6/1/2018 Career News - May 24, 2018 May 24, 2018 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: Alumni Directory OCI Sessions: Job Search Resources Session: July 30 - August 3 Location: UC Davis Hyatt Place Hotel Symplicity Bid Deadline: July 12 *there is no OCI on Aug 2 **this session occurs before school begins so make arrangements to Career News Archives be available Archive of Recorded Session:August 6-7 CSO Presentations Location: King Hall Bid Deadline: July 12 ** this session occurs before school begins so make arrangements to Call 530.752.6574 or email be available [email protected] to schedule an appointment. 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: 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. UC Immigrant Legal Services Opportunities The University of California Immigrant Legal Services Center is seeking motivated attorneys and recent law graduates to join their team. The UC Center Immigration Law Fellow (Symplicity ID 356338) will work together with the Center's Managing Attorneys to serve the UC system's undocumented and immigrant student population. This is a one-year fellowship position with the possibility of an extension to two years. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1111433437798&ca=2372d6e3-e592-43b5-a322-c474a3f81ae3 1/5 6/1/2018 Career News - May 24, 2018 The Center is also hiring a licensed Staff Attorney (Symplicity ID 356385). This is a one-year contract position with the possibility of contract renewal. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply. The application deadline for both positions is June 25, 2018. Research Assistant Opportunity Professor Shestowsky is currently accepting applications for a Research Assistant for this summer and continuing through December 2018. Applicants must have strong writing skills and have either taken courses in negotiations or ADR or have a background in the social sciences. See Symplicity ID 356378 for application instructions. The application deadline is Friday, May 25th at 5:00pm (TOMORROW!). 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 (San Francisco) - workers' rights - applications due May 29, 2018 14th Annual Bay Area Diversity Career Fair Registration--NOW OPEN!! 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 law 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. For example, we have three graduates from the class of 2018 that will be starting with Simpson Thacher this fall who received callback invitations from their summer reception. If you are interested in a particular firm, I encourage you to attend these events over the summer. Below is a list of firms hosting summer receptions this summer in either the Bay Area or Southern California (or in some cases, both). We will continue to update the list of receptions in our weekly Career News e-newsletter, so check your email for updates. Note that many firms will be hosting receptions in cities outside of California as well, including Seattle, New York, Washington D.C., Houston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia 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. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1111433437798&ca=2372d6e3-e592-43b5-a322-c474a3f81ae3 2/5 6/1/2018 Career News - May 24, 2018 Firm: Morgan Lewis Where: One Market, Spear Street Tower (San Francisco); 300 South Grand Ave. (Los Angeles) When: June 4, 2018, 5-7pm RSVP: by Monday, May 21, 2018 to [email protected] (San Francisco), or [email protected] (Los Angeles). They are still accepting RSVP, but please reply as soon as possible. Firm: Goodwin Where: 3 Embarcadero Center (San Francisco); 601 S. Figueroa St. (Los Angeles) When: Tuesday, June 12, 6:00-8:00pm (San Francisco); Wednesday, June 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm (Los Angeles) RSVP: Register Here by June 12 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) RSVP: Register Here by June 12 Firm: Venable LLP Where: Los Angeles, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2300 When: June 20, 2018, 6pm RSVP: Molly Isken ([email protected] ) Firm: Fox Rothschild LLP Where: Los Angeles When: Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 5:30pm-7pm RSVP: RSVP and questions to: [email protected] 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 Rocky Mountain Legal Diversity Career Fair The Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair is an excellent forum for law students and law school graduates interested in working in the Rocky Mountain region to meet with employers and discuss employment opportunities with the goal of expanding options and assisting the legal profession in fulfilling its commitment to diversity. This year, the Fair will be held on July 13, 2018, from 8am-1pm (MT) at the Mile High Stadium in Denver. Student registration for the Fair is now open. Bidding begins June 5, 2018. Register, and learn more, here. 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].