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. In June, we hold an application and interview selection Summer Preview Program and 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 Winter OCI. See below for more detailed descriptions of these programs.
Private sector employers will be charged registration fees for our Summer and Fall programs. Public interest employers and government agencies are never charged registration fees. Berkeley Law does not permit employers in our Summer or Fall 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 that are made available to employers on the day of their interviews.
Employers with positions available, but who are unable to attend any of the designated OCI program periods should email our Career Development Office Inbox, at Career@law.berkeley.edu, and should consider posting a job announcement on our jobs database, b-Line.
Summer Preview Program
Berkeley Law’s Career Development Office holds a Summer Preview Program (SPP) in addition to our traditional lottery-style interview program (Summer OCI) to provide more transparency and structure for employers and students.
For Summer Preview Program in 2025, students are limited to apply to 15 employers; applications contain resumes and transcripts. Once applications are released to employers, employers review and select candidates for interviews. Employers are fully responsible for scheduling the interviews with students directly. The intent is for employers to schedule interviews between June 9 – July 15, 2025.
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.
In 2024, 77% of Berkeley rising 2Ls participated in SPP.
TIMELINE FOR SUMMER PREVIEW PROGRAM (2025 Recruiting Programs Timeline)
Employer Flo Recruit Registration Deadline: March 31, 2025
Employer Cancellation Deadline: May 1, 2025
Last Date for Employers to modify registrations: May 21, 2025
Student Application Period: May 23 – June 9, 2025 (ends at noon PT)
Employer Candidate Selection Period: June 9 (begins at 1:00 pm PT) – 16, 2025
Deadline for Employers to Input Candidate Invitation Status: June 16, 2025 at 11:59 pm PT
Students Can View Invitation Status: June 17, 2025
Employers Reach out to Students to Schedule Interviews: Starting June 9, 2025
Summer OCI
Our office hosts 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 28-30, 2025. All interviews will be conducted virtually on FloRecruit and in Pacific Time. We regret that we will be unable to accommodate schedules outside of PDT.
In 2024, nearly 45% of the rising 2Ls participated in late July Summer OCI.
TIMELINE FOR SUMMER OCI (2025 Recruiting Programs Timeline)
Employer Registration Initial Deadline: March 31, 2025
Employers Receive Interview Date Confirmation: April 18, 2025
Employer Cancellation Deadline: May 1, 2025
Last Date for Employers to modify registrations: July 16, 2025
Student Bidding Period: July 18 – 22, 2025 at noon PT
Student Interview Open sign-up and Cancellation Period: July 24 – 28, 2025 at 9am PT
Employers Can View Interview Schedules: July 25, 2025 at 2pm PT
Employers Conduct Virtual Interviews: July 28 – 30, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PT
Summer Preview Program and Summer OCI Registration Information
Complete this Form to register for the 2025 Summer Recruitment Programs. After you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with next steps.
Your 2025 Summer Recruitment registration will be considered complete when:
- You have completed this Form;
- You have paid your Summer Recruiting Registration Fees;
- You register and provide job descriptions on Flo Recruit for Summer Preview Program and/or Summer OCI (instructions will be sent to registrants later this Spring); and
- You complete the recruiting survey included in your Flo Recruit registration confirmation email.
The registration deadline to complete all steps is March 31, 2025.
Please reach out to the CDO with questions: career@law.berkeley.edu.
There is a flat fee for Berkeley Law Summer Recruitment (including Summer Preview Program and Summer OCI). The registration fees for private sector employers are:
- 100 attorneys or fewer (total in organization) – $500
- 101 – 249 attorneys (total in organization) – $750
- 250 – 749 attorneys (total in organization) – $1,250
- AmLaw 50 (PPP) AND/OR 750+ attorneys (total in organization) – $2,000
For employers participating in the Summer Preview Program or Summer OCI, we will accept cancellations for a refund on or prior to May 1, 2025. Refunds are not provided for cancellations after May 1.
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.
TIMELINE FOR FALL OCI (2025 Recruiting Program timeline):
Employer Registration Opens: May 1, 2025
Employer Registration Deadline: July 18, 2025
Employers Receive Interview Date or Document Collect Confirmation: Rolling basis
Last Date for Employers to add, cancel, or modify registrations: August 1, 2025
Student Application Period: August 4 – 14 at noon, 2025
Resume Collect Employers Receive Applications: August 14, 2025 at 1pm
Employer Preselection Period: August 14 at 1pm – 21, 2024
Last Date for Employers to cancel, or modify schedule: August 21, 2025
Employers Receive Interview Schedules: August 28, 2025
Virtual Interviews: September 2–19, 2025 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PST
Your OCI program registration(s) are submitted via the Flo Recruit registration link below.
Please review the Flo Recruit Preselect Program Registration Instructions to help you navigate the registration process.
Please note the default registration option is a virtual 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 “Virtual Interview” options, see below.
- Virtual Interview (default option) – our team manages the application and scheduling process for employers to conduct virtual interviews. The platform we will be using is our Flo Recruit video interviewing platform.
- Document Collect – our team still manages the application process for employers, but employers work directly with selected candidates to determine when and how interviews will take place.
The deadline to complete the Flo Recruit registration process is Friday, July 18, 2025.
IMPORTANT: If you have questions about the registration process, or are running into issues, please feel free to email career@law.berkeley.edu.
Winter OCI
Students apply to employers through the Winter OCI program and employers are then able to 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. Through the program employers may interview 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students for summer internships and post-graduation positions.
Program Timeline:
Employer Registration Opens: October 24, 2024
Students Can View Employers: December 2, 2024
Employer Registration Deadline: December 15, 2024
Last Date for Employers to cancel or modify registrations: January 10, 2025
Student Application Period: January 15-21, 2025 (ending at noon PT)
Employer Candidate Selection Period: January 21 (starting at 1:00 pm PT) – 24, 2025
Deadline for Employers to Input Candidate Invitation Status: January 24, 2025 at noon PT
Student Can View Invitation Status: January 24, 2025 at 1pm PT
Employers Reach out to Students to Schedule Interviews: Starting January 21, 2025
OCI program registration(s) are submitted via the Flo Recruit registration links below.
Winter OCI Program Registration
Please review the Flo Recruit Preselect Program Registration Instructions to help you navigate 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.
IMPORTANT: If you have questions about the registration process, or are running into issues, please feel free to email career@law.berkeley.edu.
There will be no participation fees for Winter OCI.