Having trouble viewing this email?Click here June 23, 2015 Symplicity Downtime During Upgrades Symplicity will be making several database server upgrades this week. The upgrades will be performed between 6:00am and 7:00am EST on: Tuesday, June 23 Wednesday, June 24 Thursday, June 25 Alumni Directory You may experience 5-10 minutes of system downtime during this timeframe. Job Search Resources Save the Dates - 2015 Fall OCI Symplicity Viewing and Bidding: Career News Archives June 12: Viewing of employers opens (all sessions) June 19: Bidding/applying opens (all sessions) Archive of Recorded CSO Presentations 2015 Fall OCI Sessions: August 10-14 (Held at UC Davis Hyatt Place Hotel) Walk-In Hours: August 13 (Off-Campus, Held in Silicon Valley) August 31 - September 4 (Held in King Hall) Walk-in hours are suspended for the summer and will September 8-11 (Held at King Hall) recommence in August. Please call 530.752.6574 to Resume Collection Sessions: schedule an appointment and July Resume Collection note whether you would like August Resume Collection to meet in person or over Paul Hastings Resume Collection the phone. OCI PROCESS QUESTIONS: Please contact Kim Thomas at 530.754.5719 or [email protected] with questions pertaining to Symplicity, OCI, Off-Campus or the Resume Collection process. You can also stop by Career Services. Fenwick & West Rising 2L Reception Please join our attorneys and our 2015 summer associates for a reception to learn more about Fenwick & West LLP! Business casual attire. We look forward to meeting you! Thursday, July 23 5:30 - 7:30pm Fenwick & West LLP 801 California St. Mountain View, CA 94041 RSVP to: [email protected] http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/...2ebf2&c=f034fde0-7dee-11e3-bf03-d4ae528eb986&ch=f0baa8a0-7dee-11e3-bf1e-d4ae528eb986[6/23/2015 8:49:39 AM] NOTE: Fenwick & West LLP is registered to participate in the UC Davis Fall OCI program. Attending this presentation is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Fenwick & West before OCI. Diversity Recruiting Panel at Arnold & Porter Arnold & Porter invites you to a Q&A about the upcoming recruiting season. When: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 5:30-7:30 pm (Reception with light hors d' oeuvres and refreshments from 5:30-6:15 pm) Where: Arnold & Porter LLP 3 Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor San Francisco, CA Click here to RSVP. Space is limited to the first 30 students to sign up. This event is designed for 2L students from diverse backgrounds to ask questions and hear insider tips from Arnold & Porter's attorneys, including a firm-wide hiring partner. This is a wonderful way to prepare for the upcoming interview season and demystify the OCI process. We intend for it to be a safe space to ask questions. Please email John Muse-Fisher with any questions at [email protected]. Interview Boot Camp - Class of 2017 Please save the date for Thursday, August 6th for an Interview Boot Camp information session from 5 to 6 pm at UC Davis School of Law. During the session, Career Services will go over important interview tips and strategies and walk you through the entire on campus interview process to prepare you for upcoming interviews. We strongly recommend that you either attend this session or watch the video recording before your interviews. The program will then be followed by additional mock interviews at King Hall for those interested. More information regarding these programs will be sent via email to the class listserv over the summer. OCI BIDDING OPENED JUNE 19 Bidding for OCI, Off-Campus and Resume Collections opens June 19th. Before you can place bids, you need to upload documents in your Documents section. The "Apply" button will only appear once you have uploaded all the documents an employer is requesting. If an employer has requested a document that you have not uploaded it will say "not selected" in the Bid/Application Details area of the posting; once uploaded a drop-down menu will appear in the place of "not selected". Some employers will ask for "Other Documents"; the other documents requested are listed in the "Additional Requests" section of the posting. Symplicity allows you to store a maximum of 20 documents at a time. Maximum file size per document is 500kb. You can delete cover letters once you have bid for an employer to make room to upload more documents. Deleted documents remain attached to your bids. Many employers request transcripts. Official transcripts may be over the document size limit so it is recommended that you create and upload an unofficial transcript. Copy your transcript from SIS Web and paste it into a Word document; be sure your name is at the top of the transcript. Once saved you can upload it to Symplicity. When uploading, label law school transcripts as "Unofficial Transcripts" and non-law school transcripts as "Other Document." NOTE: You can only have one "Other Document" and one "Unofficial Transcript" uploaded at a time. If an employer is requesting multiple 'other documents' or transcripts you may need to consolidate some documents; usually you would want to consolidate transcripts. Is there an advantage to bidding early? No. But do not wait until the last minute to complete your http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/...2ebf2&c=f034fde0-7dee-11e3-bf03-d4ae528eb986&ch=f0baa8a0-7dee-11e3-bf1e-d4ae528eb986[6/23/2015 8:49:39 AM] applications in case you have questions that you did not anticipate about Symplicity or bidding. Additionally, Symplicity tends to run slow when many students are logged in at once. If you are in the middle of doing a bid and the deadline passes, Symplicity will not allow you to complete your bid. Once the bidding deadline passes it is not possible to change, submit, or withdraw bids. We have also found that those in a hurry often make mistakes, which can result in application materials being discarded by the employer. Please review you application materials carefully. Every year students accidentally upload cover letters addressed to the wrong employer. Please remember to check all of your application materials carefully. Employers do not have access to student bids during the bidding period. The day after the bidding deadline is when employers receive access to application materials. Although they will have access to your application materials after the bidding deadline they cannot see when you placed your bid or how you ranked your bid. Post-Bar Public Interest Law Fellowship Applications Attention King Hall Class of 2016: If you are considering applying for a post-bar public interest law fellowship (such as Skadden, Soros and Equal Justice Works), please note that the applications will be due in late summer/early fall! Therefore, the time is NOW to approach potential host organizations and begin developing projects. In fact, several prominent public interest organizations (among them the National Immigration Law Center, Centro Legal de la Raza, Bay Area Legal Aid, DNA-People's Legal Services...) have posted announcements seeking student candidates to partner with. Check Symplicity or those organization's websites for more information. There are slightly different considerations, deadlines and procedures when applying for each type of fellowship! As an example, see below for initial guidance from Equal Justice Works. For a general orientation to post-bar public interest fellowships, please watch the February 12, 2015 presentation on that topic under Career Services Presentations on the law school intranet. For individualized counseling by phone, email or in person regarding post-bar public interest fellowships, please contact Timothy Griffiths ([email protected]). We are eager to assist you with this process in any way we can, so please reach out, even if you are not yet certain you will apply! Take care, Your Friends in the Career Services Office Simpson Thacher Summer Open House (for Class of 2017) Rising 2L Open House Invitation - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett - Palo Alto Office - July 20 Get a head start on your fall job search! Join us on our patio for appetizers and drinks. We welcome all rising 2Ls interested in meeting our attorneys and learning more about our summer associate positions. RSVP at: http://event.celebrations.com/2015STBOpenHouse Monday, July 20, 2015 from 5:30-7:30pm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 2475 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 A shuttle to/from San Francisco will be available. For more information, please contact Manager of Legal Recruiting and Associate Life, Lauren Adriani: [email protected] http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/...2ebf2&c=f034fde0-7dee-11e3-bf03-d4ae528eb986&ch=f0baa8a0-7dee-11e3-bf1e-d4ae528eb986[6/23/2015 8:49:39 AM] Note from Career Services: Simpson Thacher is registered for the UC Davis School of Law's Off- Campus Interview Program (August 13 in Redwood City). Attending Simpson Thacher's open house is a great opportunity to meet their attorneys before the Off-Campus Interview Program! 2015 Summer Job Fairs Click here for a complete list of upcoming job fairs. Hispanic National Bar Association's Annual Convention & Career Fair When When: September 2-5, 2015 Location: Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, MA Registration Period: April 13 - August 29, 2015 Class Level: 2L, 3L, Alumni HNBA Career Fair Travel Stipend: Law Students may apply for a Career Fair Travel Stipend geared towards reimbursing expenses for travel and lodging for out-of-state students. Submit your Career Fair Travel Stipend Application by July 13th, 2015. Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair When: August 5 - 7, 2015 Location: Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Chicago, Illinois Registration Period: January 12 - July 24, 2015 Class Level: 2L, 3L, Alumni Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair When: October 23-24, 2015 Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA Registration Period: August 11 - September 14, 2015 Class Level: 2L, 3L U.S.