NALP provides many resources to assist career services offices in providing services to students, alumni and employers.

CSO Administration

• ABA Standard 303: An Introduction and Resources
• Toolkit for Developing Law Student PD Programming (PDF)
• Programming Best Practices for Small and Solo Offices (PDF)
• Tips and Best Practices for Initiating or Supplementing First-Generation Programming for Law Students (PDF)
• Employment Report & Salary Survey (ERSS) Info
• LL.M. Advisor Manual
  
• Reciprocity Policies
• Negotiating Compensation: A Guide to Assisting Law Students and Graduates - 2020 (PDF)
• Diversity Best Practices Guide
• Student & Alumni Handouts
• Survey of Law Students Who Interviewed with Law Firms - Reports
  

Career Counseling

• Understanding How Small Firms Hire (PDF) - Knowing the differences between how small and mid-sized firms recruit and how large firms recruit can help you conduct a productive job search, interview effectively, and evaluate the terms of an offer. 
• For the Canadian Market: Understanding How Small Canadian Legal Employers Hire Summer and Articling Students (PDF)
• Judicial Clerkship Info for Career Services - Access this page for information on judicial clerkships
• Developing the Professional Lawyer - Student Tips Videos
  

CSO Employer Outreach

• CSO Employer Outreach Best Practices Guide (PDF)
• What to Do When It's Time to Hire a New Attorney (PDF) - Co-branded with ABA Solo, Small Firm, and General Practice Division
• For the Canadian Market: It's Time to Hire an Articling Student - What Next? A resource for Canadian legal employers (PDF)
• Employer Outreach Metrics: Best Practices for Career Services Professionals - webinar presented January 22, 2013
• Articles on employer outreach during COVID-19 available on the COVID Resources page
  

JD Advantage Jobs

• Compliance Careers Checklist (PDF)
  
• Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection Careers Checklist (PDF)
• Sample Counselor Intake Form -— JD Advantage Careers
• Sample Student Worksheet — JD Advantage Careers

Student Professionalism/Professional Development

• E-Guides on E-Professionalism (six e-guides for students and one e-guide on Facebook for CSOs)
• Developing the Professional Lawyer - Student Tips Videos
  
• Law Student Professional Development Resources (PDF)

Student Wellness Resources

• The Key to Law Student Well-Being? We Have to Love Our Law Students - by David B. Jaffe (PDF)
  From PD Quarterly, February 2018. This article is an effort to close the gap in the care provided to law students — offering concrete suggestions to take each of us beyond merely agreeing that more needs to be done to making a commitment to action.