BUILD JOB-GETTING SKILLS.

Enhance Your Job Search with Marketable Skills Employers Need.

Position Yourself as

the Candidate with Skills.

Why is it so difficult to get a job after law school? The answer reflects supply and demand. Put simply, there are significantly more law graduates than law firm opportunities. Every year law schools graduate thousands and thousands and thousands of job candidates. The cream of the crop finds jobs, like members of the law review and people at the top of their class, but what about the rest of the class?

You must understand that law firms hire associates to increase firm profitability. Law is a business. Smaller law firms, in particular, cannot afford the reduced billable hours needed to train inexperienced lawyers. The expense of training a new lawyer could cost the firm more money than profit generated by the inexperienced lawyer.

The key to a successful job search is to position yourself as the candidate with specific marketable skills. Thru this website, you can obtain a certificate from a national association to demonstrate your skills to prospective law firms.

Who Will Get the Next Job Offer?
Why Not You?

Job success requires hard work.  You have to take affirmative steps if you’re not on law review or at the top of your class. To succeed, you have to work closely with your law school’s career counselor on enhancing your resume. The reputation of your law school, lack of law review experience, and your class rank/grades are fixed and cannot be changed. But you can take action to enhance your resume and increase your job prospects.

Develop specific skills. Employers seek candidates who can “hit the ground running” and increase law firm profitability with the minimum of lost billable hours needed  for training. You can gain those specific skills by taking and passing the 121 courses offered at LawSchoolCareerAdvisor.com. You also learn specific, concrete, real-world skills thru the website’s 136 instructional videos and line-by-line analysis of official government forms. The website can make you ready to practice law proficiently on the first day of your new job.

Display identifiable skills. What better way to demonstrate your marketable skills to prospective employers than earning a certificate from a national organization? LawSchoolCareerAdvisor.com works with both the National Bankruptcy Academy and the National Offer in Compromise Academy to offer proprietary certificates in bankruptcy and tax law. Thru this website, the National Bankruptcy Academy offers its 250-question online exam that requires 80% correct answers to earn the “Bankruptcy Scholar” certificate. Similarly, the National Offer in Compromise Academy offers its 650-question online exam to earn the “OIC Scholar” certificate. These certificates must be added to your resume to announce your proven competency and your ability to “hit the ground running” and increase firm profitability.

Who do you think the law firm would choose between (a) an unskilled candidate, or (b) you with your developed and identifiable skill set? The answer is easy – YOU GET THE JOB OFFER!

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Take the Self-Appraisal Test

Answer the questions below to determine if you are positioned properly for a successful job search. Lawyers who want to land a solid job offer should answer affirmatively to most of the questions below.

Invest in your future! Use this website to build job-getting skills and increase your prospects of landing a solid job offer by developing a skill set employers demand and a certificate to prove it!

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Do you have a passion to help people solve their legal problems?

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Are you resilient to temporary setbacks?

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Are you competent to “hit the ground running” on your first day of practice should you get a job offer?

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Do you have a passion to do something great with your career?

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Are you an independent person?

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Did you work for a legal clinic and prepared legal court pleadings?

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Do you want to build a legal practice to create wealth for yourself and not someone else?

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Do you only want to start a law practice until you can find a government job?

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Are you willing to take a multi-day exam to earn a certificate that demonstrates you have marketable skills?

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Were you an editor on law review?

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Are you an independent person?

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Are you able to convince strangers that you know what you are talking about?

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Are you afraid to talk to clients on the phone or via Zoom?

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Did you extern/intern for a federal judge during law school?

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Did you graduate from a top-50 law school?

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Do you have a specific legal skill that differentiates you from your other classmates?

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Do you have any certificate or credential that demonstrates to prospective employers that you can “hit the ground running” on Day-1 of practice?

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Did you work for a law firm as a “summer associate” during law school?

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Are you cognizant of your strengths and weaknesses?

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Are you a self-starter?

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Do you know when it is time to seek guidance from a more experienced attorney?

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Is your primary interest a steady paycheck and you don't want the responsibility of being your own boss?

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Have you published a law journal article?

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Can you view a temporarily setback as an opportunity for improvement?

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Are you looking to build your future instead of looking for something to do until you can find another job?

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Are you comfortable practicing law in a virtual environment?

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Do you have the desire to continuously study a particular substantive area of law with the goal of becoming an expert?

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Are you self-motivated?

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Did you graduate in the top 20% of your class?

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Are you flexible when a course correction is required?

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Are you willing to invest in yourself to develop specific skills that are marketable to employers?

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Benefits of Membership with Law School Career Advisor.

LawSchoolCareerAdvisor is the perfect tool for enhancing your job search by building marketable skills employers need. Its online training is complete from A to Z. LawSchoolCareerAdvisor offers tools to land a great job. These tools are explained in the blue boxes below.

  1. Build job-getting skills that employers need.
  2. Demonstrate writing ability by publishing professional blogposts.
  3. Project professionalism with your own personalized web page.
  4. Collaborate with other lawyers in the easy-to-use discussion board forum. Search the network for assistance and guidance during the job search.
  5. Develop substantive legal skills in bankruptcy law and tax controversy law.
  6. Become proficient in completing bankruptcy pleadings and IRS forms.
  7. Learn how to navigate the bankruptcy court and the Internal Revenue Service.
  8. Collaborate with other lawyers in the easy-to-use discussion board forum. Search the network for assistance and guidance during the job search.
  9. Become a Bankruptcy Scholar and/or OIC Scholar to demonstrate your job-getting skills to prospective employers.

Develop Substantive Legal Skills - Build a Skill Set that Employers Need.

 

Employers hire lawyers who help the law firm generate legal fees profitably. LawSchoolCareerAdvisor can help you develop substantive legal skills so you can provide enhance your job search results. Take the courses, view the videos, and attend the webinars. Build a skill set starting today!

  • 90 Courses. Learn substantive skills that are marketable to prospective employers. These courses are designed as “how-to” instruction guides. Take the courses and be competent to practice. Learn to practice law on a day-to-day level. Be ready on day-1 to help clients and profit from your law school education.
  • 103 Videos. Enjoy “how-to” videos that compliment online learning with line-by-line legal analysis of legal documents.
  • 35 Years. All courses are taught by an attorney with 35 years of legal experience.
  • Certificates. Earn the bankruptcy scholar certificate by passing the 250-question bankruptcy examination or earn the tax scholar certificate by passing the 650-question tax test. The 90 courses will prepare you for both exams.
  • Pace.  Learn at your own pace. Speed through all courses or take the courses slowly over time.

Develop Real-World Bankruptcy Skills - Be Ready to Practice on Day-1.

Become a skilled bankruptcy attorney and be ready to “hit the floor running” on Day-1. LawSchoolCareerAdvisor can help you develop substantive bankruptcy skills so employers will perceive you as a profitable hire instead of a non-billable expense.  Take the courses, view the videos, and earn the “Bankruptcy Scholar” certificate today!

  • 25 Bankruptcy Courses.   Learn substantive and procedural bankruptcy skills that are marketable to employers. These courses are designed as “how-to” instruction guides. Take the courses and be competent to practice. Learn to practice law on a day-to-day level.
  • 78 Instructional Bankruptcy Videos.  Enjoy “how-to” videos that compliment online learning with line-by-line legal analysis of the bankruptcy documents, including the petition, Schedules A-J, Statement of Financial Affairs, Statement of Intention, Statement of Compensation, and Means Test Calculation.
  • 35 Years.  All courses are taught by an attorney with 35 years of legal experience.
  • Certificates.  Earn the bankruptcy scholar certificate by passing the 250-question bankruptcy examination.
  • Pace.  Learn at your own pace. Speed through all courses or take the courses slowly over time.

Develop Real-World Tax Controversy Skills - Be Ready to Practice on Day-1.

Become a skilled tax controversy attorney and be ready to “hit the floor running” on Day-1. LawSchoolCareerAdvisor can help you develop substantive tax controversy skills so employers will perceive you as a profitable hire instead of a non-billable expense.  Take the courses, view the videos, and earn the “OIC Scholar” certificate today!

  • 61 Tax Controversy Courses.   Learn substantive and procedural tax skills that are marketable to employers. These courses are designed as “how-to” instruction guides. Take the courses and be competent to practice. Learn to practice law on a day-to-day level.
  • 25 Instructional Tax Videos.  Enjoy “how-to” videos that compliment online learning with line-by-line legal analysis of the IRS documents, including Form 656, Form433-A (OIC), and Form 433-B (OIC).
  • 35 Years.  All courses are taught by an attorney with 35 years of legal experience.
  • Certificates.  Earn the OIC Scholar certificate by passing the 650-question tax controversy text.
  • Pace.  Learn at your own pace. Speed through all courses or take the courses slowly over time.

Professional Certificates - Be Immediately Recognized as a Qualified Attorney.

 

Professional certificates allow you to be immediately recognized as a qualified attorney by prospective employers. Professional certificates are hard to earn, requiring diligence and intensive study. But the reward is fantastic. The intensive study builds legal skills that would allow you to serve clients and generate profits for an employer. The professional certificates announce to the prospective employer that you have skill to help them — and certificate holders do!

  • Earn the NBA Scholar certificate from the National Bankruptcy Academy by passing the 250-question online examination.
  • Earn the OIC Scholar certificate from the National Offer in Compromise Academy by passing the 650-question online examination.
  • Be recognized by peers and prospective clients as a top qualified bankruptcy or tax-controversy attorney in the USA.
  • Enhance your credibility when involved in speaking engagements, publications, or client prospecting.

  • Proudly display your certificate logo on your:
  1. resume/curriculum vitae;
  2. personalized webpage/linked-in;
  3. email signature line;
  4. letterhead; and
  5. blog.

Personal Web Page - Tell Prospective Employers All About Yourself.

 

Your personalized webpage is a key component to your job search. You’re more than just a resume. Let prospective employers know the dynamic you with text, images, and videos all on your personalized webpage. Add your unique webpage address to your resume so prospective employers can learn more about you. Project credibility and connect with employers.

Prospective employers see your picture, contact information, licenses, certificates, educational background, legal practice areas, geographical service areas, work experience, volunteer experiences, and more. You can even create and upload a YouTube video about yourself. And, of course, you can describe your legal skills.

  • Personalized Webpage. You create your own personalized webpage by using the easy-to-navigate “Directory Submission Form.” Main Menu > Info > Personalized Webpage > Create Personalized Webpage.
  • Lawyer’s Picture. Upload a picture of yourself to the directory so that prospective employers can better feel for who you are. Your personal photo increase your ability to connect with prospective employers and be remembered.
  • Authenticity. Employers want to connect with you as a person – a personal photo opens the door.
  • Contact Information. Provide prospective employers with your phone number, email address, and webpage URL.
  • General Section. List your licenses and certificates. Display your educational achievements, including undergraduate degrees and law degree.
  • Legal Skills. Describe any specific skill set, including the skill set learned at LawSchoolCareerAdvisor.com.
  • Type of Practice. Identify the type of law you wish to practice. E.g. bankruptcy law, tax law, real estate law, estate planning law, etc.
  • Experience: Identify any prior work experience that could interest prospective employers.
  • Video.  Create and upload a YouTube video for prospective employers to better understand how you can help solve their problems.
  • Volunteer Experience. Discuss volunteer experiences that demonstrate your compassion to help people in need.

Blogging Opportunities - Get Published and Demonstrate Writing Ability.

 

Professional blogging is an opportunity for job seekers to get published, and to demonstrate a measure of knowledge and understanding in a specific substantive legal area to prospective employers. Professional blogging is not for fun and games. Professional blogging at its core is marketing your abilities to prospective employers. Only professional content should be posted. Leave personal commenting to your personal social media accounts. Professional blogging is job-getting, serious business.

  • Benefits of Being Published. It’s a fact that persons who have been published have better success landing jobs. Just look at the members of your law school’s law review. Chances are great that they all have jobs upon graduation. But you can get published by professional blogging even if you did not join the law review.
  • Resume. Boost your resume’s impact by adding multiple blogpost URL links. Encourage prospective employers to read the posts. Blogposts demonstrate your writing skills and knowledge base in your chosen area of interest. For example, demonstrate to family law employers that you have an interest in family law and some familiarity with family law terminology and substance. Don’t forget to disclose in each blogpost the legal certificates earned from National Bankruptcy Academy or National Offer in Compromise Academy.
  • Online Personalized Webpage. Don’t forget to include a link to your exclusive personalized webpage in the bio section of each blogpost. Your personalized webpage is a key component to your job search. You’re more than just a resume. Let prospective employers know the dynamic you with text, images, and videos all on your personalized webpage.
  • Blogging Opportunities. You are welcome to blog frequently, if not daily. You can submit your blog postings directly from the online blog submission form. Main menu > Info > Blog > Blog Submission Form.

Lawyer-to-Lawyer Forum - Collaborate with Other Job Candidates.

 

You’re not alone. Join LawSchoolCareerAdvisor’s online legal community where members can ask and answer questions, receive job leads, and network/connect with other members. Collaboration is the key to success for lawyers searching for a job. Avoid re-inventing the wheel on issues. Learn from a network of peers who are going through the same experience. Talk about resume strategies, job boards, networking, career advice, and more. A discussion board is a perfect place to ask questions to peers.  The forums are located by going to the main menu>Info>Forums.

  • Collaboration.  Collaborate with other lawyers and brainstorm ideas, find solutions, and connect with peers across the nation. Discover best practices and absolute “DOs” and “DON’Ts.”
  • Discussion Board Forum.  Don’t re-invent the wheel. Pose a question and wait for suggestions to come flowing in. But it’s a two-way street. Provide suggestions as much as you ask questions.
  • Private Discussions. The discussion forum is for the use of Law School Career Advisor members only.  Only members can pose questions and only members can suggest answers.  All questions and answers are located behind a paywall.

Join the List of Successful Graduates.

Enhance your job search by developing marketable skills employers need. Buttress your resume by earning the “Bankruptcy Scholar” certificate from National Bankruptcy Academy or “OIC Scholar” certificate from National Offer in Compromise Academy.

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