On- and Off-Campus Recruiting

Public Interest On-Campus Interviewing

Dozens of public interest employers interview at HLS throughout the academic year. View the list of employers who will participate in the 2013 Public Interest Interviewing Program, September 16-20.

Many public interest and government employers interview much later in the year, and notices of these other on-campus employer interviews can be found in OPIA emails and from the Office of Career Services. Because the majority of public interest organizations simply cannot afford the expense of sending an attorney to conduct interviews on campus, most of the employers who are hiring request that students contact them directly.

Public Interest Job Fairs 

Massachusetts Law School Consortium Job Fairs

The Fall Government/Public Interest Fair, held at Boston College Law School, will be October 21-22, 2013. Suffolk Law School will host the winter program, held January 27-28, 2014. 

Bidding is now open for the fall program. View the participating employers. 

Information about the employers participating in the Mass Law Consortium Fall Job Fair is now available to you on the Consortium’s Symplicity site. You may log on and bid at https://law-massconsortia-csm.symplicity.com/.  

• Log on using your e-mail address as your username and your HUID as your password.
• When you enter the site, click on OCI and enter your profile information.
• Once you have done so, you will see a drop down menu listing current recruiting events. Select "Gov/PI Program – October 2013 BC Law" The list of public interest employers will appear.
• You can then select “Review” on the left to learn more about the position and "Apply" on the right to submit your information.
• Please note that bidding ends on September 18th  at noon

Email kbermingham@law.harvard.edu if you have any trouble logging on.

Please be sure to read the interviewing policy on the Symplicity site. Once you have scheduled an interview, you are expected to honor that interview.

Equal Justice Works Job Fair

This is the largest public interest law related job fair in the country. Each year it brings over 200 employers to the greater Washington, DC area. The 2013  job fair, along with a conference about public interest career topics, will be October 25-26 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA.  More information about the job fair schedule is available at the Equal Justice Works website.