Political Science Department

After Graduation

Listed here are links to resources that might be helpful in your thinking and planning for after graduation. Every year the Political Science Department sponsors a Career Day at which graduates from our program -- some recent, and some not so recent -- share their experiences, reflections, and advice about graduate school, law school, and careers.

• General Career Information
  • William Paterson - Career Development Center

  • CareerPath.com (job listings)

  • Idealist (non-profit jobs and information)

  • Foundation Center

  • Nonprofit Library

  • One World Online

  • Princeton Review: Career Advice Home Page

  • Good Works: A Guide to Social Change Careers

  • Job Web: Summer, Internships & Postgrad. Options

• Graduate School
  • American Political Science Association graduate school and other information

  • Princeton Review: Graduate School Information

  • APSA Minority Programs

• Law School
  • Law School Admission Council Online (this is the official Law School Admission organization)

  • William Paterson Pre-Law Program Website (advisement, workshops, resources)

  • For those connecting to the web from a William Paterson computer (either on campus or dial-up) LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic Universe. Legal Research Page includes
    • Career Information
    • Law School Directories (Details on over 250 U.S. schools)
    • Choosing a Law School (The full text of NALP's How-to-Guide, Degrees of Difference)

  • Princeton Review: Law School Information