Interview Assignment Process

Interviews are allocated to students by computer lottery. Assignments are based on student preferences and availability. The majority of students receive the interviews they request. When an employer’s schedule is oversubscribed, the resumes of students on the overflow list are made available to the employer online along with those students who have been granted interviews. For Resume Collect employers, student bids are placed with no order of preference.

Accessing Your Interview Schedule & Student Resumes

OCI and Resume Collect employers will receive an email once their resume packet and/or schedule is available to view in Symplicity. Note: all communications relating our recruiting programs will be sent to the email address of the contact who originally requested a schedule, or is currently attached, if an update took place.

Requests for Writing Samples and Other Materials

For OCI: Resumes will be released to you on-line through Symplicity; for details on transcripts and ancillary materials please refer to page 4 of our SLS Recruiting Policies.

For Resume Collection: If employers wish to request additional materials beyond a resume and cover letter, they should do so by directly contacting the student after reviewing his/her resume. This includes transcripts.

Schedule Changes Made By Employers

If you need to deviate from the schedule in any way (either extend your schedule or end the interviewing early) please e-mail Melissa Leger as soon as possible.

Contacting Students

We encourage students on your overflow list, who were unable to secure an interview with you during OCI, to reach out to you in the hopes of arranging a virtual screening interview, either during your OCI day, or at another time. We hope that you will view their outreach as indicative of a strong interest in you, and will try to accommodate them. Also, you may feel free to reach out to them as well, to the extent that you are interested.

Funding For Public Interest and Government Positions

Public interest and government employers who expect students to secure all or part of their summer funding from external sources should make this clear to all interviewees.

If you requested a hospitality table, we will reach out to you directly with more information.

Following Up

Effective follow-up to your virtual Stanford Law School recruiting visit is important. We have found that law students often measure a potential employer’s interest by the quality and timeliness of the follow-up procedures. At the conclusion of each interview, inform the student of the approximate date to expect your response and of subsequent steps to be taken by students who are selected.

Callbacks

Employers are free to extend callback invitations immediately following their OCI date, with interviews taking place at any time prior to the start of classes in the 3rd week of September. Regarding the decision to hold callback interviews either in-person or virtually we ask that you try as best as possible to be flexible, both in the timing of your interviews and also in their structure. Note: We also ask that you act in accordance with COVID health guidelines to the extent there are any and make our students health and health privacy concerns your utmost priority. Students will be expected to comply with all travel guidelines in effect from Stanford University, Stanford Law School, as well as local and county officials. We will keep our employers abreast of current guidelines when necessary.

Offers

Please refer to our recruiting policies .