Career Fair Activities -- Paralegal Placement Coordinator Encourages Networking

Emely Cruz, J.D., Legal Programs Placement Coordinator at South Coast College in Orange, CA, encourages students in the Legal Administrative Assistant and Paralegal Studies programs to get out and network as much as they can.  Professor Cruz, herself, makes it a habit to visit law offices to network on behalf of the students.  In February, she visited the Offices of Yanez and Associates, Immigration and Family Law attorneys and the Law Offices of Joseph P. Downs, Family Law attorneys.

In March, she visited the Robert D. Fischer Law Office, Family Law attorneys; Mashney Law Office, Personal Injury attorneys; and Joseph P. Foley, Estate Planning attorneys.

She makes these visits both to network and to ensure that what we are teaching in our programs is relevant to today's legal offices.

She also encourages students to attend career fairs.  She even took one of her current students, Leticia Manez, to the Orange County Career Fair to expose her to the whole career-fair experience.

She has students bring plenty of updated resumes to these events as it is possible to meet a potential employer at one of these fairs.

Look for when the National Career Fairs are in your area.  Registration for these events is free.  In fact, at the March 19, 2015 Orange County Career Fair, even an ipad was raffled off.

If you want someone like Professor Cruz in your corner when you are job searching, consider the Legal Administrative Assistant or Paralegal Studies programs at South Coast College.  Click the link South Coast College to GET INFO NOW!