OCI Job Offers / Good Questions for the Interview

QUESTION:

How will students be notified by OCI employers about whether or not they have been selected for a clerking position? Or is there a certain date after which if we have not heard from any employers we should assume we did not get any clerk positions and continue searching for employment elsewhere (or sign up for summer classes, etc.)?

ANSWER:
These former are legitimate questions you should ask each interviewer. Employers all operate differently and from year-to-year even that might change! Career Services asks that they give you all two weeks of interviewing before requiring AN ANSWER to an offer. A couple of them might make immediate offers while others will wait until they've interviewed at Fayetteville and considered applicants from any other schools they work with. Phone calls are the usual for offers and letters for non-offers. We continue to have students who hear nothing from the employer either way, unfortunately. Be sure to ask in the interview when and how should you expect to hear from them.

Don't stop your search of other employers waiting on OCI employers to respond! The job market is tight, but even before that happened, many employers were seeking law clerks with more than one year of law school to their credit. Remember, smaller employers are more numerous and the experience with a small firm is a good one to have.

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