Career Development

  • ISBA Career Center
    Search thousands of legal job listings from throughout the country, post your resume, and take advantage of other job-seeker services, all of which are free.
  • Job-Hunting Tips
    Improve your prospects for landing a job in a tough economy.
  • Marketing, Attracting Clients
    Read marketing and client-recruitment pointers from PR/practice-management experts and fellow lawyers.
  • Hanging Out a Shingle
    Considering solo practice? Read all about it.
  • Illinois Lawyer Finder
    List yourself on ISBA's Illinois Lawyer Finder web directory and let prospective clients find you. More than just a directory, it offers information for the public about Illinois law and other consumer-friendly features. A basic listing is free, and an enhanced listing is only $50 year. For details on getting your listing, go to Join Illinois Lawyer Finder.
  • ISBA MentorCenter
    Connect with an experienced practitioner willing to share his or her advice on everything from substantive law to practice issues. Free to ISBA members, this is a dynamic, growing resource, so check back regularly.
  • ISBA Standing Committee on Law Office Management and Economics
    Sign up for The Bottom Line, the LOME committee's quarterly newsletter, and get a range of advice on marketing and managing your practice and career. Only $20/annum for ISBA members.
  • Practice-Building CLE
    Watch the CLE calendar for free programming (under construction) aimed at job-seeking attorneys. And visit FastCLE for archived practice-oriented online CLE from the 2008 Solo and Small Firm Conference, the Hanging Out a Shingle program, and more.
  • Practice-Building Books
    ISBA members also get a 15 percent discount on ABA books, including How to Start and Build a Law Practice and How to Capture and Keep Clients.

Articles

Where to look for clients and business or employment opportunities
By Lewis F. Matuszewich, ISBA International and Immigration Law Newsletter, June 2009
In February of 2007 the ISBA’s International and Immigration Law Section Council met at the offices of Illinois Global Partnership. The officers of IGP explained to the Section Council members the activity and background of the organization.  

Other resources

The American Bar Association's new Economic Recovery Resources Web Portal offers a wide range of assistance for coping with tough times, including information on job searching, personal development and career transition, law practice management tips, handling stress, and more.

Have a suggestion for a practice resource? Please email Mark Mathewson.

These resources are presented as educational resources for for ISBA members. They should not be relied upon as a substitute for individual legal research, and the ISBA does not warrant the accuracy of the information that appears in them.