NW Public Service Career Fair

Employers: All nonprofit and government employers who wish to recruit students or alumni for legal or law-related positions are welcome to participate. 

Students: Students and alumni from NW Consortium member law schools are invited to participate. Registration is not available to students from non-member law schools. Participation is free. 

We aim to keep the fair free of cost. If you would like to sponsor the fair, please contact Kyle Johnson, Director of Public Interest Law at Lewis & Clark Law School at kdjohnson@lclark.edu.

Both!  The virtual day is Friday, February 6, 2026.  The in-person day is Saturday, February 7, 2026 in Portland, Oregon at the Lewis & Clark Undergraduate Campus.

Yes, yes, and yes! Registering for the fair ensures that you have access to all of the available table talks. However, to potentially receive interviews, you must separately apply for specific positions in advance. Employers are then able to select multiple students per day to interview. You will be notified in advance of the fair of any interviews you receive.

The list of the 2025 fair employers can be found here. See here for table map and table assignments.

No! You are welcome to join us solely for table talks to learn about participating organizations.

Check back in the fall for details on the 2026 fair.  

Employers who want to conduct interviews at the fair will post jobs in advance of the fair. 

Application materials will be released to employers before the fair. You will be notified if you are selected for an interview and will have 24 hours to accept or decline your interviews. The final schedule will be created after students accept or decline.

Some employers prefer to interview outside the fair using our resume collect option. These employers will contact you directly if they wish to schedule interviews.

Yes, yes, and yes! Employers can engage in the fair in several ways. If your organization would like to promote its role in the community and engage with students without conducting interviews, you may register for table talks only. Table talks are an informal way to connect with students and increase awareness of your organization. During the table talks portion of each day, students will visit your table during the in-person event or enter a virtual room where everyone can exchange contact information, ask questions, and learn about opportunities with your organization.

If you would like to conduct interviews with students during the fair, you can register for table talks and interviews, or interviews only. Employers who conduct interviews during the fair will have 20-minute interviews scheduled for them in the afternoons based on the students they select. If you would like to conduct interviews with students after the fair on your own schedule, you can register for a resume collect. Employers who register for a resume collect will receive student materials to review, but will be responsible for scheduling interviews outside of the fair. This is a great option for employers who wish to connect with our students, but who may have a date conflict with the fair.

No! You are welcome to join us solely for table talks to share information with our students about your organization.

If you would like to conduct interviews with students after the fair on your own schedule*, you can register for a resume collect. Employers who register for a resume collect will receive student materials to review, but will be responsible for self-scheduling interviews outside of the fair. This is a great option for employers who wish to connect with our students, but who may have a date conflict with the fair, want to conduct longer interviews, or want to consider candidates from outside NW Consortium schools in their interview process.

*We kindly request employers to not schedule interviews during the same days and times of our fair. This courtesy avoids creating schedule conflicts with candidates who have other interviews during the fair.