Looking for productive ways to use your free time over Spring Break? Consider:

• Networking
  Check with the local Bar Association in your home town or wherever you are visiting to see if there are any social, community or educational events you could attend.


• Informational Interviews
  Don’t know what you want to do with your J.D.? Contact attorneys in various fields to see if they can spare a few minutes, or more, to hand down some advice. Don’t forget to give them your resume and ask for names of other people you may talk to.


• Shadowing
  Arrange to sit in on a court proceeding, mediation or deposition. Seek out a substantive project, and get to know as many people as possible.


• Preparing targeted mailings
  Take time to research firms and use this information in your cover letters to show your interest in that particular firm. This will help distinguish your cover letter from the many others that firms receive.