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Employers

The Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD) offers prospective employers a variety of ways to interact with our students, including job fairs, Fall and Spring recruitment, job postings, and networking events. Our recruiting team works diligently to cultivate relationships with firms, courts, businesses, government agencies, and public interest organizations to find opportunities for our students and alumni. We encourage all employers to contact us at 202-274-4090 or recruit@wcl.american.edu for more information about how we can help them identify candidates from AUWCL.

Meet Our Students This Fall: Employer Tabling Opportunities
 

Meet Our Students This Fall: Employer Tabling Opportunities

This fall, we're delighted to welcome employers in private practice, government, and public interest on campus to meet our talented students through our employer tabling program. This is a great opportunity to build your campus presence, introduce students to your organization, and highlight career opportunities. Below are the featured employers who have signed up to participate in this program so far.

Featured Firms from the tabling program so far:

  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP — September 9
  • Troutman Pepper Locke — September 9
  • Law Office of Edward W Neufville, III LLC — September 17
  • Covington & Burling LLP — September 23
  • Honigman LLP — September 24
  • Freshfields — October 1
  • Holland & Knight LLP — October 8
  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP — October 28
  • Cozen O'Connor — October 28
  • Steptoe LLP — November 5

Public Service and Public Interest Organizations:

  • Fairfax Public Defender's Office — August 26
  • COTSA - Comunidades Transnacionales Salvadoreñas Americanas — August 27
  • Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center — August 27
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Adjudication, Recruitment, and Management — September 2
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Privacy & Civil Liberties — September 3
  • U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser — September 3
  • U.S. Department of Commerce — September 9
  • National Labor Relations Board — September 10
  • Bread for the City — September 17
  • New York County District Attorney's Office — September 30
  • Maryland Office of the Attorney General — October 1
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement — October 7
  • DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice — October 8
  • Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia — October 15

Interested in joining us? There are still a limited number of tabling opportunities for employers available this semester. Secure your spot today to introduce your organization, increase your visibility on campus, and connect with our talented students.

Law Firms, reserve your table here.

Public Service and Public Interest organizations, reserve your table here.

Recruitment Information

The Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD) offers prospective employers a variety of ways to interact with our students, including job fairs, recruitment programs, job postings, and networking events. Our recruiting team works diligently to cultivate relationships with firms, courts, businesses, government agencies, and public interest organizations to find opportunities for our students and alumni. We encourage all employers to contact us at 202-274-4090 or recruit@wcl.american.edu for more information about how we can help them identify candidates from AUWCL. For more information about our recruitment programs, please see below.

 

Posting Positions

Employers are invited to advertise job and internship opportunities to AUWCL students and alumni. To take advantage of OCPD job posting services, please send the vacancy announcement to our office.

  • Please fill out this Google Form for our Job Posting Team to review and post the position on your behalf.
  • Mail: 4300 Nebraska Avenue, Suite C115, Washington, DC 20016

Employers are also welcome to post positions directly to CareerLink, OCPD's comprehensive online job bank. Please note: By posting a student or alumni position with OCPD, you are affirming your adherence to the law school's non-discrimination policy that extends to all employment opportunities. Please go to: Non-Discrimination Policy & Complaint Procedures for the full text of the policy.