As a recent graduate from law school, the job search process can be overwhelming, tiring and lonely.  As a graduate the job search process is probably a far cry from law school days when you worked with study groups and partners to tackle the arduous task for mastering legal coursework.  But who says that the job search has to be done alone.  There's another option--a job search buddy.  A job search buddy is someone you can work with you to reach goals, measure progress, celebrate success and overcome challenges.  Working together you and your job search buddy help each other stay on task and stay motivated.  Here are a few guidelines to make a job search buddy arrangement work for the both of you:
1.    Meet with your job search buddy at least one a week by phone or in person.  Make sure that you both receive equal time to discuss your issues/progress and have a solid end and start time for each meeting.
2.    Every week you and your job search buddy should have action steps and goals to accomplish for the following week.  At your meetings you should report on which actions steps were taken and which goals were accomplished. Make sure that you celebrate progress and hold you buddy accountable for failure to complete tasks.  You may even want to create a penalty/reward system.  For example, you may want to require a payment of $1 for each task not completed and at the end of the month the person who was most consistent in their progress gets the money collected from penalties.
3.    Work with your buddy to solve challenges.  Each week you should spend time together brainstorming solutions to problems and challenges you're facing in your job search.
4.    Keep the relationship reciprocal. Make sure that you and your job search buddy are benefiting equally from the relationship. You may want to use a timer during the weekly meetings to assure that one buddy does not spend most of the meeting time talking about him or herself.