6/1/2018 Career News - May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018

Congratulations Class of 2018!

The Career Services Office wishes all graduates in the Class of 2018 congratulations and best wishes for the future! Good luck to everyone taking the Bar this summer and please stay in touch--we'd love to hear from you, whether next month or in 10 years!

If you are still looking for a position, or find yourself looking in the future, please contact our office. While we will not be holding office hours during the summer, we are available by appointment (contact [email protected] to set up a time to meet with a

counselor). We're here to support your legal career through Alumni Directory graduation and beyond!

Job Search Resources

UC Immigrant Legal Services Center Fellowship Symplicity

The University of California Immigrant Legal Services Center is Career News Archives seeking a recent law graduate to work at the Center starting in August 2018. The fellow will work together with the UC Immigrant Legal Archive of Recorded Service Center's Managing Attorneys to serve the UC system's CSO Presentations undocumented and immigrant student population. This is a one-year fellowship position with the possibility of an extension to two years.

The application deadline is June 1, 2018. See Symplicity ID Call 530.752.6574 or email [email protected] 356338 for more information. to schedule an appointment.

Fall OCI--Announcements and Key Dates

Interested in participating in Fall OCI? The Career Services Office will be available to review resumes and cover letters throughout the summer. In order to ensure a thorough review, email your OCI materials to [email protected] no later than July 9th at 8am. Please note that materials will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to email us earlier in the summer to allow more time to finalize your documents.

In addition, make sure to mark your calendars with the following important OCI and Off-Campus Interview dates:

OCI Sessions: Session: July 30 - August 3 Location: UC Davis Hyatt Place Hotel Bid Deadline: July 12 *there is no OCI on Aug 2 **this session occurs before school begins so make arrangements to be available

Session:August 6-7 Location: King Hall Bid Deadline: July 12 ** this session occurs before school begins so make arrangements to be available

Session: August 27 - 31 Location: King Hall Bid Deadline: Aug 9

Session: September 4-7 Location: King Hall Bid Deadline: Aug 16

Off-Campus Session: Session:August 2 Location: An interview site in Silicon Valley (location to be determined) Bid Deadline: July 12 ** this session occurs before school begins so make arrangements to be available

Resume Collection Sessions: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1111433437798&ca=e3da0ec4-8adf-4f65-808c-f979fc5baf2c 1/5 6/1/2018 Career News - May 17, 2018 Session: July Resume Collection Bid Deadline: July 19

Session: August Resume Collection Bid Deadline: Aug 23

BIDDING for all sessions opens June 7. Check your email throughout the summer for important information about OCI employers and deadlines.

If you were unable to attend Career Service's "Introduction to Fall OCI" presentation, you can watch the presentation here. In the meantime, contact Kim Thomas at 530.754.5719 or [email protected] with questions pertaining to Symplicity, OCI, Off-Campus or Resume Collections.

Public Interest Fellowships

If you are a rising 3L or soon to be graduate interested in the 2019 cycle of post-graduate public interest fellowships, be aware that many organizations have deadlines in the next month or two to start the process. Also, those still seeking for 2018 should be aware that there are still organizations seeking 2018 fellows. Any questions about fellowships, please contact Sofia Parino.

Below is a sample of California opportunities with approaching deadlines for the 2019 fellowship cycle. Please note - there are many more with similar deadlines and those that are rolling should be applied to as soon as possible. Please check the Public Interest Fellowships page and psjd.org for updated information on deadlines.

Bay Area Legal Aid (Richmond) - various issues - applications due June 25, 2018 Centro Legal de La Raza (Oakland) - workers' rights - applications due June 22, 2018 Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (Berkeley) - disability rights - applications due June 25, 2018 Legal Aid at Work () - workers' rights - applications due May 29, 2018

Attention 2Ls--Paid Summer Litigation Opportunity

Collins Collins Muir + Stewart LLP, a trial firm specializing in civil litigation, is seeking a second year law student (going into the 3L year) for a summer clerkship in Oakland, California.

The application deadline is June 30, 2018, but don't wait to apply for this fantastic opportunity! See Symplicity ID 355357 for details.

14th Annual Bay Area Diversity Career Fair Registration

This year, the Bay Area Diversity Career Fair will be held on Saturday, July 28, 2018. The Fair attracts hiring representatives from the most prominent law firms, government legal departments and nonprofit organizations in the area. Only law students who have completed their first year of law school by the time of the interviews are eligible to participate. Openings are for 2019 2L summer associate positions.

Registration begins on Monday, May 21.The registration site can be found here. The registration and bidding deadline is Sunday, June 17 11:59 p.m. PST.

A panel discussion for registered students will be held at Orrick, Friday, July 27, 2018 followed by a welcome reception for registered students and employers:

Friday, July 27, 2018 4:30 p.m. Panel (registered students) 5:45 p.m. Welcome Reception (registered students and employers) Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP The Orrick Building 405 Howard Street San Francisco (map ) For questions, please contact Marissa Chepenik, Bay Area Diversity Career Fair Project Manager, [email protected].

Law Firm Summer Receptions

In anticipation of OCI, many firms host receptions over the summer to introduce students to their lawyers and answer questions related to OCI. These receptions are excellent networking opportunities and in some cases, may lead to interviews outside the formal application process.

Firm: Kirkland & Ellis Networking Reception for Women/Diverse Students Where: Sens, 4 Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level (San Francisco); The Deck at The Sheraton Grand, 711 South Hope St. (Los Angeles) When: Tuesday, June 19, 6:30-8:30pm (San Francisco); Tuesday, June 12, 6pm-7:30pm (Los Angeles) http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1111433437798&ca=e3da0ec4-8adf-4f65-808c-f979fc5baf2c 2/5 6/1/2018 Career News - May 17, 2018 RSVP: Register Here by June 12

Firm: Perkins Coie Where: 505 Howard St., Suite 1000 (San Francisco); Westside Tavern, 10850 West Pico Blvd. (Los Angeles) When: Tuesday, June 26 (San Francisco) or Thursday, June 28 (Los Angeles) at 5:30pm RSVP: Email Michelle Le Biavant at [email protected] with questions.

Firm: Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP Where: Palo Alto Office, 2475 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA When: Tuesday, July 17th, 5:30-7:30pm. RSVP: Lauren Adriani ([email protected]) by July 10th *Free Lyft throughout the Bay Area to/from the event

Firm: Venable LLP Where: Los Angeles, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2300 When: June 20, 2018, 6pm RSVP: Molly Isken ([email protected])

Firm: Morgan Lewis Where: San Francisco & Los Angeles When: June 4, 2018, 5-7pm RSVP: by Monday, May 21, 2018

Note: Many firms will be hosting receptions in cities outside of California as well, including New York, Washington D.C., , Chicago and Boston. If you are interested in attending law firm summer receptions outside the state, please contact Shannon Kahn in the Career Services Office for more information.

Reed Smith 2018 Diverse Scholars Program

Reed Smith LLP has announced its 2018 Deborah J. Broyles Diverse Scholars Program. The Deborah Broyles Diverse Scholars Program provides two $20,000 awards to be used to defray necessary expenditures related to her/his legal education for the second year of law school, as well as a paid summer associate position after completion of the second year of law school. The program is open to first-year law students who have demonstrated excellent academic scholarship and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Summer associate positions in 2019 are available in: Century City; Chicago; Houston; Los Angeles; Miami; New York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Richmond; San Francisco; Silicon Valley; Tysons; Washington, D.C., and Wilmington.

Scholarship applicants must submit a resume, a completed application, a personal statement, law school transcript, undergraduate transcript and a legal writing sample to: [email protected].

Visit the Diverse Scholars page here for more information about our program and to download an application.

Applications must be submitted on or before July 20, 2018.

Share the Wealth Judicial Clerkship Program

In connection with Just The Beginning-A Pipeline Organization's Share the Wealth Judicial Clerkship Program, six federal judges will be conducting a round of interviews to fill 2019-2020 clerkship positions in their chambers. The Share theWealth Judicial Law Clerk Program is a referral program run by judges who feel that it is of the upmost importance to encourage more minorities to compete for federal judicial clerkships. The participating judges are below:

Judge Raymond Jackson (Eastern District of Virginia);

Judge Linda Parker (Eastern District of Michigan);

Judge Benita Pearson (Northern District of Ohio),

Judge Margaret Seymour (District of South Carolina);

Judge Ivan Lemelle (Eastern District of Louisiana); Judge Tanya Pratt (Southern District of Indiana);

United States Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis (Eastern District of Virginia).

To apply, students must log on to their OSCAR account and submit a separate application package via OCSAR to each judge whom they would like to consider their application (see the attached announcement for further instructions on how to apply). The application deadline is Saturday, July 21, 2018, at 5:00 pm EST.

Please contact Natalie Butcher, [email protected], or Pamela Thorbs, Judicial Administrator & Assistant to the Honorable Raymond A. Jackson, at [email protected] with questions about the program. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1111433437798&ca=e3da0ec4-8adf-4f65-808c-f979fc5baf2c 3/5 6/1/2018 Career News - May 17, 2018

Judicial Clerkship Opportunities

If you are interested in judicial clerkships, please set up an appointment with Natalie Butcher in Career Services to discuss your individual clerkship application strategy.

OSCAR - Please remember to set up clerkship alerts in your OSCAR account for up-to-date notifications when a judge in your preferred grouping of states has created a new position: http://oscar.uscourts.gov. Some judges who are hiring for the 2018 term or later:

U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Andrew Kleinfeld (Fairbanks, AK) Deadline Aug. 23, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Marsha Berzon (San Francisco, CA) Deadline: April 5, 2019* U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Raymond Fisher (Pasadena, CA) Deadline: Jul. 31, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sandra Ikuta (Pasadena, CA) Deadline: June 1, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Mary Briscoe (Lawrence, KS) Deadline: Aug. 31, 2018* U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes (Sacramento, CA) Deadline: Sept. 22, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Miller (San Diego, CA) Deadline: Aug. 31, 2018 U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Julia Brand (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: Aug. 1, 2018 U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler (San Francisco, CA) Deadline: Aug. 31, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Michelle Friedland (San Jose, CA) Deadline: June 28, 2019 U.S. District Court Judge Garland Burrell (Sacramento, CA) Deadline: Aug. 1, 2019* U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen (San Jose, CA) Deadline: Dec. 31, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jay Bybee (Las Vegas, NV) Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019 U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer (Denver, CO) Deadline: June 30, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lew (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: Aug. 30, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Michael Fitzgerald (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: July 1, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken (Oakland, CA) Deadline: June 29, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Carlos Bea (San Francisco, CA) Deadline: Aug. 1, 2019 U.S. District Court Judge (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: Sept. 3, 2019 U.S. Magistrate Judge Gregory Wormuth (Las Cruces, NM) Deadline: June 30, 2018* U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frizzell (Tulsa, OK) Deadline: July 1, 2018* U.S. District Court Judge Howard McKibben (Reno, NV) Deadline: July 30, 2018 U.S. Magistrate Judge Steve Kim (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: Dec. 31, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge (San Diego, CA) Deadline: Aug. 30, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers (Oakland, CA) Deadline: May 31, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns (San Diego, CA) Deadline: June 1, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen (San Francisco, CA) Deadline: Aug. 17, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Jesus Bernal (Riverside, CA) Deadline: Dec. 31, 2018 U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Mary Schroeder (Phoenix, AZ) Deadline: Dec. 1, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge George Wu (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: Aug. 31, 2018 U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ernest Robles (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: Dec. 21, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Dale Fischer (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline: Aug. 30, 2018

Note: * These judges have hired King Hall law clerks!

Symplicity - Judges' chambers around the country occasionally post clerkship openings on Symplicity. Please check the website often, as positions are sometimes open only for a short period of time. The following judges are currently hiring:

The Vermont Judiciary. Deadline: May 15, 2018. Symplicity ID 355794. Trial court law clerks concentrate on research and writing for all judges of the civil, criminal, family, environmental, and probate divisions of the superior court, as assigned. Environmental law clerks focus primarily on the environmental division. In-person interviews will be held in June 2018.

Arizona Supreme Court. Symplicity ID 356034. Arizona Supreme Court clerkship applications are being accepted from law students who expect to graduate in 2019 and wish to apply for the 2019-20 term. Students may submit applications at any time, but the Justices will begin scheduling law clerk interviews on June 25, 2018.

Vermont Guide: Information on state judicial clerkships can be found in the Vermont Guide: http://forms.vermontlaw.edu/career/guides. Contact the Career Services Office at (530) 752-6574 for updated login information.

A Sampling of Symplicity

Below is a sampling of career opportunities for students. THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLING, deliberately designed to lure you onto your Symplicity account, where employers and career advisors add dozens of fascinating semester externships, paid internships and job, jobs, jobs every day! We strongly urge you to get in the habit of perusing these listings frequently. To check out these career opportunities, as well as full descriptions of the job openings, please visit Symplicity.

Olson, Hagel & Fishburn LLP Symplicity ID: 356206 Position: Summer 2018 Law Clerk Deadline: by May 21, 2018 Location: Sacramento, CA http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1111433437798&ca=e3da0ec4-8adf-4f65-808c-f979fc5baf2c 4/5 6/1/2018 Career News - May 17, 2018

Kaminitz Law Symplicity ID: 356326 Position: First Year Associate Deadline: June 13, 2018 Location: San Jose, CA

Wong & Hung Symplicity ID: 356295 Position: Associate Attorney (Bilingual Mandarin or Cantonese) Deadline: May 31, 2018 Location: Oakland, CA

Questions? Contact the Career Services Office at [email protected] or call 530.752.6574

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