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Wellness Guide: Workplace Wellness & Professionalism

This guide is intended to provide the Berkeley Law community with wellness and resilience information. The guide offers a host of internal and external resources in a wide variety of mediums.

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Workplace Wellness & Professionalism - About

Workplace wellness describes the work that you choose to do and how it contributes to your community and fulfills you. This guide includes information about finding work-life balance, occupational strategies and skills for success, stress mitigation techniques, and guidance on professionalism in the legal field. 

Workplace Wellness & Professionalism - Berkeley Law Resources

Berkeley Law Career Development Office (CDO)

The Berkeley Law CDO is a one-stop shop for all career-related inquiries. No question is too trivial: the CDO provides industry-specific guidance on interview attire, interview lunch / dinner etiquette, appropriate mediums of response to offers for a position, etc. They can also address specific questions related to achieving professional balance: how to plan ahead for a career that appreciates and embraces caregiving responsibilities? How to best find a role that maximizes professional fulfillment?

The Office offers individual counseling appointments, targeted career planning, career programming, on-campus recruitment programs, summer and postgrad fellowship information, clerkship guidance, and much more. 

B-Line

B-Line is a resource available to Berkeley Law students and alumni for locating career opportunities, including full-time (permanent) employment, internships, judicial externships, and more. B-Line is also the platform that the CDO leverages for the On Campus Interviewing (OCI) programs: Early Interview Week (EIW) and the Fall Interview Program (FIP).

Workplace Wellness & Professionalism - University Resources

UC Berkeley Career Center

The UC Berkeley Career Center offers a wide variety of services to graduate students and PhDs. In addition to information available on their site, which is updated regularly, the Center provides support through individual counseling, workshops & presentations, career fairs and employer information sessions, and compiles / mails letters of recommendation.

You can schedule an appointment here (you must first create a Handshake account using your school email address).

Workplace Wellness & Professionalism - External Resources

ABA Career Center

The ABA Career Center is a collection of job postings and career resources in a variety of media that are tailored to the legal profession. These resources include live webinars for discussing particular legal practice areas, career path profiles, professional development guidance, and much more. 

Attorney at Work

Attorney at Work is a blog dedicated to providing their "enterprising lawyers" readership "one really good idea every day." The blog, which has multiple authorship of experienced attorneys, covers wide ranging topics under the umbrella of You at Work: well-being, time management, personal branding, and career ladder, among other subjects. 

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