The NW Consortium of Law Schools invites you to register for the 2025 NW Public
Service Career Fair. This fair will be virtual on Friday, January 31
and in-person on the Lewis & Clark undergrad campus in Portland, OR on Saturday, February 1, 2025. Employer registration is now open and
participation is free. Employer registration closes December 18, 2024 at
11:59 pm, but don’t delay! Please see important registration instructions
detailed below.
Important
Registration Instructions
When completing the registration for NWPSCF interviews,
please note that interviews need to be 20 minutes and
we will provide one (1) 15-minute break halfway through the afternoon. The
total # of interviews in one day cannot exceed 12 interviews.
Resume Collection: We are also happy to collect
application materials for you through a resume collection process and you can
schedule interviews on your own timeline - preferably outside of our interview
dates set out above. ***If you would like to use the resume collection
option, please select Sunday, January 19 as the “interview date” when you
register (this is an arbitrary system-required placeholder and all materials
will be released on the same date).***
We welcome postings for students at any level as well as
entry level attorney positions for our recent grads (i.e. rising 2L & 3L
clerks, externs or interns, more experienced certified law students, post-grad
clerks or attorneys, and both short-term and long-term opportunities.)
Recruitment Process Deadlines:
Employer Registration Opens – October 28
Student App Period Opens – November 20
Employer Registration Closes – December 18
Student App Period Closes – January 9
Applications to Employers for Selection – January 13
Employer Selections Deadline – January 21
Student Accept/Decline – January 23
Interview Schedules Released – January 27
Why
should you attend the NWPSCF?
Your
organization can join the fair even if you are not actively hiring. Each morning of the fair, we open the
floor for “Table Talks” - a chance for students to "hop" from Zoom
room to Zoom room or physical table to table in one large ballroom - and learn
about the importance of your organization and/or future opportunities.
If you are
hiring, we can arrange interviews for you at the fair or organize a resume
collection. The
NWPSCF offers two convenient ways to hire for summer, fall, spring, or
postgraduate positions. By posting your job through the fair, your opportunity
can be viewed by students from across the region. If you would like to
interview at the fair, we can schedule up to 12 students per day, each day of
the fair. If you prefer to interview on your own schedule, we can collect
student applications for you and provide them to your organization.
With a
virtual day, you can join from anywhere. The past few years of virtual fairs proved we are able
to welcome more employers than ever from across the country. Our Consortium
students are open to opportunities anywhere - across the country or around the
world; if you cannot join us in person, then we invite you to join us
virtually.
The
Northwest Consortium of Law Schools brings together ten law schools in the
Northwestern and Rocky Mountain states that work together to enhance public
service, employment, and professional opportunities for their students. The Consortium schools have worked
together for three decades creating the annual NW Public Service Career Fair to
introduce public service-minded law students to employers working to advance
concepts of justice, fairness, and the well-being of the general public. The
NWPSCF traditionally brings nonprofit employers, civil legal aid organizations,
and government offices together with hundreds of law students.
The ten
participating Consortium law schools are: Arizona State University, Brigham
Young University, Gonzaga University, Lewis & Clark, Seattle University,
University of Idaho, University of Oregon, University of Utah, University of
Washington, and Willamette University.
