EIW/FIP AND FALL RECRUITING
We will definitely need to be in touch with you over the summer because of early deadlines for participation. Below are two must-do action items if you are considering participating in EIW.
If you are interested in working for a large law firm in the summer of 2015 (i.e., the type of firm that typically extends permanent job offers at the end of the summer), you should be planning on participating in EIW. It will be those firms’ primary (for some, the only) means by which they hire summer associates.
Action items:
- Update (or confirm the accuracy of) the Employment Preferences and Personal Information (ESPECIALLY YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS) in the Profile section of b-Line.
- Make certain your @berkeley.edu address continues functioning throughout the summer and that CDO emails (including mgrenhart@law.berkeley.edu and tgalligan@law.berkeley.edu) will get through your spam filter.
As we discussed in the April 8th’s info session [the link to which can be found here] , EIW and FIP are only one of many job search tools. You should also be checking the jobs tab of b-Line regularly throughout the summer for non- EIW summer 2016 opportunities. Many firms choose to post a summer associate position on b-Line in lieu of registering for our on-campus interview programs. We’ve collected some information on alternatives to OCI here.
Also — and this is particularly true if you will be looking for out-of-state positions for next summer and you will be in that location this summer — consider targeted emails to employers who will not be participating in EIW (CDO attorney-counselors can help you with this). Sarah Cunniff prepared a helpful how-to webcast on this subject, which you can find here.
You can find our 2015 EIW/FIP informational webpage here. You can find links to all of our EIW/FIP programming that we did in March and April here. It includes a link to the April 8, 2015 EIW/FIP Info Session.
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC INTEREST JOB SEARCH
For those of you who are also interested in conducting a government or public interest job search as 2Ls, we posted a link to a recording of our recent presentation on the subject here.
An effective government or public interest job search will need to focus more on direct applications and FIP (with the possible exception of one or two large plaintiff’s firms that typically extend post-summer permanent offers; these firms will likely participate in EIW). Eric Stern (estern@law.berkeley.edu, Melanie Rowen (mrowen@law.berkeley.edu), and Alex Lee (alee@law.berkeley.edu) will be sending out emails with suggested strategies and advice over the course of the summer. Make sure to check your @berkeley email account over the summer (and make sure their emails will get through your spam filter).
Such a search requires a more customized approach, so you should check in with us over the summer and early fall to develop a strategy suited to your individual needs/interests.