{"id":221,"date":"2020-10-29T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T14:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/?p=221"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:50:32","slug":"becoming-practice-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/becoming-practice-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Practice Ready: UB Law Launches Professionalism Certificate Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2020\/10\/Alyssa.Fieo_-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"446\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alyssa Fieo<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the competitive job market for recent law school graduates, simply understanding substantive law and having analytical skills is no longer enough to differentiate oneself from other applicants: it\u2019s the bare minimum to land the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployers are looking for lawyers who have mastered professional skills critical to practicing law,\u201d says <strong>Alyssa Fieo,<\/strong> assistant dean for law career development. \u201cStudents need to be able to demonstrate that they have the required communication and executive skills needed to be a successful attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January 2020, the <a href=\"http:\/\/law.ubalt.edu\/career\/\">Law Career Development Office<\/a> (LCDO) launched a Certificate in Professionalism program, in partnership with the Student Bar Association and the school\u2019s Honor Board. The program helps to bolster students\u2019 resumes by showing that they have participated in professional development workshops on technology skills for lawyers, the business of law, and lawyer ethics.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2020\/10\/Sabrina_Marquez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"286\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabrina Marquez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite part of the professionalism certificate program was the \u2018Business of Law\u2019 panel discussion,\u201d says <strong>Sabrina Marquez,<\/strong> a 2L student who participated in the program. \u201cI am very interested in joining a big law firm after graduation, and through this program, I gained valuable insight into how firms conduct their hiring and internal promotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other events included \u201cNetworking 101\u201d with the Bar Association of Montgomery County; \u201cPlantiffs\u2019 Practice Panel,\u201d in partnership with the Maryland Association of Justice, which invited attorneys to share insight about this practice area with students; and \u201cDrawing an Ethical Line,\u201d\u00a0a discussion about ethics in the legal field with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UB Law <strong>Professor Robert Rubinson,<\/strong> past chair of the Maryland State Bar Association\u2019s Section Council on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar;<\/li>\n<li>Attorney <strong>Margaret Mead, J.D. \u201989<\/strong>; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Boltz,<\/strong> assistant bar counsel at the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Office of Bar Counsel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nearly 110 students participated in the program this past spring, which was funded by a generous donation from alumna <strong>Carolyn Thaler, J.D. \u201974,<\/strong> and her husband, <strong>David Thaler.<\/strong> Students were matched with an alumni mentor, received complimentary business cards, had the opportunity to earn a legal-technology assessment certification through Procertas, and received a certificate to add to their resume.<\/p>\n<p>The professionalism certificate will benefit me in my future job search by setting me apart from my competitors,\u201d says Marquez. \u201cEspecially the Procertas certification, which will allow me to demonstrate to employers my proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><b>JOIN UB LAW CONNECT<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>In July 2020, the Law Career Development Office (LCDO) launched UB Law Connect, a career tool accessible to alumni for job-seeking and employment recruiting needs.\u00a0Powered by 12Twenty, UB Law Connect provides a user-friendly interface to simplify and enhance the experience for employers and alumni job-seekers.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>For Employers<br \/>\n<\/u><\/b>As leaders in the legal community, you have a unique opportunity to share your expertise with our students and recent graduates. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/law-ubalt.12twenty.com\/hire\">law-ubalt.12twenty.com\/hire<\/a> to create an account with your business email address.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>For Alumni Job-Seekers<br \/>\n<\/u><\/b>If you would like to set up an Alumni Job-Seeker Account, please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:lawcareer@ubalt.edu\">lawcareer@ubalt.edu<\/a> with your name, personal e-mail address, and graduation year.\u00a0Once your alumni status is verified, the LCDO will create an alumni job-seeker profile for you and send you an email with instructions to begin your job search process with UB Law Connect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the competitive job market for recent law school graduates, simply understanding substantive law and having analytical skills is no longer enough to differentiate oneself from other applicants: it\u2019s the bare minimum to land the interview. \u201cEmployers are looking for lawyers who have mastered professional skills critical to practicing law,\u201d says Alyssa Fieo, assistant dean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}