The Career Development Office offers many recruitment programs during the fall season.  We encourage you to participate in any or all of these formal recruitment programs, but it is extremely important for you to realize that these programs are not the only way to secure a summer or permanent position.  These programs receive much attention, but it is typically only the large law firms which are able to predict their hiring needs for the next year and recruit in the fall.  Only an estimated 10% of all law students nationally are hired through formal recruitment programs.  The Career Development Office offers many other programs and services to help you reach your goals.

To participate in the recruitment programs you will have to use Symplicity, a web-based recruitment and database management system.  Symplicity contains information on the organizations recruiting at Suffolk this fall and allows you to research employers, apply to employers, and sign up for interviews online. 

Resources to help you during the recruitment process:

Registration/Recruitment Programs -- information on each recruitment program with application

     instructions

Office Interview Policies and Rules (pdf)

Student Guide to Symplicity (pdf)

Open Letter to Law Students -- useful handout from the National Association for Law

     Placement with interviewing tips and information

Applying Directly to Large Law Firms (pdf) -- handout on how to apply to large law firms which

     are not interviewing on-campus

The Second or "Callback" Interview (pdf) -- handout about the callback interview process

General Standards for the Timing of Offers and Decisions -- guidelines established by the

     National Association for Law Placement

Top 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions After Fall On-Campus Recruiting -- CDO handout

List of Fall 2008 Recruitment Programs and Participating Employers (pdf) 

List of Schedule Changes and Additions to Fall 2008 Recruitment Programs (pdf)

List of Employers Participating in the Government/Public Interest Program (pdf) (coming soon)

October 23 & 24, 2008 at Boston College Law School

MA Consortium Symplicity website (for interviewing employers; Session: Fall Gov PI)

Due Date:  Tuesday, September 9th, 12:00pm 

List of Employers that Have Returned Their Interview Selections (coming soon)

Spring On-Campus Interviews and Resume Collections 

List of Employers Participating in the Government/Public Interest Program (pdf)

List of Changes and Additions to the Government/Public Interest Program (pdf)

List of Changes and Additions to the Government/Public Interest Program #2 (pdf)

List of Changes and Additions to the Government/Public Interest Program #3 (pdf)

January 17& 18, 2008 at Suffolk Law School

MA Consortium Symplicity website (for interviewing employers)

Suffolk Symplicity website (for collection only employers)

Due Date:  Thursday, December 6th, 10:00am

Due Date for new additions:  Friday, January 4th, 10:00am

Phase Names and Resume Due Dates:

(by phase name)

Phase Names and Resume Due Dates:

(by due date)