Texas Young Lawyers Association

The Texas Off-Campus Recruitment Program: The Best Kept Recruiting Secret for Firms Looking at Texas Law Schools

December 04,2003

The Texas Off-Campus Recruitment Program is a unique recruiting opportunity for employers seeking to hire law students for summer clerkships or new associate positions. All nine Texas law schools participate in the program, which allows employers a one-stop shopping opportunity to interview law students from Baylor, St. Mary's, South Texas College of Law, SMU-Dedman,TSU-Thurgood Marshall, Texas Tech, Texas Wesleyan, University of Houston Law Center, and the University of Texas. Whether this is used as the only recruiting tool or a supplement to a formalized, annual recruitment program, employers will find this a superb opportunity to interview a wide range of candidates at minimal expense and with a minimal investment of time. This year's Employer Registration deadline is January 8, 2004.

Interviews will be held at South Texas College of Law on March 5, 2004. Registered employers select students to interview through a pre-screening process. The schedule consists of 17 interviews in 20-minute segments. There is a $100 registration fee per interview room, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch for interviewers. The following items are required for registration:

Completed Registration Form
Appropriate Fee ($100 per interview room)
One-page firm resume, and
NALP Form
- Law Firm (Law Firm Instructions)
- Corporate (Corporate Instructions)
- Government (Government Instructions)
- Public Interest (Public Interest Instructions)
- Non-Law Practice Employer (Non-Law Practice Employer Instructions)
- Small Employer (Small Employer Instructions) employers with 25 or fewer lawyers
Completed FedEx or Airborne form (so resumes may be shipped overnight to you)

For further information, please call the TYLA office at 800-204-2222 x6429.