List of Available Resources

for

ACC Members in Transition

SW OHIO Chapter

Websites with Job Listings

American Corporate Counsel Association (www.acc.com/jobline) – Serving the professional needs of attorneys practicing in corporate legal departments and private sector organizations worldwide. The job database is searchable by state, country, and more than three dozen categories from ADR and antitrust to tax and transactions.

American Bar Association (www.abanet.org/careercounsel) – The ABA’s Career Counsel Section links with LegallyMinded, an online community serving the legal profession created by the ABA.  It contains job postings as well as career-oriented articles and career advice pod casts.

Minority Corporate Counsel Association (www.mcca.com).  The MCCA is designed to provide support and networking opportunities to minority in-house counsel.  The job database contains a broad range of positions and is available for use by people who are not members of the association. 

Cincinnati Bar Association (www.cincybar.org) This site, sponsored by the Cincinnati Bar Association, contains a number of legal oriented resources and also lists legal job postings in Cincinnati and other locations.

Ohio Bar Association (www.ohiobar.org) The Ohio State Bar Association is a voluntary professional association open to any person who has been admitted to the practice of law.  The website contains legal information and resources applicable to legal professionals.  Portions of the website are available to the public and other are only available to members of the bar association.

Usajobs.gov (www.usajobs.gov).  This site contains job postings by many federal government agencies.  Both legal and non-legal jobs are listed.

Ohiojobs.gov (www.ohiojobs.gov) This site contains job postings by the state of Ohio.  Both legal and non-legal jobs are listed.  See also (https://ohiomeansjobs.com/omj). 

American Lawyer Media (www.LawJobs.com) – Employment classifieds from a network of recruiters and legal publications, including its own — the Recorder, National Law Journal, and New York Law Journal. The site contains a rotating collection of career-oriented articles, surveys, and firm rankings.

Law Crossing (www.lawcrossing.com) - A collection of active legal jobs.  They monitor the hiring needs of over 1,200,000 legal employers.

Attorney Jobs (www.attorneyjobs.com) – This Thomson/West enterprise is a two-tiered subscription service that posts legal and law-related jobs with government agencies, courts, corporations, law firms, advocacy groups, and international organizations in the US and abroad. The site also offers a $150/hour, phone-based career coaching service.

InsideCounsel (www.insidecounsel.com) – Formerly known as Corporate Legal Times, Inside Counsel is a monthly magazine for in-house lawyers.  Their website contains job postings you can access for free after registering online.

FindLaw (http://careers.findlaw.com) – A part of the West Group, FindLaw has a variety of services for lawyers including this site that contains job openings.

eAttorney (www.eattorney.com) – A subscription-based employment service connecting lawyers, law students and law firms.  Founded in 1996, eAttorney was among the first online legal recruiting sites for law students and lawyers. Its purchase five years ago put LexisNexis/Martindale Hubbell into the legal recruiting business.

iHireLegal.com (www.ihirelegal.com) -  Another legal job search site.

Indeed (www.indeed.com) – For all types of careers, this site claims to include all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages. 

EmplawyerNet (www.emplawyernet.com) – A subscription-based online job data for lawyers, law students, and paralegals.  Members get email alerts when a posted job matches their search criteria.  Jobs are gathered from a variety of online sources, legal newspapers, and directly from legal employers.   Member discounts available to many law school alumni groups.  Established in 1991.

Hieros Gamos (www.hg.org/employment) – In ancient Greece, hieros gamos – or hierogamy – meant “holy wedding”.   It’s an apt description for this encyclopedic marriage of all things legal. Founded by a law firm consortium in 1995, the site presents a wealth of posted legal jobs (domestic and international), links, and thoughtful, career-oriented material. There’s something here for anyone leaving a job, losing a job, changing careers or seeking alternatives. And it’s free; go to the tool bar and click on Employment Center.

Womens Job List (www.womensjoblist.com) — Founded in 1999 for employers and job seekers dedicated to diversity and inclusion. The site, which breaks out jobs by more than three dozen professional categories (legal, among them), draws from thousands of employer classifieds posted every day on Craigslist. Free membership; members can sign up for email job alerts.

Monster (www.monster.com) -  A general job search website that contains legal and non-legal databases.  It offers an overview of employers and several interfaces for job hunting.  You can search by company name, location, discipline, industry, job title, or combinations of these.

CareerBuilder (www.careerbuilder.com) - Similar to Monster.

Simply Hired (www.simplyhired.com) – A job search site with legal and non-legal positions.

Hound (www.hound.com) – A job-search engine with legal and non-legal positions.

6FigureJobs (www.6figurejobs.com) - A network for legal and non-legal career opportunities that are all upper-level positions.

TheLadders.com (www.theladders.com) This is a fairly new website that claims to limit its job postings to positions that pay in excess of $100,000 in salary.  Posted positions are both legal and non-legal.  You have to register to use the site.  There is a free basic subscription with limited access to job postings and a premium subscription offering increased access at monthly rates.

Alternative Career Paths:

AlternativeLawyerJobs.com(www.alternativelawyerjobs.com) –  A job bank of in-house, law-related, non-legal and entrepreneurial jobs. 

Smith Hanley Associates, LLC (www.smithhanley.com) – Recruiters for non-legal jobs in specialized areas including marketing, capital markets, investment banking, insurance and pharmaceutical areas.

Counsel On Call – www.counseloncall.com

Other Resources:

Attorney Resume(www.attorneyresume.com) -  resume writing service.

Dig Your Work (www.digyourwork.com) - Ken Kuznia provides free job search teletrainings once a month that cover resumes, proactive job search strategies, and effective interviews.  Although the trainings are not focused on attorneys, they do provide tools that can be easily utilized by lawyers seeking new positions.  Dates for free trainings in 2009 are:  Jan. 24, Feb. 21, March 28, April 25, and May 23.    To register for the teletraining, email contact information toAdmin@DigYourWork.com.   Contact information for Ken - Ken@DigYourWork.com

Legal Recruiters with Significant Activity in the Cincinnati Market:

Special Counsel – www.specialcounsel.com

BCG Attorney Search – www.bcgsearch.com

Kelly Law Registry – www.kellylawregistry.com

Robert Half and Associates – www.roberthalflegal.com

The Mergis Group (Spherion) – www.mergisgroup.com

Baldwin Gilman – www.baldwingilman.com

Talis Group - www.talisgroup.com

The Angus Group - www.angusgroup.com

Legal Recruiters not active in the Cincinnati Market but operating in many other large markets:

Cambridge Professional Group – www.cambridgeprofessionals.com

Counsel On Call – www.counseloncall.com

Hughes & Sloan, Inc. – www.hughesandsloan.com

Major, Lindsey & Africa – www.mlaglobal.com

The Partners Group - www.lateralattorneys.com   

Disclaimer:  Efforts have been made to keep this list current.  However, please be advised that website information and company names change from time to time and some web links may no longer be active.  Thank you.