New to the field or to NALP? Here are some suggestions:

• Visit the Welcome New NALP Members page for a list of useful resources.

• Download the Introduction to Resources for Newer Professionals "binder" (PDF).

• Consider attending NALP's Newer Professionals Forum, held at the beginning of February each year. Visit the Upcoming Webinars & Conferences page for more information about this and other educational opportunities.

• Read Advice from Experienced Professionals to Newer Professionals (PDF).

• Get involved in a NALP Section or join a discussion on NALPconnect. Attending a Section meeting during the Annual Education Conference is another great way to start getting involved and building a professional network.

• Find out whether there is a city group in your area and attend a meeting.

• Check out NALP's bookstore. Especially helpful to newcomers in the field are NALP's three basic professional handbooks: Leading the Legal Recruitment Team: A Recruitment Administrator's Handbook, Lawyers' Professional Development, and Perspectives on Career Services.

• Browse the wealth of information offered in the Research section of this site to learn more about the legal employment market.

• Use the Search tool on this website to find information topics or keywords.
• Check out NALP's the members-only online PDF archive of NALP Directory of Legal Employers (NDLE) forms. If you are looking for older copies of your NALP forms (or copies of other firms’ forms) to gather or review historical data, this information is accessible in the NDLE Archives. The archive contains copies of published NDLE forms from 1979-present.

• Search the Bulletin archives on this site if you need to know more about a specific topic (you'll need your username and password to access the archives). 

• Make the most of your membership by contacting the NALP office or your NALP colleagues for suggestions about how to learn more in a specific area.