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  1. 11:45am 2019-01-22T13:00-06:00
    Ace Your Legal Interviews

    Join us for this interactive program designed to prepare you to ace every interview. You will identify your unique professional strengths and practice putting those strengths in the most favorable light to ensure your best chance at getting a job offer. You will leave the program with confidence in your ability to both prepare for and nail every interview. Lunch will be served.

    RSVP online by Monday, January 21. Please note that you must first complete Steps 1 and 3 of your Interview Preparation Checklist (PDF or Word) so you can upload with your RSVP. Please visit the Preparing for Legal Interviews webpage for instructions on completing the Checklist.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/22/41525/

January 23
  1. All day
    Mock Interview Program for 1Ls

    Each spring the CSO hosts the Mock Interview Program for 1Ls (as well as 2Ls & 3Ls if space permits) to practice interviewing with actual attorneys. Mock interviews provide students with valuable interviewing experience and offer attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students and introduce these students to the legal interviewing process.

    Mock interviews will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review. Dress professionally as you would for a real interview on the day of your mock interview.

    To prepare for your upcoming interviews, please watch the Preparing for Legal Interviews in Five Steps video (9:01 minutes) or review the Five Steps brochure (PDF) and be sure you have completed your Interview Preparation Worksheet (Word).

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/23/44105/

January 24
  1. All day
    Mock Interview Program for 1Ls

    Each spring the CSO hosts the Mock Interview Program for 1Ls (as well as 2Ls & 3Ls if space permits) to practice interviewing with actual attorneys. Mock interviews provide students with valuable interviewing experience and offer attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students and introduce these students to the legal interviewing process.

    Mock interviews will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review. Dress professionally as you would for a real interview on the day of your mock interview.

    To prepare for your upcoming interviews, please watch the Preparing for Legal Interviews in Five Steps video (9:01 minutes) or review the Five Steps brochure (PDF) and be sure you have completed your Interview Preparation Worksheet (Word).

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/24/44106/

  2. 11:45am 2019-01-24T12:45-06:00
    Akin Gump Pro Bono Scholar Info Session

    Learn about pro bono at large law firms and Akin Gump’s 2019 Pro Bono Scholars Program. The Akin Gump Summer Pro Bono Scholars Program provides top first-year law students interested in law firm practice the opportunity to develop an early expertise in public interest law. The skills acquired during this program build a foundation for pro bono work and billable practice that will serve participants throughout their careers. The program spans two summers, with the Pro Bono Scholars working both at the firm and at a public interest organization during the first summer as rising 2Ls. The next summer as a rising 3L, the Pro Bono Scholars join the firm as participants in the firm’s general summer associate program. In 2019, the Pro Bono Scholars Program will be offered in their Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices.

    Panelists include Texas Law alums Daniel GraverRoxanne Tizravesh, and Lauren York.

    One-on-one meetings will be held after the program. You may sign up via Events on Symplicity.

    Lunch will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, January 23 on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/24/43466/

January 25
  1. All day
    Mock Interview Program for 1Ls

    Each spring the CSO hosts the Mock Interview Program for 1Ls (as well as 2Ls & 3Ls if space permits) to practice interviewing with actual attorneys. Mock interviews provide students with valuable interviewing experience and offer attorneys an opportunity to meet our exceptional students and introduce these students to the legal interviewing process.

    Mock interviews will be 20-minutes in length followed by a 10-minute review. Dress professionally as you would for a real interview on the day of your mock interview.

    To prepare for your upcoming interviews, please watch the Preparing for Legal Interviews in Five Steps video (9:01 minutes) or review the Five Steps brochure (PDF) and be sure you have completed your Interview Preparation Worksheet (Word).

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/25/44107/

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  1. All day
    Spring On-Campus Interviews

    During Spring On-Campus Interviews, which take place January 28-30, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships and postgraduate positions.

    If you need to cancel an interview, please submit your cancellation online.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/28/44085/

January 29
  1. All day
    Spring On-Campus Interviews

    During Spring On-Campus Interviews, which take place January 28-30, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships and postgraduate positions.

    If you need to cancel an interview, please submit your cancellation online.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/29/44086/

  2. 11:45am 2019-01-29T13:00-06:00
    Professional Development Institute

    The Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of the program.

    Whether you're a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI), which is presented each Spring, will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

    Online registration will be announced in October and will be awarded on a first-come basis. Please note that 2Ls and 3Ls who attended last year may sign up for this year’s Institute.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/29/41507/

  3. 12:00pm 2019-01-29T13:00-06:00
    Federal Clerkship Panel for 2Ls

    Please join the clerkship program and a panel of federal judges to discuss the upcoming hiring cycle, what judges look for in applications, and what kinds of clerkships students should be considering.

    Lunch will be served. RSVP by Monday, January 28, on Symplicity by selecting the Events tab.

    For more information: Contact the Judicial Clerkship Program Coordinator at clerk-admin@law.utexas.edu.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/29/42648/

January 30
  1. All day
    Spring On-Campus Interviews

    During Spring On-Campus Interviews, which take place January 28-30, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships and postgraduate positions.

    If you need to cancel an interview, please submit your cancellation online.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/30/44087/

January 31
  1. 8:00am 2019-01-31T17:00-06:00
    Public Service Career Fair (Day I)

    Hosted annually by the Texas Law Career Services Office, Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) is the largest public service job fair for law students in Texas. During both days of PSCF, which will be held January 31-February 1, 2019, public interest and government employers will conduct on-campus interviews for paid and unpaid summer and permanent positions in the Career Services Interview Suite and around the rest of the law school. On Thursday, January 31, certain employers will also host informational tables in the Law School's Susman Godfrey Atrium from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/43405/

  2. 5:00pm 2019-01-31T18:00-06:00
    Public Service Happy Hour

    Register online. Come meet Public Interest and Government practitioners at an informal happy hour event where you will be able to ask them about their career path, advice they have about applying to public service jobs, and general questions about their practice. Part of the Texas Law Professional Development Institute.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/01/31/43985/

February 1
  1. 8:00am 2019-02-01T17:30-06:00
    Public Service Career Fair (Day II)

    Hosted annually by the Texas Law Career Services Office, Public Service Career Fair (PSCF) is the largest public service job fair for law students in Texas. During both days of PSCF, which will be held January 31-February 1, 2019, public interest and government employers will conduct on-campus interviews for paid and unpaid summer and permanent positions in the Career Services Interview Suite and in various rooms around the law school.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/01/43406/

  2. 11:45am 2019-02-01T13:00-06:00
    Public Service Loan Forgiveness

    On Friday, February 1, Heather Jarvis will be speaking about "Public Service Loan Forgiveness in Five Easy Steps" during lunch from noon-1:15 p.m. as part of the Public Service Career Fair. Many government and nonprofit professionals stand to gain tens of thousands of dollars of student debt relief from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program established by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. But the program requirements can be confusing. Heather knows how to break it down step-by-step so it makes sense once and for all. She'll also be discussing the Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan.

    Lunch will be served. RSVP by Thursday, January 1 on Eventbrite.

    Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/02/01/43327/

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