If you are a law school student seeking summer employment or permanent employment for after graduation, here are some tips about sending our your resumes to law firms:
1. Proof read your cover letter and resume. Any spelling mistakes is bad. Any grammar mistake is worse. And try to write in English. Not everyone speaks German.
2. Don't send your resumes to random law firms you know nothing about. I.e. don't send a cover letter stating your interest in criminal law to a firm that only does civil litigation.
3. Make sure the firm that you are interested in working at actually has an office located at the address you are sending your resume to. Here's a littl secret: some firms have mailboxes in every city so there is really no actual office located at that address. It's so the firm can tell the courts that they are "local." If possible, go seek out the address and make sure it's an actual office. That way, you won't have to get the letter saying "we don't have an actual office there..."
4. Make sure the firm is looking to actually hire somebody. Don't call up and ask who the managing partner is and then just send your resume to that person. Your letter ends up on my desk and I have to write you a letter saying that we're not hiring. It'll save us all some time and money.
5. Make sure you have the right letters in the correct envelopes for each firm. I got a letter addressed to Firm B when the envelope said Firm A. Yeah. You're not going to be hired at either firm.
6. Make sure whatever firm you're sending your stuff to actually has a summer program for you to take part in. Again, you're wasting your time and my time when I get these letters for summer associates positions.
7. When a firm says "We're not hiring," THEY REALLY MEAN IT! They're not going to change their mind when they read your letter and resume. The main reason they're not hiring is because they can't afford to. Firms usually advertise their need for more attorneys.
Okay, now I have to go send out letters to all those people who did one or more of the above.
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