Cutting Sign to the Legal Profession
September 29-30, 2023
Register today!
For millennia Indigenous peoples have used focused attention and a deep understanding of their surroundings, the behaviors of humans, birds and four legged creatures, and a clear intention to track and find people and animals. Today this practice is generally referred to as cutting sign or sign cutting.
Finding your place in the many and varied workplaces available to recent law school graduates requires the same kind of focused attention, understanding and clear intention that Indigenous peoples bring to cutting sign. This program introduces you to the key skill set you will need and an array of practices you will have available as you begin this next phase of your journey in the law.
This event will help Native law students break into the legal profession by attending panels, honing skills, developing a personal brand, networking with professionals, and participating in a day of interviewing with employers from across the country. Sessions will include resume/cover letter workshops, mock interviews, networking, and the elevator pitch workshops, and specific advice on applying for judicial clerkships, in-house, firm, governmental, JD advantage, and other opportunities. In addition, there will be opportunities for informal networking.
Funding for the program will be given-out on a first-come-first-served basis so register today to reserve your place in line! In the coming weeks, those that register will receive an email with a request for more information.