WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:01.830 My name's Sean Suther and I'm the Senior 2 00:00:01.830 --> 00:00:03.650 Associate Director in the Office of Professional 3 00:00:03.650 --> 00:00:05.430 Development at Indiana University, 4 00:00:05.430 --> 00:00:07.340 Robert H. McKinney School of Law. 5 00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:09.360 Right, and so, in our role, we are looking 6 00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:10.910 line:15% to try to connect the students with their 7 00:00:10.910 --> 00:00:13.640 line:15% future opportunities, their career paths, 8 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:14.840 line:15% and so, to do that, we have to help them 9 00:00:14.840 --> 00:00:16.610 line:15% figure out really where they want to go. 10 00:00:16.610 --> 00:00:18.800 line:15% So, many students come to law school with 11 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.050 a general idea that they want to be a lawyer, 12 00:00:21.050 --> 00:00:22.250 but what does that really mean, 13 00:00:22.250 --> 00:00:23.600 line:15% and what kind of lawyer, ultimately? 14 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:25.580 line:15% So, we try to help them figure that out a little bit. 15 00:00:25.580 --> 00:00:27.270 line:15% We do individual career counseling, 16 00:00:27.270 --> 00:00:29.270 line:15% and we also try to give them opportunities 17 00:00:29.270 --> 00:00:30.790 line:15% to connect with future employers 18 00:00:30.790 --> 00:00:32.930 so that they can transition from law school 19 00:00:32.930 --> 00:00:35.150 to the practicing world, successfully. 20 00:00:35.150 --> 00:00:37.130 Yeah, definitely, so the first meeting for me is 21 00:00:37.130 --> 00:00:38.560 I want to hear their story, 22 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:41.840 so I wanna know about them, figure out where they came 23 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.140 from, figure out where they're trying to get to, 24 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:46.230 and a little bit more about them, because ultimately 25 00:00:46.230 --> 00:00:48.600 what I'm trying to help them do is figure out what 26 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.110 the best career path is for them, and so they 27 00:00:52.110 --> 00:00:54.710 ultimately are driving the conversation, driving 28 00:00:54.710 --> 00:00:57.550 their career path, I'm just here to try to facilitate 29 00:00:57.550 --> 00:00:59.880 that a little bit for them, so the more I know 30 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:01.384 about them, the better. 31 00:01:01.384 --> 00:01:03.060 Sure, and so what we try and do is just have a good 32 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:05.950 conversation, and figure out where their interests are, 33 00:01:05.950 --> 00:01:08.300 line:15% maybe a little bit of their personality, do they seem 34 00:01:08.300 --> 00:01:10.963 line:15% like someone that would enjoy speaking in court, 35 00:01:10.963 --> 00:01:12.770 line:15% do they seem like someone who would fit better in a 36 00:01:12.770 --> 00:01:15.160 line:15% transactional world, and through those dialogs 37 00:01:15.160 --> 00:01:17.220 we can come up with new ideas, well maybe this career 38 00:01:17.220 --> 00:01:19.200 path would be good for you, maybe you'd be a great 39 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.770 prosecutor or public defender, or perhaps we can look 40 00:01:21.770 --> 00:01:23.970 into corporate law or estate planning, or any of the 41 00:01:23.970 --> 00:01:26.570 other great practice areas that you can do 42 00:01:26.570 --> 00:01:28.270 when you graduate from law school. 43 00:01:29.320 --> 00:01:31.230 And so we are here to do all the things that you highlighted 44 00:01:31.230 --> 00:01:34.184 in the question there, which is we do nuts and bolts 45 00:01:34.184 --> 00:01:36.700 things, so we review cover letters, we review resumes, 46 00:01:36.700 --> 00:01:39.850 we are drafting documents, or helping to draft documents 47 00:01:39.850 --> 00:01:42.030 that the students might need for their access. 48 00:01:42.030 --> 00:01:43.820 We also have an on-campus interview program, 49 00:01:43.820 --> 00:01:46.340 so we bring dozens of employers onto campus, 50 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:48.330 they interview the students, and it's a great opportunity 51 00:01:48.330 --> 00:01:50.310 for the students, we run events, 52 00:01:50.310 --> 00:01:53.624 line:15% we have receptions and panels and we have a job fair 53 00:01:53.624 --> 00:01:57.150 line:15% where dozens of employers come on to campus to speak 54 00:01:57.150 --> 00:01:58.890 line:15% with our students, and so ultimately we're tying to do 55 00:01:58.890 --> 00:02:01.410 the nuts and bolts things to set our students up 56 00:02:01.410 --> 00:02:04.410 for success, and then connect them to those opportunities 57 00:02:04.410 --> 00:02:06.243 through different kinds of programming.