Careers and the Aggie Network

How Do I Get a Job?

Going to law school is a huge commitment . . . but let’s be real.

You’re making this sacrifice of time, talent and finances to become a lawyer – not to remain a student.

From your first semester at Texas A&M School of Law, the Office of Career Services begins actively working with you to help you secure a job where you are passionate and purposeful about launching your legal career.

Our resources, expertise and practical tools are readily available to you.

From active internship and engaging mentorship programs to personal and comprehensive career counseling, we are wholeheartedly committed to helping every single one of our students develop a career path to find their perfect job.

Our Professional Staff

Will provide individualized career guidance using the knowledge and experience of our five licensed attorney counselors.
Cultivates a personal relationship with each student that will last throughout your internship, externship, interviewing for a full-time job, and receiving and accepting a job offer.
Is personally involved in the legal profession, with first-hand access to bar associations, boards, committees and community activities, including:
- The State Bar of Texas, the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA), the Tarrant County Bar Association (TCBA), the Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (TCYLA), the Dallas Bar Association (DBA), and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Association (DAYL), among others.

MEET CAREER SERVICES

Arturo Errisuriz, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Career Services & Bar Relations
817-212-4041
aerrisuriz@law.tamu.edu
LinkedIn profile

Professional Profile

EDUCATION:
J.D., Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin

BAR ADMISSION:
State Bar of Texas
District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Criminal prosecution

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & SERVICE:

State Bar of Texas

Member, Annual Meeting Planning Committee, 2015/2016
Vice-Chair, Local Bar Services Committee, 2012-2014, (Member 2008-2014)
Co-Chair, Hispanic Issues Section, Student Outreach Committee, 2013/2014, 2014/2015
Member, Texas Minority Counsel Program, Save-the-Date Steering Committee, Fort Worth, Texas, 2012-2019
Member, Leadership Class, 2009/2010

American Inns of Court, Eldon B. Mahon Inn

Member, Program Committee, 2018-2020
Chair, Program Committee, 2017-2018
Member, At-Large Executive Committee, 2017-2018
Master, 2014-2019

Tarrant County Bar Foundation

Chair, Board of Directors, 2020
Chair Elect, Board of Directors, 2019
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, 2018
Treasurer, Board of Directors, 2017
Director, Board of Directors, 2014-present
Fellow, 2014-present

Tarrant County Bar Association

Director, Board of Directors, 2010-2011
Chair, Membership & Member Benefits Committee, 2007-2008; 2008-2009; 2010-2011
Chair, Law Day Professionalism Award Committee, 2010-2011
Member, Transition to Law Practice Mentor Program Committee, 2010-2011

Dallas Bar Association

Co-Chair, Admissions & Membership Committee, 2011 (Member, 2006-2020)
Co-Chair, Minority Participation Committee, 2010 (Member, 2006-2018)
Member, Transition to Practice CLE Committee, 2010
Member, Courthouse Committee, 2008-2010
Recipient, Outstanding Minority Attorney Award, 2009

Dallas Bar Foundation

Fellow, 2019—present

Dallas Hispanic Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors, 2012
Co-Chair, Law Student Assistance Committee, 2010-2014
Member, President’s Advisory Council, 2010

Hispanic National Bar Association

Chair, Law Student Programming Committee, Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, 2011
Member, Career Fair & Scholarship Committee, Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, 2011

Robert B. Weathersby, J.D.
Director, Office of Career Services
817-212-4013
rweathersby@law.tamu.edu
LinkedIn profile

Professional Profile

EDUCATION:
J.D., Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
B.S., Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

BAR ADMISSION:
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Louisiana
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Civil litigation
General counsel
Alternative legal services provider

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & SERVICE:
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Tarrant County Bar Association
Member, Dallas Bar Association

Valery Treida, J.D.
Associate Director, Office of Career Services
817-212-4064
vtreida@law.tamu.edu
LinkedIn profile

Professional Profile

EDUCATION:
J.D., Baylor University School of Law
B.S., Texas Christian University

BAR ADMISSION:
State Bar of Texas

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Real estate and business transactions
Business litigation

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & SERVICE:
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Tarrant County Bar Association

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