As our largest interview program at Texas Law, the Summer Interview Program welcomes employers to recruit rising 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.
Summer 2024
Flo Recruit
Prior to bidding, we encourage you to submit your resume and cover letter for review by a career counselor by sending your materials in MS Word format to cso-resumes@law.utexas.edu.
If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Quiroz at 512-232-1161 or rquiroz@law.utexas.edu.
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If you choose to participate in the Summer Interview Program, it is important to keep in mind that this program is just one avenue for conducting your job search as many participating employers tend to have fairly established hiring criteria.
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- Will be announced in early Spring 2024.
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- Summer Interview Program Guidelines (PDF)
- List of Employers Participating in Summer Interview Program 2023 (Excel; updated June 28, 2023)
- List of NALP Firms Not Participating in Summer Interview Program 2023 (Excel)
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You may apply and update your materials at any time during the bidding period. Please make sure that you finalize your selections, including rankings, before the bidding period closes.
- Log in to Symplicity .
- Select [Interview Programs], then [Employers/Applications] to select “Summer Interview Program 2023” from the Session list to view the list of employers requesting bids from your class year. You may submit bids for these employers.
- Click the [Review] button next to each employer to review required application materials, information about office locations considering applicants during SIP, and stated hiring criteria.
- To ensure you are considered for the locations and practice areas you are interested in, carefully review the “Additional Requests” and “Hiring Criteria” columns for each employer and, if indicated, follow their specific instructions for including your preferred locations and/or practice areas in your cover letter.
- To apply, click the [Apply] button in the “Bid Details” box to the right of the screen. Pay close attention to this box, as any documents listed are required by this specific employer. For example, if “cover letter” is in this box, and “none found” is to the right, you must return to the [Documents] section and upload a cover letter.
- Note that your “default resume” will be included with each bid. To submit a different resume (or any requested documents) from those uploaded in your “Documents” section, select the appropriate document from the drop-down in the “Bid Details” box.
- The [Preferred Location] box will appear on most applications.
- If the employer is interviewing for only one location, list that location.
- If the employer is listed as interviewing for more than one location, rank the locations in which you are interested in the order of preference.
- If an employer has separate interview schedules for different office locations, submit a bid to each office of interest and indicate preferred office locations on each.
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- Employer websites
- Firm Prospects
- NALP Directory of Legal Employers
- Vault Career Library
- Martindale.com
- LexisNexis Search of Law Firms
- Chambers Associate
- Peer-to-Peer Employer Insights
- Summer Clerkship Evaluations on Symplicity (click on “My Account” and then “Evaluations” to search evaluations submitted by your peers.)
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If you need to cancel an interview, please submit your cancellation online.
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- Review the Flo Recruit Guide and be sure to test your connection.
- Review these Tips for Virtual Interviews.
- Visit the Preparing for Legal Interviews page for common interview questions.
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Interviewing dates are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are only submitting a resume collection, you may skip the first step and register directly onto Symplicity.
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- Will be announced in early Spring 2024.
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- For your first and second interview schedules, 70 percent of scheduled interviews will be awarded by lottery and 30 percent by your preselections.
- For your third or more interview schedules, 50 percent of scheduled interviews will be awarded by lottery and 50 percent by your preselections.
- How Do Employers Complete the Registration for Interview Programs on Symplicity?
- How Do Employers Sign Up for Multiple Offices?
- Interview Program Participation Fees
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Employer registration has been extended and closes at 12:00 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. By registering for this and other interview programs, you affirm that you have read and agree to our updated Nondiscrimination Policy.
Step 1 | First, submit your registration via the CSO website. This streamlined registration process will allow you to quickly register by providing a few basic details. Interviewing dates will be scheduled based on this registration timestamp.
Step 2 | Once you have completed the step above, log into your Symplicity account to complete your detailed schedule request(s).
- Log into Symplicity. Your username is your complete email address.
- Select [ Interview Programs ] and then [ Schedule Request ].
- Click [ Request a Schedule ].
- From the [ Sessions ] drop-down menu, select [ Summer Interview Program 2023 ]
- Complete the form.
- Please be sure to add your interviewer name(s) in the [ Interviewer Name ] field. You may have up to five (5) interviewers for each interview.
- Click the [ Submit ] button.
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If you are interested in hosting a virtual hospitality room on Flo Recruit (interview program participation fees apply) or would like to provide a link to another video platform (no fees apply), please contact Rachel Quiroz, OCI Coordinator, at rquiroz@law.utexas.edu.
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- Review the Flo Recruit Guide and be sure to test your connection.
- Watch Flo Recruit’s Virtual Training for Employers (58:31 minutes)