Upcoming Career & Student Services Programs
3L Bar Program
Attention all 3L’s! You know the bar exam is coming and the best way to prepare is to understand the exam and the application process. to learn about the exam topics, the UBE, the application process, and more! We are very happy to tell you that representatives from the Office of Professional Regulation of the Iowa Supreme Court, and the Illinois Board of Admission to the Bar plan toattend. After this program, all of your questions should be answered and your concerns addressed. Lunch will be served for those who RSVP.
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 @ 12:40pm
Location: Levitt Auditorium
LinkedIn and You: Creating your LinkedIn Profile and Professional Brand
Join Career Services and the Iowa Law Business & Corporate Law Society for this engaging program about utilizing your LinkedIn presence. Led by Cindy Meis, Director of the Tippie Undergraduate Career Services, this program will highlight ways to develop your LinkedIn profile to showcase your personal brand, create posting strategies that drive visibility and engagement, and productively connect with others online. Food will be provided.
Date: February 19, 2025 @ 12:40 pm
Location: Boyd Room 245
Reminder
On-Campus Interview Schedule
Interviews will take place each Thursday and Friday from February 6th to February 21st. If you have questions about OCI, please watch this short video, which gives a quick overview of on-Campus Interviews. Additionally, please schedule an appointment with your career advisor to discuss the upcoming summer job search process. If you have accepted a position prior to when OCI beings, please contact Nathan Davis so he can remove you from the schedule.
Upcoming Off-Campus Career Programs
The Delaware Diversity Job Fair (DDJF)
The Delaware Diversity Job Fair invites you to a virtual roundtable with associates from Delaware’s most prestigious firms.
- Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
- Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
- Richards, Layton & Finger, PA
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 @ 12:40pm
Location: Virtual, click here to register.
Minnesota Courts Law Clerk Information Session
Are you interested in clerking for the Minnesota Courts? There are hundreds of clerkships in Minnesota’s state courts. Clerkships are opportunities to work together with skilled jurists, developing valuable legal skills and experience that will benefit you throughout your legal career. On Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET, join judges, justices, and law clerks from Minnesota state district and appellate courts as they explain what it is like to be a law clerk, why a clerkship is valuable, what you will learn during a clerkship, what our justices and judges look for when hiring law clerks, and how to apply. There will also be time for the judges, justices, and law clerks to answer questions from attendees.
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @ 11:00am
Location: Virtual, click here to register.
National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) Job Fair
The NDAA 2025 Job Fair is an exciting opportunity to meet a number of prosecuting agencies seeking to hire persons for entry-level and lateral positions as well as internship opportunities.
Justice-driven students and attorneys who have a passion for advocating for the rights of all involved in the criminal justice system should attend. An opening night networking reception will take place on Saturday, February 1 for employers and job seekers. Law students/job seekers are encouraged to register by Friday, January 24, 2025.
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Location: Washington, D.C. Register by Friday, January 24, 2025. (Eastern)
Fellowships and Mentorship Opportunities
2025 1L Goodwin Diversity Fellowship Program Application
Our 1L Diversity Fellowship program provides first year law students with the opportunity to be a 1L summer associate in Goodwin’s 10-week summer program, following their first year of law school. Our 10-week summer program bridges the gap between law school and working at a large firm. During the summer program, our Diversity Fellows will gain valuable experience working on groundbreaking legal matters, enhance their skills through formal training, and build connections with fellow summer associates, colleagues, and affinity group leaders. Fellows will also be invited to participate in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 1L Scholars Summit.
Our 1L Diversity Fellowship program application has officially launched on our website and will be open through January 31, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage students to apply early and follow-up with their transcripts at a later date when available.
Ford Foundation Fellowship in Nonprofit Law
The Ford Foundation Fellowship in Nonprofit Law permits a Fellow each year to spend a year in residence at the Ford Foundation’s Office of Legal Services in New York, working with the General Counsel and staff of attorneys to provide legal advice on grant making, operations, governance, human resources, and investments. The Fellow will also work closely with the foundation’s Grants Compliance department and engage with program and operations staff in New York and ten global offices on a variety of initiatives and special projects.
A Fellowship at the Ford Foundation will provide a recent law school graduate with exposure to an unusually wide variety of domestic and international legal issues encountered by private foundations operating globally.
How to Apply: Application Information: A link to the application form and requirements can be found here. The term of the Ford Foundation Fellowship is one year. The Fellows will receive a salary of $100,000 plus benefits.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
National Center on Philanthropy and the Law (NCPL) Fellowship in Nonprofit Law
The NCPL Fellowship in Nonprofit Law permits one Fellow each year to spend a year in residence at a nonprofit organization. The 2025-2026 Fellow will work closely with senior staff and staff attorneys at Lawyers Alliance for New York (Lawyers Alliance) who have practice specialties that will expose the Fellow to a broad range of disciplines that address the legal needs of nonprofit organizations. Given the varied nature of the legal work performed by Lawyers Alliance and the diverse group of nonprofit organizations it represents, the NCPL Fellow will experience the widest possible exposure to representing nonprofit organizations on interesting and complex legal projects. These legal challenges will enable the NCPL Fellow to develop relevant skills to the maximum extent. An article about the NCPL Fellowship in the Autumn 2021 Lawyers Alliance newsletter can be found here.
How to Apply: A link to the application form and requirements can be found here. The term of the Fellowship is one year. Fellows are funded annually at a salary of $70,000 plus benefits.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
Curated Job Opportunities
2025 Summer Legal Job Postings
Click here to review a listing of open summer 2025 job postings in various locations and legal fields. This list also includes opportunities for 1Ls.
Weekly Open State Judicial Clerkship Job Posting
Click here to review the weekly open state clerkship job postings.
Additional Resources
AccessLex Student Events
You, your students and your alumni are welcome to attend one of our new webinars on the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Debt Relief Plan to hear about how it impacts law students and current borrowers. We’ll share a brief overview of the plan followed by a Q&A with one of our Accredited Financial Counselors®. Feel free to send them questions in advance and they will answer them live!
In addition, the What You Need to Know About Student Loan Debt Relief page — an all-inclusive resource for student loan borrowers as they navigate returning to repayment, the PSLF Limited Waiver and now the Student Loan Debt Relief Plan.
Arizona Handbook
The Government Honors & Internship Handbook (for law students and graduates) and the Public Policy Handbook (for graduate and undergraduate students interested in public policy analysis and implementation) have been in publication since 2001 and 2005. The Handbooks provide students and graduates with resources to 475+ government agencies, think tanks, and advocacy groups, offering nearly 2,000 intern, fellowship, and post-graduate positions each year.
Each opportunity is set forth in a detailed Handbook entry, describing the employer’s mission and organizational structure, position description, desired applicant qualifications, deadlines and the application and selection process.
You may access the guide online at http://arizonahandbooks.com/u/lawcareerservicesuiowaedu.
The Password is: IowaLaw2022
Attorney Jobs
Attorney Jobs 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! Attorney Jobs provides attorney jobs, in-house counsel jobs and law student internships 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 on this service, as we 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:
intercollegiatejobbank.com
Password: 2024ICJB
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.
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. If you are interested in public defense, and cannot make the Monday meetings, please reach out to Kimberly DePalma at kdepalma@spd.state.ia.us.
Date: Every Monday at 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Click here for the Zoom link.
Remote Interview Space
If you have a remote interview coming up and need space in the College of Law, the Career Services Office can assist you in finding space. Please notify the Career Services Office as soon as possible if you anticipate needing a remote interview space.
Vermont Law Judicial Clerkship Guide
You may access the guide online at https://www.vermontlaw.edu/careers/judicial-clerkship.
The Username is: Eastern and the Password is: Hemlock.
Many thanks,
AJ Finch
The University of Iowa College of Law
