YLD Networking Event at SpareMe Tonight
The Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the Iowa State Bar Association invites Iowa Law students to join local YLD attorneys for a free and fun bowling night!
Location: SpareMe Bowl & Arcade, 404 E. College St. #101, Iowa City, IA 52240
Registration is required for planning purposes: https://tinyurl.com/YLDBowlingNight
Attire: Casual
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 @ 5:30-7pm. Registration will stay open until 4:30 pm.
Summer 2022 Internships/Field Placement/Grants
Update: Public Interest Summer Grant Funding
Funds for summer public interest grants are still available and are being awarded on a rolling basis. Please submit an application online as soon as possible. https://law.uiowa.edu/summer-grants-program
Internship with The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission invites 1L law students to submit applications for our student internship program for the summer in our offices located in Cedar Rapids, IA. Positions may also be available during the semester. Internships are unpaid; academic credit may be available. Duties will include:
- Understand the overall concept of the commission, including outreach programs, DEIB goals, and all other aspects of service
- Support investigators, as needed
- Engage with community members and organizations
- Conduct research
- Track legislation/policy/trends on a variety of core civil rights issues
- Draft materials for public education
- Other related projects as assigned
How to Apply: Submit a resume, and cover letter to Stefanie Munsterman at: s.munsterman@cedar-rapids.org.
2022 Summer Internship with The Peoria County Public Defender
The Peoria County Public Defender has room for an additional summer intern. This internship will be in-person.
How to Apply: Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter toNathan R. Bach at: nbach@peoriacounty.org
2022 Summer Law Clerk at State Farm Insurance
Conducts legal research, assembles case materials, writes research memos and drafts, pleadings and motions under the guidance and mentorship of an Attorney or Supervising Attorney. Supports attorneys by assembling and organizing information for legal documents. Generally works on a part time basis approximately 20 hours per week.
This is a remote position supporting our Los Angeles-area legal team! We are looking for law students who are available for a more long-term position starting over the summer and part-time into the fall semester.
- Essential Job Functions
- Research laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, or other information related to cases.
- Analyze legal issues and apply appropriate legal principles to determine applicable defenses, relevant arguments and litigation strategy.
- Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.
- Review complaints, petitions or motions that have been filed to determine issues involved.
- Prepare responsive pleadings and correspondence as appropriate.
- Assist and provide trial attorney support in preparing trial/mediation/arbitration documents and binders.
- Attend court sessions, depositions, mediations and trials to hear oral arguments and document necessary case information.
How to Apply: Click here for additional information and to apply for this internship.
2022 Summer and Fall Internship with the Ganje Law Offices
Current part time remote clerkship position. Position to be filled at this time. Ganje Law Office is a boutique, small firm. Mr. Ganje is a former adjunct lecturer at Albany Law. We will host a remote 2L, 3L or post-graduate opportunity with strong academic credentials including excellent writing and research skills. The candidate will work directly with attorneys and support staff in areas of law indicated on the law firm web site. Duties include research and writing, drafting correspondence, assisting attorneys and staff with file maintenance as well as trial preparation.
Candidates will work remotely, but will have opportunity to in interact remotely with attorneys during client meetings and remote court hearings. Applications are to be submitted in confidence and directly to davidganje@ganjelaw.com. The clerkship involves approximately 5 to 10 hours per week and may be undertaken while in school or while engaged in other clerkships.
Upcoming Career Events
2022 Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair
The 2022 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair will be held in Los Angeles from July 27 to July 29, 2022. The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s annual Lavender Law® Career Fair is designed to achieve a sense of community and inclusion for LGBTQ+ candidates within the legal profession’s recruiting efforts. By participating in this career fair, candidates will talk directly to LGBTQ+ friendly recruiters from law firms, government agencies, LGBTQ+ rights groups, and corporate legal departments.
Only law firms that have a nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity/expression are eligible to recruit at the Career Fair. Click here to see their 2021 recruiter employee benefit index.
Registration information will be posted soon.
2022 Loyola Patent Law Interview Program
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is hosting the 2022 Patent Law Interview Program. This nationwide interview program targets patent law employers and rising 2L and 3L students. The 2022 Patent Law Interview Program will be held IN PERSON at the Embassy Suites Chicago – Downtown/Lakefront on July 21 and July 22. Virtual interviews will take place on Monday, July 25.
Online student registration will close on Monday, March 21. Students can register at: https://epay.luc.edu/C20996_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=311&SINGLESTORE=true
Students with undergraduate or graduate degrees in engineering or a technical science should consider registering for the program. You do not need to be patent bar eligible to register, although the vast majority of employers participating in the program are seeking patent bar eligible students.
For more information on the program, please refer to the Loyola Patent Program website at: https://www.luc.edu/law/currentstudents/careerservices/patentprogram/.
2022 Ms. JD Law Student Leadership Academy
Rising 2L and 3Ls are welcome to attend this two-day virtual conference on Thursday, June 23rd and Friday, June 24th. This event features attorneys, thought leaders, and professional development professionals speaking on their personal experiences as women in leadership positions and sharing their advice on how to develop the professional skills required to pursue leadership roles.
Law students will have the opportunity to participate in live workshops and panel discussions exploring a range of topics, including being a strong leader, using your story to inspire, setting boundaries, developing your online presence, networking to leadership opportunities, and more!
They are also hosting a Coffee and Connections session featuring Katie Day, Ms. JD’s National Women Law Students’ Organization (NWLSO) Director, on Friday, June 24th at 12:45 PM (ET). During this virtual networking session, students will engage in a series of activities to help them build relationships with other law students answering the call to leadership.
To sign up, students should go to the 2022 Ms. JD Law Student Leadership Academy website. Registration is FREE but limited to 300 students.
Cook County Bar Association 39th Annual Minority Law Student Job Fair
This year’s Job Fair will be held on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Job Fair will return to the Embassy Suites Chicago – Downtown/Lakefront, located at 511 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611. The Embassy Suites is located two blocks from Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping and entertainment district and is minutes from Navy Pier, Lake Michigan, and several world-class museums. The hotel’s large suites are conducive to conducting formal interviews, as the sleeping area may be closed off while interviews are in progress. Moreover, the Embassy Suites Hotel is spacious enough to accommodate the growth of the Job Fair.The Job Fair typically attracts more than 500 students from the eligible law schools. Each year, law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies register for the Job Fair. These employers are located primarily in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. In addition, we have had several employers registered from Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nebraska.
Student must upload their resume by May 1, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time (NO EXCEPTIONS).
For more information, and to register please visit their website at www.ccbaminorityjobfair.org.
Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair
Now in its 18th year! SIPJF undertakes a multi-faceted approach to ensure that students are gaining the best employment opportunities and employers are procuring the brightest future members of the IP community.
Throughout the year, SIPJF is reaching out to even more law schools and working with additional career service departments to attract the top students interested in IP law.
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Registration: Will begin for students on April 15, 2022. Click here for additional information.
Fellowships/Scholarship Opportunities
South Asian Bar Association New York Law Student Public Interest Fellowship
SABANY plans to award at least three grants (in amounts generally ranging from $2,000 to $4,000)1 to law students or recent law graduates who will be working in unpaid public-interest jobs in New York State during the summer of 2022.
How to Apply: Click here for additional information, including how to apply.
Application Deadline: April 27, 2022
Summer 2023 2L Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship
Baker Donelson is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where the individual differences among us are understood, respected, appreciated, and recognized as sources of strength of the Firm. These qualities enrich the environment in which we work. We will award three scholarships to three diverse rising 2L law students who will complete their first year of law school by June 2022. Recipients will be awarded a six-week, salaried 2L Summer Associate position for the summer of 2023 in one of our Firm’s offices. Additionally, each recipient will be awarded $10,000, which will be paid prior to the student's third year of law school, to help defray the cost of law school tuition and related expenses.
How to Apply: Click here for additional information, including how to apply.
Application Deadline: Friday, June 10, 2022.
Summer 2023 2023 2L Mintz Summer Associate & Diversity Scholarship
Mintz is currently accepting applications for 2L students who seek a highly personalized summer experience for our Boston Summer Associate program. Our Summer Associates select a practice area of interest (Corporate, Litigation, or Intellectual Property) and are immersed in that practice area for the duration of the program. Summer Associates work on an array of matters, often staffed on cases or deal teams, where they can gain real, hands-on experience working side by side with our lawyers. Our small class size, coupled with our Member and Associate mentorship program, allows students a broad range of opportunities and experience, customized to their individual goals and interests. After spending nine weeks at the firm, our Summer Associates know our lawyers, understand what we do, and are ready to hit the ground running after law school.
How to Apply: Click here for a link to the application page.
Application Deadline: Rolling but apply as soon as possible for consideration.
Summer 2023 2L Warner Norcross + Judd Diversity Scholarship
Warner Norcross + Judd's scholarship program is intended to promote diversity in the legal profession in Michigan by assisting rising 2L law students in good standing from a historically marginalized community. Warner will award one scholarship of $20,000 to a qualified candidate, divided into four-$5,000 payments over four consecutive semesters. In addition, eligible applicants will be offered a 2L summer associate position in 2023. The scholarship winner will be announced and notified by July 11, 2022.
How to Apply: Click here for a link to the application page.
Application Deadline: Thursday, June 30, 2022.
Reminders
Fall 2022 OCI Schedule
Wave 1 OCI
• Student Bidding: June 20th – June 28th
• Final Schedules Available: July 19th
• Interviewing (All Virtual): July 25th – July 27th
Wave 2 OCI
• Student Bidding: July 14th – July 25th
• Final Schedules Available: August 19th
• Interviewing (Hybrid): August 24th – September 9th on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays
The Career Services Office encourages you to consider participating in both waves of OCI. While both waves are open to all employers, many of the big firms tend to participate in Wave 1. Bidding instructions as well as the employer lists will be sent out closer to the bidding periods.
Graduation Employment Surveys
The 2022 Graduate Employment Survey is available to all 3L’s! The American Bar Association requires law schools to provide employment information as part of the accreditation process, making it crucial that we have accurate employment information. All individual identifying information is confidential and not shared outside the law school. The GES also gives our office your ongoing contact information so that we can share relevant job opportunities with you after graduation.
To complete the survey:
Log in to Symplicity
Click on the words "Graduate Employment Survey.” It is the blue banner on the home screen when you login.
Fill in the missing information (your screen may refresh with the addition of new information)
Click the "Save Changes" button when you have completed the survey
Notable Clarifications
Timing of offer: before or after graduation
This question is asking when you accepted your offer, not your start date. If you accept your offer on May 10th and graduate May 14th you select before graduation.
Start date deferred
This is only to be selected if you start your job after March 15, 2023 (so the spring AFTER you already graduated).
“I have not received an offer and should not fill out the GES.”
Fill the survey out anyway! It is a useful tool to help the Career Services Office better serve you.
If you have any questions about the GES please reach out to Nathan Davis at nathan-c-davis@uiowa.edu.
Summer Access to Legal Databases and Resources
The staff our outstanding Law Library would like you to all be aware of a few opportunities for law students and graduates this summer from the Law Library:
Curated Post Graduate Opportunities
Entry Level Legal Opportunities Across the United States
Click here for a weekly list of opportunities.
Weekly Open State Judicial Clerkship Job Posting
Click here to review the weekly open state clerkship job postings.
Additional Resources
2022-23 The University of Iowa College of Law - Federal Court Judicial Clerkship Application Process Toolkit
This guide details how and when to apply for federal judicial clerkships at and how to research federal courts. You can access the guide by clicking here.
2021 -22 The University of Iowa College of Law Job Search Toolkit
This comprehensive guide contains a collection of various websites and to search for both Public Interest and Private Sector Internships and Post-Graduate Employment. You can access the guide by clicking here.
2021 -22 The University of Iowa College of Law Resume and Cover Letter Toolkit
This comprehensive guide contains instructions on resumes, cover letter, writing samples, transcripts, and references.
Please click here to download.
AttorneyJobsinUSA.com
AttorneyJobsinUSA.com is a website that the Iowa Law Career Services Office has subscribed to so our students and recent graduates can use the site at no cost to you! AttorneyJobsinUSA.com provides attorney jobs, in house counsel jobs and law student jobs around the US. In the daily or weekly email, you will see a snippet of the positions and the number of years’ experience required; look for 0-3 years if you are a graduating 3L, or law student jobs if you are a 1L or 2L. We would also appreciate your feedback since this is a new service for Iowa Law, and want to provide you the best options!
Click Here to access this job site. If you have questions on how to register for the site, please contact Tami Diebel.
The Bar Program
Did you miss Dean Crain's presentation about the bar exam earlier today? The recording of the program is now available to view on-demand.
Click here to view the presentation.
BradTraverse Job Board
Username: LawHawks
Password: IowaLaw2021
The Brad Traverse Group listserv publishes internship and post-graduate job opportunities on Capitol Hill and the Washington, DC area.
Click here to access the job board.
Drake Law/The University of Iowa College of Law Sublet Finder
Drake University Law School and University of Iowa College of Law have established this page to facilitate connections between students. The institutions play no role in the contracting of the sublease and make no guarantees about the condition of the housing.
Click here to access the housing board.
Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance Job Portal
The Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (“GIPA”) has launched a new IP Career Portal to help law students, PhD students, science-based students, and IP associates find new positions in the intellectual property practice.Building on our success with the Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair, GIPA seeks to leverage our network of employers and higher education contacts to create a job board and portal that facilitates easy lateral movement among attorneys and patent agents.
Likewise, many job posts will be entry level positions for attorneys and patent agents.
Click here to access the Career Portal.
Intercollegiate Job Bank
The University of Iowa College of Law Office of Career Services participates in the online Intercollegiate Job Bank with over 130 other law schools from across the country. Participating law schools upload newsletters with job listings to this job bank.
The following is the login information with the new password:
https://jobbank.law.byu.edu/
Password: jobs2022
Law Crossing
Are you searching for jobs, great articles, and career advice? Make sure to check out LawCrossing FREE for current law school students until April 29, 2022. How To get started:
1. Use this Promotion Code Password from Career Services: law.uiowa.edu_2021
2. Go to https://www.lawcrossing.com/lcoffer.php.
3. Scroll down and enter your law school e-mail address (the one ending in “.edu”) and the Promotion Code Password in the box.
4. You will then receive an e-mail at your law school e-mail address from LawCrossing with an address to copy and paste in your browser to activate your account—just follow the instructions there concerning choosing your user name and password.
5. At that point you will be signed-up and able to use all the features of the site. If you do not receive that e-mail with the link, you may have to check your security settings and make sure that the e-mail is not being treated as SPAM. If you have difficulty signing up or viewing jobs, contact LawCrossing Customer Service by phone at 800-973-1177, M-F between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm PST.
Opportunities in Public Affairs
The latest issue of Opportunities in Public Affairs, with hundreds of sought-after jobs in the Washington, DC area all focused on Jobs in Government Affairs & Policy, Public Relations & Advocacy, Media & Journalism, and Entry Level Jobs & Internships. These jobs are on Capitol Hill, in non-profits, think tanks, institutions, the government and in corporations and professional firms.
Click here to login to the OPA website.
User Id: Finch7772
Password: Finch
Public Defender Mentorship Program
The Iowa State Public Defender will offer a Monday Mentors program beginning at 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 or later if warranted. It will take place every Monday thereafter at the same time and via the same zoom link provided below. The idea is to provide a time for young public defenders, contract attorneys, and aspiring law students to ask questions whether related to a specific case, criminal defense in general, or career questions, and obtain feedback and guidance from others similarly situated and from defense attorneys with years of experience. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed to facilitate communication. We hope you take advantage of this program. Aaron Hawbaker will moderate the meetings.
Date: Every Monday at 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Click here for the Zoom link.
Spring 2021 Virtual Drop-In Hours
The Career Services virtual Drop-In will be open Monday-Thursday, from 3:00-5:00 pm and Friday from 9:00-11:00am Central Time. You can access the virtual drop-in hours by clicking here.
Vermont Law Judicial Clerkship Guide
You may access the guide online at http://www.vermontlaw.edu/careers/judicial-clerkship-guide.
The Username is: Sugar and the Password is: Maple.
Many thanks,
AJ Finch
The University of Iowa College of Law
