Fall and Spring Recruiting Information
The Fall Recruiting Program provides law firms,
government agencies, the military, and other legal employers
an opportunity to interview students primarily for full-time
summer associate and/or entry-level positions. Many larger
firms hire approximately 90-95% of their entry-level attorneys
from their summer associate programs; therefore, second-year
day and third-year evening students should approach the
summer job hunt as if it were a search for permanent work.
Additionally, legal employers will interview students in
their final year for entry-level attorney positions.
Fall Recruiting begins in August of each year and ends
sometime in October. Fall Recruiting is open to second,
third, fourth-year and LLM students. The program consists
of two job search techniques: On-Campus Interviews and Resume
Collection.
For the job search to be meaningful during Fall Recruiting,
students should focus on their general areas of interest
and thoroughly research the employer prior to their initial
contact. Although CDAS maintains files of employer brochures
and other resources to assist in research, many students
find that an employer's website is frequently the best source
of information.
The Spring Recruiting Program is designed to appeal
to a larger variety of legal employers that may not necessarily
hire during the traditional Fall Hiring season. Spring Recruiting
includes law firms (primarily medium and small), government
agencies, the military, non-profit organizations, corporations,
and other legal employers looking for part-time and full-time
law clerks, summer help, and entry-level attorneys. Spring
Recruiting is open to all George Mason University School
of Law students. Spring Recruiting begins in January and
runs through early April of each year. Like Fall Recruiting,
the program consists of two job search techniques: On-Campus
Interviews and Resume Collection.
Student surveys about employers and the interview process
during Fall and Spring Recruiting are available in CDAS
in the Work Experience Binder.
Recruiting Procedures for
Students
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Jun 15, 2005
