CAREER FAIRS/PROGRAMS
July 12, 2012
Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair
Registration opens: March 12, 2012
The Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair (SIPJF) is managed and executed by the Georgia State University College of Law Career Services Office. SIPJF mainly targets fulfilling summer associate and entry-level positions for 2012.
Website: http://law.gsu.edu/careers/index/sipjf
July 27-28, 2012
Southeastern Minority Job Fair
The Southeastern Minority Job Fair (SEMJF) provides legal employers throughout the United States an opportunity to interview second and third year law students, as well as recent graduates, from 60 ABA approved law schools.
Website: http://www.semjf.org/
July 29 - Aug. 4 2012
National Black Prosecutors Association 27th Annual Conference & Job Fair
The National Black Prosecutors Association is the only professional membership organization dedicated to the advancement of Blacks as prosecutors. It includes both chief and line prosecutors nationwide. In addition to prosecutors, the association's membership includes law students, former prosecutors, and law enforcement personnel. This conference takes place at The Roosevelt in New Orleans.
Website: http://blackprosecutors.org/index.html
Aug. 1, 2012
Boston Lawyers Group
The Boston Lawyers Group Job Fair for Law Students of Color takes place annually during the month of August in Boston and Washington, D.C. The Job Fair provides participating member organizations with a great opportunity to select and interview applicants from a nationwide pool of qualified students of color.
Website: http://www.thebostonlawyersgroup.com/events/
To register: https://law-blg-csm.symplicity.com/students
August 2-3, 2012
Loyola Patent Law Interview Program
Registration opens: January 17, 2012
Registration deadline: February 9, 2012
The Loyola Patent Law Interview Program is a two-day interview program held in Chicago each summer that brings together patent law employers and law students from across the country to interview for summer associate positions and post-graduate employment.
Website: http://www.luc.edu/law/career/Patent_Program_-_Stu.html
Aug. 22-25, 2012
Hispanic National Bar Association Job
This Job Fair occurs during the HNBA Annual Convention, so Job Fair participants will be able to interact with leading Hispanic lawyers throughout the United States and to participate in enriching continuing legal education programs (CLE). The 2012 fair takes place in Seattle, Washington.
Website: http://www.hnba.com/
Aug. 23-25, 2012
Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair
Held at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., the Lavender Law Career Fair is designed to achieve a sense of community and inclusion for LGBT candidates within the legal profession's recruiting efforts. By participating in this career fair, candidates will talk directly to LGBT-friendly recruiters from law firms, government agencies; LGBT rights groups, and legal departments.
Website: http://www.lgbtbar.org/annual/register.php
August 2012
Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair
The HDLJF was designed by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Diversity and Managing Partner Committees to encourage students to make Kansas City their first choice. All 2L and 3L Law Students and recent graduates are invited to participate regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability.
Website: http://www.heartlanddiversity.org/JobFair.htm
August 2012
Impact Career Fair
Registration deadline: July 2012
This job fair is hosted by the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law and Georgetown University Law Center and is open to 1st and 2nd year law students returning to school in Fall 2012.
Website: http://www.law.arizona.edu/Career/IMPACT/studentregistrationintro.cfm
August 2012
St. Louis Diversity Job Fair
Registration deadline: May 2012
The primary goal of this fair is to attract a diverse group of 2L and 3L students to the metropolitan St. Louis legal community, encourage them to practice law in the area, and become an integral part of our community. The Job Fair steering committee has invited law firms, corporations, and government agencies from all over the nation. The registration deadline is in May 2012.
Website: http://www.stldiversityjobfair.com/
Date TBA
Sunbelt Minority Recruitment Program
This program is for second- and third-year law students as well as recent graduates from eighteen ABA-approved law schools from Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Website: http://www.sunbeltjobfair.com/