Let us assist you with your career plan:
What services does the Career Resources Center provide in planning my future?
We help students explore career options, build valuable job search skills, understand their strengths and abilities, and take responsibility for their own career planning in the process. The office provides individual and group counseling. We host and present numerous job search and skills programs through the year, ranging from resume and cover letter drafting to interview skills and dining etiquette. We have informational meeting and networking opportunities. We provide law clerk and attorney listings. We participate in various job fairs and recruitment events. The office also maintains a comprehensive resource library filed with materials important to the job search and to the development of career plans.
What type of legal jobs can I expect to secure while still a student?
Being an urban law school, located in downtown Houston, surrounded by hundreds of law offices and legal service providers, South Texas College of Law offers our students enormous opportunities to gain legal experience while in law school, including volunteer experience, internship and externships (course credit), formalized summer clerkships, law clerking positions, and summer abroad programs.
What can I be doing now to prepare for jobs in law school and after?
The best thing any student can do before law school is to talk to as many attorneys as possible. Information about the legal profession is an important part of making appropriate career decisions. Most students come to law school with preconceived notions about the legal market and about various areas of practice. Assumptions, which are often brought into law school, must be researched to better understand and appreciate the full range of opportunities made possible by a legal education.
Where are South Texas graduates going to work?
- 70% work in law firms
- 13% work for a government agency
- 3% work as judicial clerks
- 12% work for corporations
- 1% work for public interest organizations
- 1% work in the academic field
How competitive is the market for South Texas graduates?
There is no doubt that the legal market has gotten tighter over the past few years. I don’t think it affects South Texas students anymore than any other local law schools. We are a regional law school with a national reputation for trial advocacy. Does it make our students more competitive and more marketable? The answer is Yes.
What is the placement percentage for South Texas graduates in their first year after graduating?
The office collects statistics for each graduating class up to nine months after graduation. Our current placement percentage for the Class of 2005 is 80%
What is the median salary I can expect after graduating?
The median salary for the Class of 2005 was $78,000
Who can I contact with employment related questions?
- Reginald Green, Assistant Dean of Career Resources – rgreen@stcl.edu
- Ginna Galbraith, Assistant Director of Career Resources – ggalbraith@stcl.edu
- Tara Matlak, Career Counselor and Recruiting Coordinator – tmatlak@stcl.edu
- Ron Thomas, Career Counselor – rthomas@stcl.edu
