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. Participation is free.

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. 

The fair is FREE. If you would like to sponsor the fair, please contact us.

Both!  The virtual day is Friday, January 31, 2025.  The in-person day is Saturday, February 1, 2025 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 up to 12 students per day to interview. You will be notified in advance of the fair of any interviews you receive.

The list of employers currently scheduled to participate 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.

To apply for fair jobs/interviews, complete the full registration process, as detailed above, and then apply via Career Connect.  

Employers who want to conduct interviews at the fair will post jobs in advance of the fair. These jobs will be listed in Lewis & Clark’s Career Connect system. Lewis & Clark students already have access to this system; students at other schools will need to request access following the registration instructions.

Application materials will be released to employers before the fair. You will be notified at your official school email address 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 your Zoom 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.