Your law school experience will include professional development, building career skills, and gaining leadership and work experience. Your CSO is here to help.

The Basics

  • Register through your online career-development system, McGeorgeCareersOnline (MCO), and be sure to enter your practice area preferences. The CSO will send you notices specifically tailored to these preferences.
  • Review the Career Planning Pathway | Your 1D/1E/2E Year to help you understand your career-planning options and priorities during your time at McGeorge.
  • Go to for career-planning resources, including handouts, a list of job-search websites, and more.

Programs to Attend

  • PI/PS Day at UC Law San Francisco.
  • McGeorge Public Interest and Government Job Fair.

Opportunities to Consider 鈥� Ask Your Career Advisor About These

  • SCBA Diversity Fellowship (summer associate opportunities with local law firms).
  • Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkships.
  • Post-Graduate Fellowships.
  • Washington, D.C. Summer Internship Scholarship
  • Consider applying for a PLSS grant or other scholarships through McGeorge.

Ways to Get Legal Experience During Law School

  • Summer internships.
  • On-campus clinics (generally available starting your second year).
  • Externships, which are generally available starting your 2D/3E year (contact Externships Office).

Networking Opportunities

  • Consider joining the American Bar Association (ABA) and/or the Sacramento County Bar Association (SCBA).
  • Consider joining student groups on campus.
  • Learn about McGeorge certificate programs and concentrations.