Good Luck, Iowa Law Students!
As you dive into finals week, remember that you've prepared for this moment through countless hours of studying, briefing cases, and honing your legal reasoning. The late nights in the library and intense class discussions have built the foundation you need to succeed. Take a deep breath. Trust your preparation. You know more than you think you do.
In the pressure of exam time, don't forget to take care of yourself—short breaks, proper sleep, and nourishment will serve your mind better than those extra hours of anxious studying. You chose this challenging path because you're capable of greatness. The legal profession awaits your talents, and these exams are just one step on that journey. You've got this, Law Hawks!
Upcoming Off-Campus Opportunities
Midwest-California-Georgia Consortium (MCGC) Job Fair
MCGC is a consortium of seven law schools, including University of Iowa. The MCGC Job Fair is hosting interview programs for rising 2L’s for the East Coast, Midwest and Great Plains, and Bay Area/Portland/Seattle. These interviews are held virtually. Registration for MCGC is currently open (click “sign up” on the sign in page). The application period will open on May 14th at 12PM CT and close on May 27th at 12PM CT. We encourage you to explore the participating employers!
ABA 3L Week Toolkit for Law Schools
The American Bar Association will observe ABA 3L Week from May 5-9, 2025. ABA 3L Week will highlight resources for graduating 3L students, including practical advice and strategies for those preparing to sit for the July bar exam. In addition, every graduating 3L who signs up for their first professional ABA membership between May 5-9 will receive a “Bar Prep Care Package.”
Dates: Mondayy, May 5-9, 2025
GoinGlobal Training Opportunities
Interested in finding a job or internship across town or around the world?
- Learn how to connect your career objectives with hiring opportunities by identifying key employers and industry contacts for informational interviews and professional networking.
- Get a realistic understanding of work permit and visa requirements, financial considerations and other prime factors critical to career success in a new location.
- Identify American employers seeking to hire international professionals for their U.S. operations through H-1B visa petitions - and learn how to connect this information to current job opportunities.
Date: Tuesday, May 20th from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. PDT
Barnes & Thornburg Summer Program Q&A
Interested in their Summer Associate Program? Join us for a Q&A session with Barnes & Thornburg's hiring partners and former summer associates. This event will provide an overview of:
- Summer associate opportunities available for 2Ls
- The summer associate experience
- What to expect during the interview process
You may ask questions during the Q&A or submit them when you register.
Date: Monday, May 12th from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
How to Register: Click here to register.
Chapman and Cutler LLP - Rising 2L Reception
Join them in their Chicago office for a networking event to learn more about the Firm and their attorneys.
Date: Thursday, May 22nd at 5:00 p.m. CT. RSVP by Friday, May 16th
How to Register: Click here to register.
Hogan Lovell 2025 M&A Virtual Boot Camp Program
Hogan Lovells is hosting its 2025 M&A Boot Camp, an annual introductory M&A legal training series directed primarily at 1L law students in the graduating class of 2027. No prior familiarity with M&A or corporate law is required.
The series is a mix of live interactive webcasts and on-demand modules offering an intensive but basic introduction to the legal aspects of the M&A world. It will provide a foundation in M&A terminology, deal structure, key acquisition agreement provisions (focusing primarily on acquisitions of privately held businesses), due diligence, and more.
The Boot Camp program utilizes innovative teaching methods, including illustrative interactive negotiations and semi-animated training cartoons, and includes a comprehensive set of M&A training materials.
The course will be taught by Hogan Lovells' market-leading Silicon Valley M&A team of Rick Climan, Keith Flaum, Jane Ross, and Jalpit Amin. View the welcome message to hear more about the M&A Boot Camp.
You will earn a Certificate of Graduation if you receive a passing score on the open-book final exam. In addition, you can win valuable swag, including North Face jackets, Champion hoodies, AirTag leather key rings with AirTags, Patagonia and Stormtech backpacks, Skullcandy earbuds, travel adapters, and 3-in-1 chargers, by getting a perfect score on the mid-term quiz or the final exam.
Please do not register to participate in the M&A Boot Camp program unless you are prepared to devote at least 10 to 12 hours of your time (over a period of about 7 weeks) to the Boot Camp course of study.
Dates: Tuesday, May 13th from 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT; Thursday, June 5th from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT; Tuesday, June 17th from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT
RSVP: Click here to register
San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association Job Fair
The San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association is excited to invite you to the 2025 SFIPLA Job Fair, hosted for 2026 Summer Positions.
The Job Fair is co-sponsored by JAMS San Francisco Mediation, Arbitration and ADR Services, and interviews will take place on Friday, June 6, 2025, from 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Pacific time). The Job Fair will be hosted in person at JAMS:
Two Embarcadero Center
15th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Some employers may also allow for virtual interviews, hosted by the employers on their own platform. To register for the Job Fair, please visit the 2025 SFIPLA Job Fair page (https://law-sfipla-csm.symplicity.com/students/) and create an account. All application submissions and scheduling must be conducted through the Symplicity platform. Please register based on your Rising Class Year. For example, if you are currently a 1L student, you should enter 2L (your rising class year).
Your information/forms will only be seen by potential employers and to those of us administering the Job Fair, but otherwise not made public. To provide clarity, we have outlined the following timeline for the registration, application, and selection process:
- Employers: Registration on the Symplicity platform will be open exclusively for employers from April 9, 2025 – April 30, 2025. Employers will not
be able to add new positions after April 30, 2025.
- Students: Students will be invited to review all open positions and submit their applications between May 1, 2025 – May 16, 2025. Students will not be able
to submit applications after May 16, 2025.
- Employers Pre-Selection: From May 17, 2025 – May 23, 2025, employers will review student applications and “preselect” students to interview.
“Alternate” selections will also be made during this time.
- Pre-Selected Students: Students will have from May 26, 2025 – May 28, 2025 to accept “pre-select” interview offers. April 10, 2025
- Students (Alternative Selections): Students selected as “Alternates” will have from May 29, 2025 – May 30, 2025 to accept an interview offer.
- Final Interview Schedules: The Symplicity system will generate and release final interview schedules on June 2, 2025. The system will then close for
all participants.
- The 2025 SFIPLA Job Fair will take place on June 6, 2025.
For questions relating to the 2025 SFIPLA Job Fair, please email sfiplajobfair@sfipla.com. As a volunteer association, the Job Fair Committee will not be in position to offer technical assistance or offer any exceptions to the closure of the deadlines listed above.
Reminders
Helix Bar Review Updates
The July 2025 Helix UBE, Helix California, and Helix Florida courses opened on March 10, giving bar studiers 20 full weeks of access ahead of the exam. As you begin to think about taking your bar exam, now is the time to enroll in Helix.
- Students who are enrolled in a Helix comprehensive course or Helix MBE supplement can take advantage of our Pass Classes throughout the spring. These are available live and on-demand. During each three-hour session, students will receive an overview of a particular bar exam component, strategies for attacking the material, and practice opportunities.
- Seethe flyers containing this month’s bar success webinars and our remaining virtual Simulated MPRE. You can also find more information on their website.
Law360 Summer Associate Survey
You likely received an email from Law360 asking you to complete a survey about your experience during the recruiting process. Iowa Law knows how many requests you receive for surveys. This survey is important, especially right now, given the earlier and earlier recruiting timelines. If you can find the time, we do feel it will provide valuable insight from you, the students, the ones impacted the most by these new timelines. If you can complete it, here is the link again: https://www.law360.com/help/1821185 Iowa Law will share the results with you, the students, when we receive them. Thank you for your input and assistance.
In-House and Private Practice Resources
Entry Level Legal Job Postings
Click here to review the weekly open entry-level job postings in various locations and legal fields.
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.
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.
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.
Hire Law
The University of Iowa College of Law has added Hire Law as a resource for our students. This site contains 1) a legal internship job board (that primarily contains summer legal internships) and 2) professional identity formation resources (e.g. legal employer networking event calendar; an AI tool if you are feeling stuck and unsure where to begin; and learning modules).
Please follow the instructions here to create your account and gain access to the platform. When registering, in the subscription field, please be sure to select “My School Has A School-Wide Account.”
Please create your own password when prompted.
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
Judicial Clerkship Resources
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.
Weekly Open State Judicial Clerkship Job Posting
Click here to review the weekly open state clerkship job postings.
Public Interest Resources
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.
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.
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.
Student 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.
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.
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.
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.
Many thanks,
AJ Finch
The University of Iowa College of Law
