We’d like to welcome the 12 new employees who joined HLS in May ..read more

Location: Washington D.C. Deadline: June 21, 2024 Learn more about the International Relations Officer position. This job posting has not been vetted by our office and the employer has not given assurances of non-discrimination or compliance with our recruitment policies ..read more

Location: New York, NY Deadline: July 12, 2024 Learn more about the Assistant Attorney General position. This job posting has not been vetted by our office and the employer has not given assurances of non-discrimination or compliance with our recruitment policies ..read more

Location: Lubbock, TX Deadline: July 12, 2024 Learn more about the Clinical Lecturer and Veterans Law Clinic Director position. This job posting has not been vetted by our office and the employer has not given assurances of non-discrimination or compliance with our recruitment policies ..read more

OPIA will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in observance of Juneteenth ..read more

Class of 2025 applicants, be sure to click the “finalize” button for each application in OSCAR you want to have submitted next Monday, June 10. The system automatically will release your finalized applications to judges on Monday at Noon Eastern time. You don’t have to wait until Monday to finalize in OSCAR and in fact we suggest you finalize now if you haven’t already, as much in advance as possible to avoid any last-minute issues. You can double-check that your PDF applications look as they should. Go under Applications and click on the little envelope icon to see the complete PDF file as th ..read more

The hiring plan for the Class of 2025 includes a specific time for the submission of applications: 12:00 Noon EDT, on Monday, June 10. If you are in a different time zone, adjust accordingly (and accurately). Please be careful not to submit before then but also try to submit at or close to Noon EDT, not much thereafter ..read more

Please do not email applications to DDC Judge Reyes. Her chambers contacted us recently to convey: Judge Reyes would prefer to receive applications only by OSCAR. There will be a post there whenever she has an opening for which she is interested in receiving applications. To be clear and to avoid unnecessary stress for anyone who has already emailed an application: the Judge appreciates the interest from the email applicants and will be happy to consider them if/when they apply by OSCAR—but she asks that everyone hold off on applying until she posts on OSCAR. And, to answer the likely follow-u ..read more

Several students have asked various versions of a question about missing recs in OSCAR. First, make sure you have identified your recommenders for each application, not only in the general pool of your recommenders in OSCAR.  See a screen shot guide from OSCAR.  Then, see an additional website section on the topic. Try to maintain your focus on what you can control, which at this point may not be the submission of your recs ..read more

Once you have finished your applications, the next step is potential interviews. Class of 2025 applicants could start hearing from judges on Tuesday at Noon Eastern (technically under the hiring plan) or even Monday (if any judges jump the gun). Interviewing for clerkships can require some unique strategy because many judges hire quickly, on a rolling basis. Click into the full post for more information ..read more