Our virtual 1L Interview Program: Private Sector welcomes employers to recruit 1Ls for summer job opportunities. This program allows employers to select and interview candidates from our talented pool of 1L students, who will have just completed their first semester of law school.
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Prior to Registering
We strongly encourage you to review the [How to Register] section below ahead of the Employer Registration Period.
By registering for this event and any other programs, you affirm that you have read and agree to our updated Nondiscrimination Policy.
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Date Period Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Employer Registration Period opens at 12:00 PM (CT) Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Employer Registration Period closes at 12:00 PM (CT) Thursday, October 29, 2026 Student Application Period opens at 4:00 PM (CT) Tuesday, November 10, 2026 Student Application Period closes at 8:00 AM (CT) Thursday, November 12, 2026 Employer Decision Period opens at 12:00 PM (CT) Thursday, December 3, 2026 Employer Decision Period closes at 12:00 PM (CT) Thursday, December 17, 2026 Student Decision Period opens at 6:00 PM (CT) Monday, December 21, 2026 Student Decision Period closes at 8:00 AM (CT) Monday, December 21, 2026 Finalized interview schedules available to employers at 12:00 PM (CT)
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The online registration form will be available at 12:00 PM (CT) on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
- Step 1 | First, submit your online registration form.
- This step will log your registration timestamp, which is used to assign interview dates. Requests are handled on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Step 2 | Sign up for a TEX – Powered by 12Twenty account, if you do not have one already.
- Step 3 | Log into TEX, navigate to the [Register for Interview Programs] section of the homepage, click the [+Register] button, and designate the [OCI Round] as [1L Interview Program: Private Sector 2027]. Fill out the required fields and click [Next].
- Step 4 | Once you have completed step 3, you will be prompted to submit the details of your 1L Interview Program: Private Sector job listing, which is required to complete your registration process.
- Step 1 | First, submit your online registration form.
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- Application materials (resume/cover letter only) of the interested students will be provided to employers in November for review and selection.
- Interview timeslots will be set for 20 minutes each and schedules will be made up of 100% employer-selected candidates.
- Our office will coordinate interview scheduling, as well as facilitate these virtual interviews via our TEX – Powered by 12Twenty In-App Video platform.
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Please see the interview program participation fees webpage for more information. Per our policy, we are unable to accommodate refunds once candidate application materials are released to employers at the start of the Employer Decision Period.
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Entering Credentials: Class of 2028
172Median LSAT*3.89Median GPA144Undergraduate Schools Represented33States Represented*97% of all test-takers.
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About the 12Twenty In-App Video | Recruiter & Interviewer Responsibilities
Please ensure that each interviewer, including yourself, reviews the Employer Guide to Interviews using In-App Video, which contains action items for your IT Department and instructions on how to prepare your device.- For enhanced use, interviewers may need to log off from their computer’s VPN.
- Note that the interview platform is not optimized for use on a smartphone, so please plan to use your desktop or laptop computer.
- If you need to reassign a new interviewer, you may forward your link for them to attend in your place. The new interviewer may update their name once they access the meeting room. You may not forward links to more than one person as the original links may only be used by one interviewer.
- If you need to reassign more than one new interviewer, please email cso@law.utexas.edu with the names, titles, emails, and times so we can create new links for them.
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If you choose to participate in the 1L Interview Program: Private Sector, it is important to keep in mind that this program is just one avenue for conducing your job search. Students interested in applying for summer clerkships with large law firms should not rely solely on this or any interview program as their primary avenue for applications. We encourage you to apply directly to law firms through their website’s online application portals, as well as regularly check the TEX job bank for postings from employers who wish to receive applications but do not want to participate in a formal interview program.
Please visit the 1L Interview Program Canvas webpage for detailed information about the program, how to apply, tools for researching employers, how to schedule a mock interview, and more.
Questions? Contact the Texas Law CSO at 512-232-1150 or recruit@law.utexas.edu.