Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP is proud to announce that our Annual Symposium for Clerkship & Career Development will be held on Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31, 2009 in our Kansas City, Missouri office. Our two-day Symposium for first-year law students provides a unique, inside look at the recruiting process and summer associate programs, and also focuses on practical aspects of career development.

Our featured guest speaker this year will be attorney and author Marci Alboher. You can read Marci's bio at http://www.heymarci.com/about/.

A sampling of other Symposium sessions includes:

• What Firms Really Look for and What Evaluation Forms are Used;
• Don't Let Your Last Name Become a Verb! How to Have a Successful Summer Clerkship;
• Why Don't Associates Know this Stuff? Classes Not to Miss in Law School and Other Beginner Pitfalls;
• The Real Power Players! Working with the Non-Lawyers in the Firm;
• May We Have the Room? An Associate Panel Answers Your Questions and Tells What It's Really Like;
• Rhetoric or Reality? Learn How to Evaluate Law Firm Diversity and Inclusiveness; and
• How Law Firm Economics Really Work and How Hard You will Need to Work.

We typically receive hundreds of Symposium applications from students at law schools across the nation. Once again this year we will limit our Symposium attendance to maintain the personal interaction and one-on-one attention participants so highly value.

First-year students may apply by completing the symposium application (available here) and submitting it along with a resume, transcript (if available) and cover letter by Friday, January 9, 2009. In your cover letter please indicate, to the extent you know, your geographic preference for law practice. Applications may be sent via mail, fax, or e-mail to:

Jenny Kiely, Legal Recruiting Manager
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 600
St. Louis, MO 63105
E-mail: symposium@huschblackwell.com
Fax: 314-480-1505

Please understand that an invitation to attend the Symposium does not guarantee future consideration for employment, and the lack of an invitation does not signal a lack of future employment interest by our firm. While the Symposium may be used by our firm to recruit outstanding 1L students, it is primarily a opportunity for Husch Blackwell Sanders to assist the most promising and outstanding first-year law students in their career planning and preparation.