Off-Campus Interview Programs

This job fair was created by the Georgia State University College of Law to satisfy high student and employer interest in the specialized field of intellectual property. While some employers may seek patent lawyers only, the Georgia State University College of Law Southeastern IP Job Fair is not a "patent lawyer" interview program exclusively. The broad field of "intellectual property" includes litigation, prosecution and transactional work in various aspects of IP,  encompassing patent, trademark and copyright law in the fields of technology, science, business, media, arts and entertainment, sports, etc. The fair is held in July with registration in the spring.

Held each year in Chicago, the Patent Law Interview Program is a national program that brings together current law students with technical backgrounds and legal employers interested in hiring law clerks and entry-level attorneys for their patent or intellectual property law practices.  The interview program is typically held in August, with registration in early spring.

Held each October in Washington, D.C., the Equal Justice Works career fair draws public interest employers from all over the country to interview law students for summer and postgraduate positions.

The AIPLA Job Fair is typically held in October.  You must be a member to participate.  For more information or to join, see AIPLA's website.

Seven North Carolina law schools and the North Carolina Bar Association have joined forces to sponsor the Western North Carolina Interview Program.  The fair is held in late March or early April of each year.

The Texas Interview Program is a joint venture of the University of North Carolina, Wake Forest University, Washington & Lee, and William and Mary law schools and provides interview opportunities for students seeking employment in Texas.  The program is held in August and registration is mid-June to mid-July.

The New Hampshire Legal Job Fair is a regional fair, bringing together employers from New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont with students from all over the country who have an interest in living and working in Northern New England.  The job fair is typically held in September.

NLSC job fairs create a nationwide recruiting opportunity that brings some of the country's finest law students directly to employers.  Employers will pre-screen the materials of rising second- and third-year students and preselect all candidates for interviews.  The Washington, DC Job Fair is held in August with applications due in mid-July.

NLSC job fairs create a nationwide recruiting opportunity that brings some of the country's finest law students directly to employers.  Employers will pre-screen the materials of rising second- and third-year students and preselect all candidates for interviews.  The New York City Job Fair is held in August with applications due in mid-July.

Seven North Carolina law schools and the North Carolina Bar Association have joined forces to sponsor the Eastern North Carolina Interview Program.  The fair is held in late March or early April of each year.

The Chicago Interview Program is a joint venture of the University of North Carolina, Emory University, Washington & Lee, and William and Mary law schools and provides interview opportunities for students seeking employment in Chicago and the Midwest.  The CIP is held in August of each year, and registration begins in June.

The Diversity Recruitment Committee of the Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division sponsors this Annual Diversity Job Fair.

Vault (a source of career information for law students and associates) and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) produce a series of career fairs for law students and lateral associates. The goal is to connect top legal employers with the best and brightest minority, female and GLBT law students and lateral associates. Employers attending include law firms and corporate counsel.

This program is a collaboration of law firms and corporate law departments seeking to enhance the diversity of the legal profession.  The program connects top legal employers with talented 1L students of color who will have the opportunity at one of the nation's best law firms with a rotation in the law department of a major corporation. Deadline for applying is mid-January.

The Tri-State Diversity Recruiting Program offers 2Ls and 3Ls the opportunity to interview for summer associate and entry-level positions with prominent regional (KY, IN and OH) and national employers.  The program is hosted by Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, and is held in August.

The Southeastern Minority Job Fair provides interviewing opportunities to students from over fifty law schools across the country.  More than 130 employers regularly participate.  The fair is held in early August, with registration in the summer. 

The Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair enables employers from law firms, corporations, public interest organizations, the judiciary and federal, state, and local government agencies to meet a diverse group of law students and recent graduates with an interest in the Rocky Mountain area. The career fair is typically held in September, with registration in the summer.

Each fall in Seattle, Washington, employers from the Seattle area interview minority law students at the Northwest Minority Job Fair.  The job fair is typically held in September.

The Minorities in the Profession Summer Associate Program is designed to provide corporate legal departments and major law firms in North Carolina with an inside track on recruiting some of our state's brightest and most talented law students of color for the summer after their first year in law school.  Applications are due mid-January of the student's first year, interviews are held in February, and decisions are made by the end of February.

The National Black Law Students' Midwest Minority Recruitment Conference is open to second and third-year students and recent graduates.

The National Black Law Students' Mid-Atlantic Job Fair is open to current BLSA students.

The NNALSA Job Fair typically takes place in mid-September. Please check their website at www.nationalnalsa.org for more information.

The NBPA invites all interested law students, as well as alumni, to attend their job fair, which provides a unique forum where minority law students, recent law graduates, and experienced attorneys from across the nation can meet and interview with prospective prosecutorial employers at the local, state, and federal levels. The fair takes place during the National Black Prosecutor Association's Annual Conference each summer.

The Nashville Bar Association's annual Damali Booker First Year Minority Clerkship Job Fair is held each February in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Minnesota Minority Recruitment Conference is a program sponsored by the Twin Cities Committee on Minority Lawyers in Large Law Firms. The conference is aimed at hiring second and third-year law students of color from around the country for law firms, corporations, and government agencies located in Minnesota. Law students from all ABA-accredited law schools are invited to attend. The Conference is typically held in August.

Lavender Law invites all firms, corporations and public sector employers committed to the hiring, retention and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender law students and lateral attorneys to participate in its annual Lavender Law Career Fair and Conference. The career fair is typically held in September.

Law students who will be rising 2Ls are invited to participate in this job fair which will be held in September. Registration will end in early August. Visit indybar.org/diversity for details.

Law students and graduates from law schools across the country are invited to participate in the IMPACT Career Fair for Students and Attorneys with Disabilities. This event is hosted by the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law and the Georgetown University Law Center. The career fair is typically held in August.

The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Job Fair takes place each fall in conjunction with the HNBA Convention and permits participants to interact with leading Hispanic lawyers from throughout the country.

The Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair (HDLJF) is sponsored by of Kansas City's leading law firms and legal organizations, and is designed to encourage law students to practice law in Kansas City. The HDLJF is designed to expose law students of diverse backgrounds to both the traditional and non-traditional legal employer. Students are invited to participate regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. Rising second and third-year law students and recent grads are invited to attend. The job fair is typically held in September, with registration beginning in April.

Each year, more than 30 law firms and legal service companies that work with DuPont interview selected students at regional DuPont Legal Minority Job Fairs.

The Delaware Minority Job Fair is organized by a consortium of the Delaware State Bar Association's Committee for Diversity in the Legal Profession as well as legal employers interested in recruiting talented minority lawyers for the purpose of increasing diversity in the Bar. The job fair is open to second and third-year law students seeking summer and permanent positions. The job fair is held in late summer or early fall with registration in the spring.

The Delaware Minority Job Fair for First-Year Law Students is organized by a consortium of the Delaware State Bar Association's Committee for Diversity in the Legal Profession as well as legal employers interested in recruiting talented minority lawyers for the purpose of increasing diversity in the Bar. The job fair is open to first-year law students seeking summer positions, and is held in January of each year.

The Dallas Bar Association has worked with the major law firms in Dallas over the last several years to enhance recruiting of minority law students to the Dallas area. This Minority Attorney Business Development Initiative (MABDI) Minority Recruiting Program was established to assist the participating law firms in recruiting from a larger pool of minority candidates and to provide opportunities for minority students to reach a larger number of firms in a systematic way.

CLEO's Mid-Summer Career Fair is held annually for current 1L, 2L, and 3L students involved in CLEO. Registration begins in the spring.

The Cook County Bar Association ("CCBA") proudly established the CCBA Minority Law Student Job Fair twenty-five years ago recognizing the need to bridge the employment gap between law firms, non-profit, government agencies and minority law students in the Chicago legal community. The first annual CCBA Minority Job Fair was held in 1983 on the campus of a local Chicago law school and included approximately 100 students and approximately 20 employers. This even has evolved in to the highly-anticipated diversity recruitment even that consistently attracts more than 900 law students and 100+ employers every year. We are only inviting J.D. students in current 1Ls/rising 2Ls and current 2Ls/rising 3Ls. Please note that students graduating in any month prior to December 2009 (current 3Ls) are not eligible.

The Mecklenburg County Bar coordinates this highly competitive summer program for first-year law students who advance the value of diversity. The clerks will spend the first six weeks of the twelve-week program working in the Charlotte office of one of the participating law firms and the second six weeks working in the Charlotte law department of one of the corporate partners. Applications are typically due in early February.

Interested second and third-year law students of color are encouraged to register for the job fair via BLG's website in late March. The job fair is held in August.

The Bay Area Diversity Career Fair brings together prominent law firms and government legal departments in the San Francisco Area with highly qualified diverse rising 2Ls.Registration starts on May 4 and ends on June 15. Students are pre-screened for interviews so they will know whether they have interviews prior to traveling to the program. There is a reception on August 7. Interviews take place on August 8. Go to www.sfbar.org for more information.