Career Options Night

For Employers

We understand how important it is to find and hire the appropriate professionals for your available positions. The experienced and dedicated team at the University of Minnesota Law School’s Career Center can connect you with students and alumni who fit your needs.

Services offered:

Ways to engage with students:

  • Attend "Meet the Market" Employer Receptions (fall and spring semesters)
  • Serve as a volunteer for the Mock Interview Program (winter break)
  • Invite students to attend community professional association events
  • Attend alumni networking events

Policies on Nondiscrimination, Sexual Harassment and Fair Employment:

Employers posting positions must comply with the Law School’s non-discrimination policies. 

The Career Center’s commitment to diversity is reinforced in the University of Minnesota Board of Regents Policy on Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action, under which the Law School shall provide equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

The Policy on Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Relationship Violence governs the University of Minnesota’s commitment to preventing and addressing sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, relationship violence and related retaliation.

Additionally, the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits unpaid internships with for-profit entities when course credit is not available.

NALP Principles and Minnesota Law Guidelines:

Minnesota Law is a member of NALP and follows the NALP Principles for a Fair and Ethical Recruiting Process. We encourage open communication over the course of the recruiting process. In addition to the outlined guidelines below, students should keep employers informed, in a timely manner, about the status of their consideration of their offers, and employers should keep students informed in a timely manner as to the status of their candidacies.

Below are Minnesota Law guidelines for employers recruiting students under the principles of fairness and open communication:

Minnesota Law Recruiting Guidelines - Revised June 2024

For Employers

1L Recruiting Timeline
  • Consistent with NALP principles, employers are encouraged to schedule recruitment activities to minimize interference with students’ academic work and exam periods and to exercise particular sensitivity during the first semester of a student’s law school experience.  No interviews should be conducted during end-of-term finals.
  • Offer Consideration Period: All offers for first-year summer employment should be left open for a minimum of 14 days from the date the offer was made.
  • Extensions: We ask employers to grant, upon written request, deadline extensions of at least seven (7) days, provided that the student has remained engaged with the employer during the original offer period.  We encourage open communication with students to provide flexibility whenever possible.
2L On/Off-Campus Offer Period
  • All offers for first-year summer employment should be left open for a minimum of 14 days from the date the offer was made.
  • Extensions: We ask employers to grant, upon written request, deadline extensions of at least seven (7) days, provided that the student has remained engaged with the employer during the original offer period.  We encourage open communication with students to provide flexibility whenever possible.

For Students 

Offer Limit: 
  • Students are not allowed to hold open more than 5 offers at any given time
  • If a student receives an offer for summer employment and, based upon other offers they have already received, knows they will not accept that offer, the offer should be quickly declined.
Timeliness:
  • Students are expected to accept or decline offers of employment within the employer's stated timeline.  
  • A student seeking to extend the offer consideration period must request in writing to the firm’s recruiting manager or the designated firm contact and copy their Career Counselor.  The student must stay in contact with the employer during the original offer period and affirm their interest into the extension period.
Reneging:
  • After accepting an offer, students should report this acceptance to their Career Counselor, cease interviewing, and contact other employers they have been in contact with to withdraw their name from consideration.

Questions regarding these policies can be directed to the Career Center at lawcareers@umn.edu.