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Engaging with HLS faculty makes for a more educational and enjoyable law school experience. More concretely, faculty recommendation letters are required in applications for certain types of jobs, including judicial clerkships and fellowships. Get insights from a panel about how best to cultivate substantive relationships with faculty. This program will be recorded and posted to the OCS website. Lunch will be provided to those who register before Wed, Sept 25th at 9am. Register here. Co-Sponsored by OCS, OPIA, and OCP.

The 2025 Overseas-Trained LL.M. Interview Program (“The LLM Job Fair”) will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2025 (virtually). At this information session you will…

Networking is an important part of your LL.M. job search. Many law firm jobs are obtained, or sometimes even created, through networking. Attend this program…

A judicial clerkship is one of the most substantive jobs you can have at the beginning of a career in law. Learn about this exciting…

Professional and polished job search documents are the foundation for every successful LL.M. job search. Attend this session to learn the basics about how to…

2Ls, if you are interested in clerking, what should you be doing now? After reviewing last fall’s Introduction to Judicial Clerkships for a big-picture…

Firms Attending Akin
Alston & Bird Arnold & Porter
Baker Botts
Baker McKenzie
Boies Schiller Flexner
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Cleary…

This page highlights important academic advising events and directs J.D. and LL.M. students to the correct department for all their academic advising questions. Academic Advising…

Key Market Takeaways US-trained lawyers primarily work in Canada in one of two ways: as a Canadian-barred lawyer or a US-barred Foreign Legal Consultant. Most…

A Note on Phone Calls Legal recruiting is a fast-paced process, and the law firm recruiting teams constantly field phone calls. Communicating with you is…

Categories of Interview Questions Below is a non-exhaustive list of common interview questions. There are no “right” answers. You should avoid “canned” or overly rehearsed…

What is a Psychometric Assessment? An employer may ask you to complete a “test” or “assessment” as part of your application. Suited, Thine,…

How to Prepare for Interviews Determine what you want to highlight about yourself in the interview. Ultimately, you should be able to answer two questions: Consider:…

last revised: 7/10/25 The dates listed below are generally about applications for October Term 2026, based on the Justices’ hiring practices from previous years and…

Mail Merge Option For your convenience, we offer a spreadsheet of the various items that change from justice to justice (xlsx) so that you can plug…

When a HLS clerk has agreed to be contacted by future HLS applicants seeking advice, an email is listed. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.

Judges Interviewing You Call or email right away judges with whom you previously interviewed and judges with whom you have upcoming interviews. They seem to…

A thank you note to a judge after a clerkship interview is not always expected but is often appreciated. Many judges are formal, “old school”…

Some students will go into summer jobs wanting to interrupt them for clerkship interviews while others already may have secured early clerkships. That raises the…

The first step is to respond promptly to an interview invitation. Usually invitations will come by phone or email so be sure to monitor both. Although you…

Judges’ law clerks are subject to official and unofficial rules restricting their conduct. While some of the rules are obvious (e.g., don’t accept bribes), others…