Information for Employers

Employers may register to participate in on-campus interviews online by using the Symplicity program.  To do so, you must first have an active Symplicity account, which you can obtain by registering at https://law-texwes-csm.symplicity.com/employers/.  Once you receive your username and password, you can log in and use the "OCI" tab to choose OCI dates, enter hiring criteria, and request documents from students.  You will also be able to view requested documents through the Symplicity system after students bid. 

If your firm does not wish to participate in on-campus interviews, but you would still like to receive resumes from Texas Wesleyan students, you can register for Resume Collect.  You simply need to indicate that you would like to participate in Resume Collect on Symplicity or on the Employer Registration Form, and indicate the date by which you would like to receive resumes from our students. 

For questions about Symplicity, contact Courtney Key.  Registration for Fall 2008 OCI is now closed.  If you would like information on requesting an on-campus interview date for Spring 2009, please contact Courtney Key.  For instructions on how to register for OCI through Symplicity, click here to download an instruction sheet.

If you would prefer to register for OCI through the traditional method, you can download an employer registration form and submit it to the Career Services Office by mail, fax, or e-mail.

All questions about OCI and/or using Symplicity should be directed to Courtney Key by e-mail at ckey@law.txwes.edu, or by phone at (817) 212-4050.

Information for Students

Bidding for Fall 2008 OCI is now closed.  Please keep in touch with the Career Services Office to receive information about future interviewing opportunities.

If you receive a callback or job offer from any employers you interviewed with during on-campus recruiting, please let the Career Services Office know by e-mailing Courtney Key at ckey@law.txwes.edu.  This information will be used for internal records only.

Applying to Non-OCI Employers - Large Firms

If you are interested in a summer associate position with a large law firm that does not participate in our fall recruiting program, you may still apply directly to the firm.  Below is a list of the Dallas members of the National Association for Law Placement, along with links to their online recruiting pages.  You may view information on other employers at http://www.nalp.org.  Generally, large law firms recruit students from the top of the 2L class.  If you are interested in applying to a large firm, you should have your application materials ready for receipt by the firm's recruiting coordinator by Labor Day.

Dallas NALP Firms and Recruiting Websites

National Association for Law Placement Principles and Standards: Guidelines for accepting and rejecting offers

The members of NALP - law schools and legal employers - have developed ethical standards to help guide the recruiting process. These Principles and Standards are designed to create an environment in which students have sufficient time to make informed career decisions and employers can rely on receiving responses at the appropriate time. Important provisions include the following:

A. General Provisions

1. All offers to law student candidates (“candidates”) should remain open for at least two weeks after the date of the offer letter unless the offers are made pursuant to Paragraphs B and C below, in which case the later response date should apply.
   
2. Candidates are expected to accept or release offers or request an extension by the applicable deadline. Offers that are not accepted by the offer deadline expire.
   
3. A student should not hold open more than five offers of employment at any one time. For each offer received that places a student over the offer limit, the student should, within one week of receipt of the excess offer, release an offer.
   
4. Employers offering part-time or temporary positions for the school term are exempted from the requirements of Paragraphs B and C below.
   
5. Practices inconsistent with these guidelines should be reported to the student’s career services office.
   

B. Full-Time Employment Provisions

1. Employers offering full-time positions to commence following graduation to candidates not previously employed by them should leave those offers open for at least 45 days following the date of the offer letter or until December 30, whichever comes first. Offers made after December 15 for full-time positions to commence following graduation should remain open for at least two weeks after the date of the offer letter.
   
2. Students may request that an employer extend the deadline to accept the employer’s offer until as late as April 1 if the student is actively pursuing positions with public interest or government organizations. Students may hold open only one offer in such circumstances. Employers are encouraged to grant such requests.
   
3. Employers offering full-time positions to commence following graduation to candidates previously employed by them should leave those offers open until at least November 15 of the candidate’s final year of law school.
   
4. Employers offering candidates full-time positions to commence following graduation and having a total of 40 attorneys or fewer in all offices are exempted from the provisions of this section. Offers made on or before December 15 should remain open for a minimum of three weeks. Offers made after December 15 should remain open for at least two weeks.

C. Summer Employment Provisions for Second and Third Year Students

1. Employers offering positions for the following summer to candidates not previously employed by them should leave those offers open for at least 45 days following the date of the offer letter or until December 30, whichever comes first. Offers made after December 15 for the following summer should remain open for at least two weeks after the date of the offer letter.
   
2. Students may request that an employer extend the deadline to accept the employer’s offer until as late as April 1 if the student is actively pursuing positions with public interest or government organizations. Students may hold open only one offer in such circumstances. Employers are encouraged to grant such requests.
   
3. Employers offering positions for the following summer to candidates previously employed by them should leave those offers open until at least November 15.
   
4. Employers offering candidates positions for the following summer and having a total of 40 attorneys or fewer in all offices are exempted from the provisions of this section. Offers made on or before December 15 should remain open for a minimum of three weeks. Offers made after December 15 should remain open for at least two weeks.

 For more information on the National Association for Law Placement and its guidelines, visit the NALP website.