resources available to students include:
- Office of the Dean for Students at UCLA School of Law - offers support and assistance to current students.
- UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), located at John Wooden Center West. 310-825-0768. Appointments and walk-ins are available weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CAPS also offers 24-hour telephone access for solution-focused crisis intervention and referral. Please see the website for additional information.
- Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars advises international students, ensures regulatory compliance, and creates learning and community involvement opportunities through their programs and events. Please note that the Dashew Center has made the mandatory OPT workshop available online (click here) and will no longer be holding weekly/departmental OPT workshops for F-1 students.
Other support based resources available to alumni include:
Lawyers Assistance Programs - ABA's list, state by state, of Lawyers Assistance Programs. These organizations assist lawyers, focusing on quality of life issues, and they use intervention, peer counseling and referrals to mental health and substance abuse treatment programs to assist in a lawyer's recovery process.