We appreciate your interest in recruiting Berkeley Law students. We encourage you to review the statistics of our current entering class.
Berkeley Law has multiple OCI programs employers can participate in throughout the year. Prior to the start of the Fall Semester classes we hold our Summer OCI, where students take part in interviews during the course of a week. Once classes are underway we host our Fall OCI, and during the beginning of the spring semester, we host the Winter OCI. See below for more detailed descriptions of these programs.
Private sector employers will be charged registration fees for our OCI programs. Public interest employers and government agencies are never charged registration fees. Berkeley Law does not permit employers in any of our OCI programs to review student transcripts in advance (nor do we permit employers to contact students directly for this information in advance of their interviews). Students are instructed to provide copies of their transcripts during their interviews.
Employers with positions available, but who are unable to attend any of the designated OCI program periods should email our Employer Relations and Recruitment Programs Manager, Elizabeth Granlund, at egranlund@law.berkeley.edu, and should consider posting a job announcement on our jobs database, b-Line.
Summer Preview Program
This year, Berkeley Law’s Career Development Office is introducing a preview program in advance of our traditional lottery-style interview program. We hope that this new program provides more transparency and structure for employers and students.
Students will be limited to 8 applications, and applications will contain resumes and transcripts. Once applications are made available to employers, employers will review and select candidates for interviews. Students will be notified of their selection status, and will then acknowledge/accept the selection (or withdraw, if applicable). Employers will be fully responsible for scheduling the interviews with students directly.
Participation in this program is independent of an employer’s election to participate in any of the CDO’s other OCI programs. We encourage employers to participate in all programs to maximize your recruiting efforts at Berkeley Law.
Program timeline:
Employer Registration Opens: February 12, 2024
Initial Employer Registration Deadline: March 20, 2024 (employers can still register until July 16th)
Students Can View Employers: May 13, 2024
Last Date for Employers to add, cancel, or modify registrations: June 7, 2024
Student Application Period: June 10 – 14, 2024 (ending at Noon PT)
Employer Candidate Selection Period: June 14 (starting at 1:00 pm PT) – 20, 2024
Deadline for Employers to Input Candidate Invitation Status: June 20, 2024 at 11:59 pm
Student Can View Invitation Status: June 21, 2024
Employers Reach out to Students to Schedule Interviews: Starting June 21, 2024
Summer OCI
Our office will also be hosting Summer OCI (formerly called Early Interview Week), our traditional, lottery style interview program where students will be assigned to interviews based on our lottery algorithm system. Interviews will take place July 30 – August 1, 2024. All interviews will be conducted virtually and in Pacific Time. We regret that we will be unable to accommodate schedules outside of PDT.
Program timeline:
Employer Registration Opens: February 12, 2024
Initial Employer Registration Deadline: March 20, 2024 (employers can register until June 7th, 2024)
Employers Receive Interview Date Confirmation: March 27, 2024
Students Can View Employers: May 13, 2024
Last Date for Employers to add, cancel, or modify registrations: July 16, 2024
Student Bidding Period: July 17 – 22, 2024
Student Interview Open Sign-up and Cancellation Period: July 24 – 26, 2025
Employers Can View Interview Schedules: July 27, 2024
Employers Conduct Virtual Interviews: July 30 – August 1, 2024 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PT
Summer Preview Program and Summer OCI Registration Information
Your registration will be considered complete when:
1) Your OCI program registration(s) are submitted via the Flo Recruit registration links below.
Summer Preview Program Registration
Please review the Flo Recruit Preselect Program Registration Instructions to help you with navigating the registration process.. Please note you will have the “Document Collect” option, please DO NOT choose that option. If you accidentally choose this option, we will correct it on the backend.
Please review the Flo Recruit Lottery Registration Instructions to help you with navigating the registration process.
2) You complete the precruiting survey included in your Flo Recruit registration confirmation email. Only one person needs to complete the survey for the firm and responses should include the recruiting information requested for all offices you are recruiting for this coming summer, not just the offices that you are registering for during our OCI programs. We will be using the information captured in this survey to help us counsel our students on the upcoming recruiting season. We will not consider your registration complete until we receive your survey responses.
The deadline to complete all parts of the registration process is Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to include the correct office locations and/or practice areas you are interviewing for in each registration.
Our Summer Preview Program and Summer OCI registration fees for law firms or corporations of the following sizes are:
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- 50 attorneys or fewer (total in organization) – $325 per each registration
- 51-100 attorneys (total in organization) – $675 per each registration
- 101 – 500 attorney (total in organization) – $750 per each registration
- 500+ attorneys (total in organization) – $900 per each registration
IMPORTANT: For employers participating in our summer OCI programs, total fees will be based on the highest number of registrations received for either program. There will be no additional cost for participation in the other program. Invoices will be sent to employers AFTER the registration deadline on March 20, 2024.
For employers participating in the Summer Preview Program, we will accept cancellations for a refund minus a $150 registration fee on or prior to June 7, 2024. Refunds are not provided for cancellations after June 7.
For employers ONLY participating in Summer OCI, we will accept cancellations for a refund minus a $150 registration fee on or prior to July 11, 2024. Refunds are not provided for cancellations after July 11.
Fall OCI
Our Fall OCI has a slightly later timeline with interviews being conducted in September, and is more tailored to the hiring timelines of public interest, government, and smaller firms, who are hiring for summer internship/associate programs, and/or entry-level positions. In comparison, the Summer Preview Program and Summer OCI are primarily structured for employers who are hiring summer interns/associates and entry-level associates on an accelerated and/or earlier timeline..
Employers who register for our Fall OCI will be able to sign-up for a resume collect or interview schedule option. Those who sign-up for the interview option will be able to select the candidates they want to interview. This biggest difference besides the timing of these programs are the ways in which employers are assigned interviews.
Program Timeline:
Employer Registration Deadline: July 19, 2024
Employers Receive Interview Date or Resume Collect Confirmation: Rolling basis
Last Date for Employers to add, cancel or modify registrations: August 1, 2024
Student Application Period: August 2 – 15, 2024
Resume Collect Employers Receive Applications: August 16, 2024
Employer Preselection Period: August 16 – 23, 2024
Students Acknowledge Interview Invitations: August 26 – 28, 2024
Employers Receive Interview Schedules: August 29, 2024
In-person or Virtual On-Campus Interviews: September 3– 20, 2024 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PT
Your OCI program registration(s) are submitted via the Flo Recruit registration links below.
Please review the Flo Recruit Preselect Program Registration Instructions to help you navigate the registration process.
Please note the default registration option is an interview schedule. If you want to have a “Resume Collect” type schedule you will need to choose “Document Collect Only” toggle within the registration process. To give you more context on the difference between the “Document Collect” and “Interview” options, see below.
- Document Collect – the school would still manage the application process for employers, but employers would work directly with selected candidates to determine when and how interviews would take place.
- Interview [Virtual or In-person] – the school would manage the application and scheduling process for employers to conduct video or in-person interviews. If you choose this option, you will need to respond to the survey question in the registration form asking if you would prefer to have an in-person, or virtual interview schedule. If you choose to have a virtual interview schedule, the default platform we will be using is our Flo Recruit video interviewing platform, if you need to use your own interviewing platform, please contact career@law.berkeley.edu to coordinate.
The deadline to complete the registration process is Friday, July 19, 2024.
IMPORTANT: If you have questions about the registration process, or are running into issues, please feel free to email career@law.berkeley.edu.
Our Fall OCI registration fees for law firms or corporations of the following sizes are:
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- 50 attorneys or fewer (total in organization) – $325 per each registration
- 51+ attorneys (total in organization) – $675 per each registration
IMPORTANT: Once your registration has been approved, we will send you an invoice with payment instructions.
For employers participating in the Fall OCI Program, we will accept cancellations for a refund, minus a $50 (for 50 attorneys or fewer) or $150 (for 50+ attorneys) registration fee, on or prior to August 2, 2024. Refunds are not provided for cancellations after August 2nd.
Winter OCI
Similar to our Fall OCI, students apply through the Winter OCI program and employers are then able to pre-screen applicants, inviting those in whom they are interested. Through the program employers may interview 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students for summer internships and post-graduation positions.
Program Timeline:
Coming November 2024
Your OCI program registration(s) are submitted via the Flo Recruit registration links below.
Coming November 2024
Please review the Flo Recruit Preselect Program Registration Instructions to help you navigate the registration process.
Please note the default registration option is an interview schedule. If you want to have a “Resume Collect” type schedule you will need to choose “Document Collect Only” toggle within the registration process. To give you more context on the difference between the “Document Collect” and “Interview” options, see below.
- Document Collect – the school would still manage the application process for employers, but employers would work directly with selected candidates to determine when and how interviews would take place.
- Interview [Virtual or In-person] – the school would manage the application and scheduling process for employers to conduct video or in-person interviews. If you choose this option, you will need to respond to the survey question in the registration form asking if you would prefer to have an in-person, or virtual interview schedule. If you choose to have a virtual interview schedule, the default platform we will be using is our Flo Recruit video interviewing platform, if you need to use your own interviewing platform, please contact career@law.berkeley.edu to coordinate.
IMPORTANT: If you have questions about the registration process, or are running into issues, please feel free to email career@law.berkeley.edu.
Our Winter OCI registration fees for law firms or corporations of the following sizes are:
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- TBD
IMPORTANT: Once your registration has been approved, we will send you an invoice with payment instructions.
For employers participating in the Winter OCI Program, we will accept cancellations for a refund, minus a $50 (for 50 attorneys or fewer) or $150 (for 50+ attorneys) registration fee, on or prior to TBD. Refunds are not provided for cancellations after TBD.