OCS Events Calendar

Office of Career Services
4020 Wasserstein Hall (WCC)
1585 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

617-495-3119

OCS Events

Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact ocs@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event.

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    Inside Law Firm Pro Bono: A Mini Course for Your Future in the Public or Private Sector

    October 9, 2025
    12:20 pm – 1:20 pm

    Are you a 2L or 3L going to Big Law and hoping to integrate pro bono into your career?  Or are you going to nonprofit/legal services and want to learn how to partner with Big Law on pro bono projects? David Lash and Steven Schulman, two law firm pro bono…

  • Akin Gump Pro Bono Scholars Office Hours with Steven Schulman

    October 9, 2025
    2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Sign up for a 20-minute coffee session to chat with Partner Steven Schulman about the 1L Pro Bono Scholars Program. Sign up for a time slot in Symplicity. About the Program The summer after your 1L year, you’ll spend six weeks working at Akin and the rest of…

  • DC Market Lunch

    October 15, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

    Pound Hall; 101 Ballantine Classroom
    Heard the phrase “government-facing work”? Want to learn what that means? Come learn about DC legal market from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the market. Lunch will be provided.

  • Office Hours with DC Legal Market Expert

    October 15, 2025
    2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Sign up for a 20-minute meeting with DC legal market headhunter, Matt Schwartz of Garrison & Sisson, Inc. to get your questions answered about the DC legal market. Sign up for time slot in CSM. Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about…

  • New York Market Lunch

    October 16, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

    Pound Hall; 102 Classroom
    Want to practice in the largest legal market in the world, which is home to 40% of all summer associate positions? Come learn about the New York legal market from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the market.

  • OCS Peer Adviser Resume and Cover Letter Workshop

    October 16, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

    Room varies by date.
    In a small group setting, 1Ls will work with OCS’s 3L Peer Advisers on how to draft a professional, impressive resume and a persuasive cover letter for the private sector. Students can either bring their application materials to the workshop or take notes for later. Feel free to bring your lunch.

  • Boston Market Lunch

    October 17, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

    WCC; 1010 Classroom
    Enjoying Boston? Interested in life sciences/tech? Come learn about the Boston legal market from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the market. Lunch will be provided.

  • Office Hours with Boston Legal Market Expert

    October 17, 2025
    2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Sign up for a 20-minute meeting with Boston legal market headhunter, Jason McCann of Gridline Search & Consulting to get your questions answered about the Boston legal market. Sign up for a time slot in CSM. Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about…

  • California Market Lunch

    October 22, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

    WCC; 1015 Classroom
    Do you believe the West Coast is the best coast? Come learn about the Northern and Southern California legal markets from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the markets. Lunch will be served.

  • Office Hours with CA Legal Market Expert

    October 22, 2025
    2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Sign up for a 20-minute meeting with CA legal market headhunter Eve Jaffe of Garb Jaffe & Associates Legal Placement, LLC. Get your questions answered about the CA legal market. Sign up for time slot in CSM. Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions…

  • Firm Fair

    October 22, 2025
    4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Milstein East and West
    Mark your calendar for the can’t miss event of the semester: OCS’ Firm Fair. Firm Fair offers you the chance to meet with law firm representatives, ask questions, and start to learn which firms will be of interest to you. This event is for HLS 1Ls. Food will be provided.

  • LL.M. Series: Interviewing

    October 28, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

    WCC 1010
    An interview is your chance to showcase your qualifications and enthusiasm for a law firm position. Attend this session to learn how to prepare for and succeed in your US-style interviews.

  • Inside Litigation Boutiques

    October 29, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

    Pound Hall; 101 Ballantine Classroom
    With the 1L summer job search and 2L summer private sector job search now taking place during your jam-packed 1L year, it is more important than ever to understand the different paths you can take to achieve your career goals. Come hear from 2Ls who pursued law firm, in house, and public sector jobs for 1L summer and about when and how they balanced their 2L law firm search.

  • Meet the Judge: Hon. Robert Kirsch, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

    November 3, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

    Room will be shared with RSVP’d attendees.
    Hear from Judge Robert Kirsch, from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, about his work and clerking and ask questions in a live, face-to-face, small group setting.

  • OCS Peer Adviser Resume and Cover Letter Workshop

    November 5, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

    Room varies by date.
    In a small group setting, 1Ls will work with OCS’s 3L Peer Advisers on how to draft a professional, impressive resume and a persuasive cover letter for the private sector. Students can either bring their application materials to the workshop or take notes for later. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Local Employer Events

OCS coordinates events on and near campus. These employer events are a great opportunity to learn more about the firms that recruit HLS students. Events in the Fall and Spring semester will be posted in this section.

Note that employer events that are not coordinated by OCS will be posted as Other Career Events.

  • Coffee Chats will take place in-person in the OCS lobby (WCC 4020) from 12-2:00pm. These are drop-in events (no RSVP).
  • Receptions will take place in-person at local restaurants near the HLS campus/Harvard Square. Events take place in the evening. RSVP is highly encouraged.

Virtual Employer Events

OCS coordinates virtual chats and office hours for employers interested in recruiting HLS students. These events are usually hosted on a platform like Flo Recruit or Zoom and are a great opportunity to learn more about the firms. Events in the Fall and Spring semester will be posted in this section.

  • Office Hours: Registration required. Events are drop-in style. You do not need to attend the full session.

Other Career Events

In addition to OCS and Employer events, we share information from employers, student groups, and other legal organizations and groups about career-related events and opportunities. Information about these events is not generated or solicited by OCS.

Upcoming Other Career Events to see a list of upcoming career-related events and opportunities.

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