Current Students
Welcome Students
The Office of Career Services (OCS) is located in Suite 263 in the Law School's North Wing. We look forward to assisting you with your career and professional development. In addition to a host of materials on Blackboard, OCS maintains a resource library to aid in advancing your career.
Blackboard Resources
Blackboard OCS Resources for Students is a password-protected site containing many resources and information on a range of topics:
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Symplicity
OCS uses Symplicity to manage on-campus interviews, resume forwards, and job postings. You use it to manage your application documents, to bid for on-campus employers, resume forwards, and some off-campus interview programs, to schedule on-campus interviews, and to search job postings.
Alumni Directory
Fellow alumni are an excellent resource for your job search. They live and work in all fifty states, the District of Columbia and dozens of foreign countries. The Directory can be searched by name, location, employer, practice area, employer type and class year.
Public Service Fellowships
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson's citizen-lawyer tradition, the Law School values and provides funding for public service work during the summer and after graduation.
Pro Bono & Community Service
The importance of pro bono service is recognized through a variety of programs.
Funding Your Career Choices
Various programs exist to help make your career choices affordable. The Law School's Loan Repayment Assistance Program is administered by OCS and is specific to graduates entering public service. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 and other legislation help graduates in public service as well as those pursuing other careers under specific circumstances. The William & Mary Financial Aid Office can provide additional information about federal public service loan forgiveness and will be happy to answer questions about funding your education.
Statement of Student Professionalism
OCS takes seriously the obligation to educate students about the importance of professionalism in the recruiting and hiring process. Responsiveness, ethical conduct, courtesy, integrity, and self-responsbility are the core of professionalism.
First-year students attend programs on professionalism, sponsored by OCS and the other by the Viriginia State Bar. Each first-year student also completes a Statement of Student Professionalism.
