Private Sector Mentorship Program: Organized Campus Interviews (OCI) (March – June)
The Private Sector Mentorship Program is a collaborative effort between the Alumni Engagement Office and the Career Development Office. Our goal for this mentoring program is to connect alumni with current UC Berkeley Law first-year students and provide them with mentors to help them prepare for interviews with private-sector and plaintiff-side law firms. This limited-duration program is designed specifically to help students think through the law firm recruitment process and to prepare students for interviews with large law firms that regularly hire 2Ls as summer associates. Mentors are matched with a student via the Berkeley Law Connect platform. We anticipate that mentors will register in March, to be matched with a mentee in late March or early April, and will meet with their mentee in May to discuss the student’s career objectives and the law firm interview process. We also anticipate that a mock interview and feedback session will take place in May or early June as final preparation for UC Berkeley Law’s Summer Preview Program, which is generally held in early June. This timeline is subject to change given the dynamic and ever-changing legal recruiting landscape and will be updated in Fall 2025
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New volunteer? berkeleylawconnect.xinspire.com/programs/oci/register/75
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Public Interest/Public Sector (PI/PS) (September-January)
The Public Interest/Public Sector (PIPS) Mentors Program is a collaborative effort between the Alumni Engagement Office and the Career Development Office. Our goal for this mentoring program is to connect Berkeley Law alumni with a 1L student who is interested in Public Interest/Public Sector work and provide these students with mentors to assist them with their job and fellowship search efforts with non-profit organizations, NGOs, and government agencies. Alumni mentors register in September and are matched with a student in October via the Berkeley Law Connect platform. Mentors are asked to meet with their mentees in October to discuss the student’s career objectives; a second check-in meeting takes place in January.