Career Services Office Information Guide: Academic Careers
books you can borrow from the cso
- Getting To Maybe: How to Excel on Law School ExamsAuthor: Richard Michael Fischl & Jeremy Paul
Published: 1999
Call Number: CSO Library
All of these books are available in 608 O'Brian Hall to be checked out for two weeks at a time. If the title of the book is a link, click to see if it is also available to buy or access online.
- Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for StudentsAuthor: Robert H. Miller
Published: 2011
Call Number: CSO Library KF 283 M55 - Location, Location, Location: A Special History of The University of/at BuffaloAuthor: William R. Greiner; Thomas E. Headrick
Published: 2007
Call Number: CSO Library LD 701 B42; Law Library General LD701 .B42 G74 2007 - Paving the Way: Directing Your Legal Career SearchAuthor: Georgetown University Law Center
Published: 1992
Call Number: CSO Library KF 297 Z9 - The Law School Survival Guide: Insider Advice on How ToAuthor: JD Jungle
Published: 2003
Call Number: CSO Library KF 283 LL375
books you can borrow from the University at Buffalo libraries
- Breaking into the Academy: The 1998-2000 University of Michigan Journal of Race and Law Guide to Programs for Aspiring Law ProfessorsAuthor: Gabriel J Chin; Denise C Morgan
Published: 1998
These books are available through the UB Library system. You can check them out using your UB ID card. Click on the title of the book to see its catalog entry in BISON and to locate it on campus.
- Directory of Law School Dispute Resolution Courses and ProgramsAuthor: Carl Artman (ABA)
Published: 2000
Call Number: Law Library General KF 277 .D57 C66 - Higher Education Law at a GlanceAuthor: National Association of College and University Attorney
Call Number: Online (PDF) - How to pay for your law degreeAuthor: Gail Ann Schlachtner; R. David Weber
Published: 2004 - International Directory of Lawyer Qualifications: Education, Training, and Admission of Lawyers in Selected Countries WorldwideAuthor: NALP
Published: 2004
Call Number: Law Library General K 120 .I575 - Placement BulletinAuthor: Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Call Number: Law Library General KF 263 .P53 - Teaching Law by Design for AdjunctsAuthor: Sophie Sparrow; Gerald F. Hess; Michael Hunter Schwartz
Published: 2010
Call Number: Law Library General K 100 .S68 2010 - The AALS Directory of Law TeachersAuthor: AALS
Published: Annually
Call Number: Law Library General KF 266 .D57
Higher Education
Websites about this topic
- American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the BarThis is the entity responsible for administering the approval of foreign programs for ABA approved law schools. Use this site as your prime source of study abroad information. It clearly describes the four ways in which students can earn credit for foreign study. Listings by country and by school. Also, includes information on post-JD programs, by school and by topic. [9/10]
Here is a collection of websites for related professional associations, resource pages, blogs etc. Hover over the title to see a short description of the site. Please report dead links to law-careers@buffalo.edu.
- Careers in Law TeachingComprehensive list of resources presented by Eric Goldman
Marquette University Law School - Higher Education Law at a GlanceProvided by the National Association of College and University Attorneys:
- Center for International Legal StudiesLists international law internships and externships.
- The Chronicle of Higher EducationWeekly newspaper includes substantial number of listings of administrative, executive, and teaching opportunities at educational institutions as well as government agencies and other outside sources (national and international). Job listings, as well as news, information, and advice for job seekers are posted on the internet. Also, available to the UB community – faculty, staff and students -- through the UB Libraries home page; click on "Databases by Title"; click on "C" in the alphabet bar; scroll to and click on the title "Chronicle of Higher Education."
- Fulbright Scholar ProgramLists a number of opportunities abroad for study, teaching, and undertaking research. For complete fellowship and application information, visit the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.
- HigherEdJobsLists open positions at colleges and universities. Good for academic, administrative and legal counsel positions. Career Counseling, Legal Counsel and Student Affairs are some of the positions categorized under "administrative." Search by category or location.
- Social Science Research Network: Legal Scholarship NetworkA division of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). LSN Professional Announcements is published weekly and lists announcements of conferences; professional meetings; calls for papers; awards, grants, fellowships & scholarships available, and provides a link to their professional job listings page: www.ssrn.com/lsn/index.html ; to link to the job listings page: www.ssrn.com/update/lsn/lsnjob/lsn_job.html.
- Internet Legal Research Guide: Legal Study Abroad HeadquartersA feature of the Internet Legal Resource Guide, this site contains information, brochures and contact information for all ABA-approved study abroad programs and contact information for most law schools in the world. This site allows you to access information on formal study abroad programs as well as individual (ad hoc) study abroad programs for a semester, year or LL.M study. Includes an index of all ABA programs arranged by geographic region; an index of all US schools with links to all US law school websites; an index of all foreign law schools with a link to the Hieros Gamos website.
- LLM GuideProvides a nice listing of and links to LLM programs worldwide.
- National JuristNational Jurist Magazine's searchable database of Study Abroad Programs and Graduate Law Programs. These databases provide detailed information on programs offered by law schools. This online database is fully searchable and updated regularly.
- Public Service Jobs DirectoryLaw Schools and other academic/research institutions are popular hosts for postgraduate fellows. Many teaching-oriented fellowships are similar to organization-based fellowships in that the hosting academic institution funds the fellow. Some research-based fellowships, however, may require the fellowship applicant to secure funding from a third party funder. Public Service Jobs Directory contains job listings for both types of fellowships.
- Society of American Law TeachersA community of progressive law teachers working for justice, diversity and academic excellence. Every year, SALT sponsors three public interest/social justice retreats for students, practitioners and law professors, each designed to help create and maintain communities of lawyers and scholars committed to lawyering for social justice.
- U.S. State Dept. Bureau of Consular AffairsHas links to all the US Embassies with websites. This site also has the "official" listing of travel advisories from the US government. The State Department periodically publishes "advisories" to warn US citizens of potential safety concerns abroad. This site will also be added to the study abroad section of the ABA website listed above.
Other Materials you Can Borrow from SUNY Buffalo Libraries
- Directory of Law School Dispute Resolution Courses and ProgramsAuthor: Carl Artman (ABA)
Published: 2000
Call Number: Law Library General KF 277.D57 C66 2000
These are non-book resources that are available through the UB Library system. You can check them out using your UB ID card. Click on the title of the book to see its catalog entry in BISON and to locate it on campus.
- International Directory of Lawyer Qualification: Education, Training and Admission of Lawyers in Selected Countries WorldwideAuthor: NALP
Published: 2004
Call Number: Law Library Reference Desk K 120 .I575 2004 - Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Placement BulletinAuthor: AALS
Published: 2011-2012
Call Number: Available for subscribers at www.aals.org