FALL 2015 RECRUITING

SEASON

Information about On-Campus, Off-Campus, and Government Honors Hiring

General Overview

Overview of employers

Geographic options

Timelines and Requirements:

Off-campus

Federal Honors Program/Government Internships

On-campus

Tips for success

Employers

Small, medium and large firms

In-house departments at various companies

Federal government opportunities

Public Interest organizations

Geographic Options

Madison, Milwaukee, and the rest of the state

Minneapolis Chicago Washington, DC NYC Bay Area Nationwide

Geographic Options: OCI Examples

Madison: Axley Brynelson; Hawks Quindel; von Briesen; and DeWitt, Ross & Stevens

Milwaukee: Quarles & Brady; Foley Lardner; Godfrey Kahn; Michael Best

Chicago: Mayer Brown; Schiff Hardin; McDermott, Will & Emery

Minneapolis: Robins Kaplan; Dorsey & Whitney; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly; Fredrickson & Byron

National: Jones Day; Latham & Watkins; Gibson Dunn

Geographic Options: MCGC Examples

Chicago: Baker & McKenzie; Greenberg Traurig; Jenner & Block; Locke Lord; Mayer Brown; McDermott Will & Emory; Morgan Lewis

New York: Bronx DA; Cahill Gordon; Cleary; Davis Polk; Kaye Scholer; NYC Law Dept.; Seward & Kissel; Skadden; Sullivan

D.C.: Cadwalader; Cleary; Wilson Sonsini; NRC; CRS; FCC; FTC; NLRB; Dept of Ed; U.S. House of Rep.; State Dept; SEIU; EEOC

S.F. Bay: King & Spalding; Gibson Dunn; Nixon Peabody; Schwegman, Lundberg; Shartsis Friese

Geographic Options: Gov’t Internships

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POSITIONS Mostly Washington, DC Some regional offices participate

Dept. of Agriculture (Milwaukee) Dept. of Education (Denver, Chicago) Environmental Protection Agency (Dallas, Seattle, SF) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Chicago, NY,

Milwaukee) Dept. of Health & Human Services (Baltimore, Chicago) Dept. of Interior (Portland, Denver) Dept. of Justice (Chicago, New York, SF, Miami, etc.) Dept. of Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (Chicago)

Geographic Options: State Gov’t Internships

Ohio AG Indiana AG Philadelphia DA Colorado PD Texas AG City of Chicago Georgia AG Miami-Dade Cty Atty

NYC DA Alaska AG California DoJ Florida AG New Jersey AG Nevada AG New York State Senate Washington AG

Timeline: MCGC

Off-campus Job Fair application deadlines are EARLY MCG CONSORTIUM:

Washington, DC Interviews: July 29 New York Interviews: July 31 San Francisco Interviews: August 7 Chicago Interviews: August 10

Timeline: MCGC

MIDWEST-CALI CONSORTIUM REGISTRATION On OCPD website click the MCGC Symplicity tab or go to

https://law-midwestcali-csm.symplicity.com/students/ Register for an account any time after this presentation

using your wisc.edu e-mail address Once approved you can view employers & upload docs Bidding begins June 1, 2015 Bidding deadline is July 6, 2015 (11:59 AM) Employers begin inviting applicants for interviews July

13

Timeline: Other Off-Campus Fairs LAVENDER LAW CONFERENCE AND

CAREER FAIR August 5-8, 2015 in Chicago For more information: http://lgbtbar.org/annual/

BAY AREA DIVERSITY CAREER FAIR Registration runs from March 30 – May 1 For more information:

http://www.sfbar.org/jdc/diversity/diversity-programs/career-fair.aspx

Timeline: Other Off-Campus Fairs

COOK COUNTY MINORITY LAW STUDENT JOB FAIR Registration is open until May 15, 2015 Job Fair: August 14, 2015 at the Embassy

Suites Chicago Downtown-Lakefront More info:

http://ccbaminorityjobfair.org/student-faq/

More Recruiting Conferences available at http://law.wisc.edu/career/jobfairs.html

Timeline: Equal Justice Works

EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND CAREER FAIR Largest national public interest legal career fair

in the country Fair: October 23-24, 2015 Bethesda North

Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD

Registration info TBD – Sign up for the public interest list serve to stay informed! (email: ekite@wisc.edu)

More info: http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/law-school/conference-and-careerfair

Timeline: Federal Internship Programs

Dept. of Commerce (August) Gov’t Accountability Office (August) Overseas Private Investment Corp (August) Environmental Protection Agency (August)

Regional office deadlines vary Federal Communications Commission (August) Dept. of Interior (September) Dept. of State (September) Department of Justice (September)

Most U.S. Attorney’s Offices have deadlines in January/February, but you are encouraged to apply early!

Federal Trade Commission (September) EEOC (Rolling)

Bookmark this website: https://www.law2.arizona.edu/career/Government_Honors2014-15/loginform.cfm

Username: thin, password: mints

Timeline: State & Local Gov’t Options

California Department of Justice (Rolling)

Denver District Attorney (September)

Ohio Attorney General (September)

Philadelphia District Attorney (September)

Indiana Attorney General (September)

Colorado Public Defender (October)

Texas Attorney General (October)

City of Chicago Mayor’s Office (December)

Bookmark this website:

www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm Username: thin; password: mints

NOTE: Wisconsin Government Agencies hire for the summer mostly during spring semester and/or as part of the Wisconsin Public Interest Interview Program in February

Fall Recruiting Terms

OCI: On-Campus Interview. Bid: Submission of your materials to an employer participating in OCI, i.e.,

applying for a job with that employer. Pre-select: When an employer selects you to participate in an OCI. You will

receive an email from Symplicity when an employer chooses you as a pre-select.

Alternate: An employer may designate you as an alternate for an OCI. They may interview you if time and space allows; alternates will be able to sign up for OCIs on the final day of interview scheduling.

Accepting a pre-select: Signing up for an OCI with an employer. Declining a pre-select: Declining an offer to interview with an employer.

If you would not accept a job with an employer, you should decline a pre-select.

Call-Back Interview: When an employer (usually after an OCI) invites you to its organization for an on-site interview.

Not Selected: You might see this if you were not selected for an interview OR if the employer failed to make their selections by their deadline.

Fall Recruiting Terms (cont.) Off-Campus Interview/MCGC: The program that UW Law holds in conjunction

with 6 other law schools that takes place in the employers’ city either in a central location or in the employer’s office.

Resume Collect (RC): Organizations that don’t come on campus often have an interest in UW Law students but don’t have the resources to visit all schools or there is not a critical mass of students to make a visit feasible.

Direct Submit Application: If there are organizations in which you have an interest that are not participating in OCI, RC or MCGC, you should submit an application to them directly. This should be done during the same time (or before) you are submitting your applications to the other programs.

Rolling Basis: Many public interest jobs will state an application deadline as “Rolling Basis” which means they will continue to collect materials from those interested until they find the right person. This means you should apply sooner rather than later.

NALP: National Association of Law Placement is the organization that sets the standards for recruiting that all law schools and most larger legal employers follow.

NALP Waiting Period: The 28 days a NALP employer should provide to a student to whom they have extended an offer for summer employment. The student needs to verify the offer within 14 days.

Timeline: On-Campus Interviews

PHASE ONE: AUGUST 12-21 INTERVIEWS IN GRAINGER HALL

Upload relevant documents at any time between now and the bidding deadline. Resume Cover letters Transcripts

Bidding opens Sunday, July 5 All student bids must be made by Monday,

July 27 at 10:59PM. No exceptions. For Phase 1, you are allowed to bid on up to 16

employers.

Timeline: On-Campus Interviews

.   Phase 1 Aug 12-

21

Phase 2 Sept 8-12

Phase 3 Sept 14-

30Bidding opens July 5 July 5 July 5Student bid deadline

July 27 10:59p.m.

August 24 10:59 p.m.

August 31 10:59p.m.

Students may hear about being selected July 28 –

August 5August 25 – September 2

September 1-9

Alternate Sign-ups August 6 September 3

September 10

Student accept/decline preselect deadline

August 6 10:59p.m.

September 3 10:59p.m.

September 10 10:59p.m.

Fall OCI: Employers (examples)

Phase One Employers

Quarles & Brady Godfrey & Kahn Jones Day Axley Brynelson Hawks Quindel Mayer Brown Dorsey & Whitney Whyte Hirschboeck Michael Best Schiff Hardin Dewitt, Ross & Stevens Foley & Lardner Dykema Gossett Reinhart Boerner Van

Deuren Gray Plant Mooty Perkins Coie Oppenheimer Wolff&

Donnelly von Briesen Kinney & Lange Ford Motor Company Public Defender Service

for the District of Columbia

Merchant & Gould Faegre Baker Daniels Troutman Sanders Ruder Ware

Fall OCI: Other Information Researching and choosing firms Multi-office firms Resume collect opportunities

Latham & Watkins (National) Cravath, Swaine & Morrow (NYC) Briggs & Morgan Skadden (National) And more . . .

Other Summer/Fall Recruiting

What if an organization you are interest in is not participating in OCI or Off-Campus Programs? Follow the same timeline – Mid-July to Mid-

August Don’t wait until you see how other options

shake out Send application to Recruiting Manager (or

Partner if no Manager) Let them know if you are (going to be) in

the area

Application Requirements: Firms

Resume

Format

Contents

Highlight directly relevant experience and transferable skills

Cover Letters

Connect your skills and academic performance with the firm

Explain why the firm is of particular interest (geography, types of work, reputation, summer/new associate opportunities)

Transcripts – Sign Transcript Release form if you haven’t

Biggest Tip: PROOFREAD

Application Requirements: Firms Writing Sample

Will need for interviews Usually use LRW memo or brief Do an additional proofread and editing. Do

not have to use it “as is”. Some need it as part of the application, but

many will have you bring it to the interview

OCI and Off-Campus: Symplicity Each Job Fair has a separate

Symplicity website. You will need to upload resumes, cover

letters, and writing samples to each website.

MCGC Symplicity

https://law-midwestcali-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php

Fall OCI Symplicity

Application Requirements: Federal Government Honors Program

Online application Resume Transcripts (required at time of application

or prior to interview) Writing sample (required at time of

application or prior to interview) References (either a list of references or

letters of recommendation)

A Note About Public Interest

Public Interest hiring for summer tends to happen later in the school year (December-April)

Keep in mind that a number of non-profits/NGOs fill their internship spots on a rolling basis, so applying early is encouraged

The geographical and interest-area options are numerous, so discuss your options with OCPD

Final Announcements

General recommendations on interview preparation: Dress Interview Bootcamp - August 10-11

Substance & Style Presentation

Speed Interviews

Mock Interviews

Fill out your summer employment survey!!!

Read your e-mails

Accepting and Rejecting Offers Before you accept or reject an offer, talk

to your advisor at OCPD! If you are up against a deadline and you

have not heard from another employer, CALL THAT EMPLOYER!

Keep in mind: acceptance of an offer will be viewed by the employer as a promise to cancel other interviews and end your search!

Final Thoughts

These are but some of opportunities to find a Summer 2016 position.

Fall recruiting is a fit for some, but not all.

Use the OCPD staff. We are here to help best prepare you for this experience. Don’t hesitate to reach out.

Really Final Thoughts

Approach your summer position with the same level of professionalism no matter where you are working.

Use this summer to do some self-assessment. Think about where and what you’d like to be doing next summer.

Take the opportunity to reach out to and meet attorneys through receptions, CLE’s, bar events, and INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS.