Employers

The Career Services Office maintains PEARSON, a free, on-line job website. Employers can post and edit job listings for our students and alumni to view and apply.

Loyola University Chicago School of Law hosts an On-Campus Interviewing & Resume Collect program for employers who wish to collect applications and interview our law students for summer internships, summer associate positions and permanent positions. There is no fee to particpate in the program.

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The Loyola Patent Law Interview Program is a two-day interview program held each summer that brings together patent law employers and law students from across the country to interview for summer associate positions and post-graduate employment.

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Loyola University Chicago Statement of Diversity and Equal Opportunity

Employers who use the facilities and services of the law school for interviewing and other placement functions agree to observe the principles of equal opportunity stated below.

Loyola University Chicago School of Law provides equality of opportunity in legal education for all persons, including faculty and employees, with respect to hiring, continuation, promotion and tenure, applicants for admission, enrolled students, and graduates, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, sex, age, ethnic origin, ancestry, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Loyola provides its students and graduates with equal opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination or segregation on the above-stated grounds. Facilities and services of the Career Services Office of Loyola University Chicago School of Law are available only to employers whose employment practices are consistent with this policy and are similarly non-discriminatory.

We encourage all employers who have a demonstrated commitment to diversity and pluralism to use our services.

Loyola celebrates and promotes a safe and healthy community life for people of all races, religions, national origins, socio-economic classes, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, physical and learning abilities, and ages by modeling behavior and articulating expectations that we live and work together in one community, bound together by our commitment to learning and respect for one another. Excellence and diversity at Loyola are inextricably tied. We have a deep understanding of and commitment to the fact that to be an excellent law school we must be diverse in all aspects of our work.

General Provisions

1. Loyola Law expects employers and students to schedule interviews outside of student class times.
2. Loyola Law expects students to comply with all written terms of offer letters, including requests for reaffirmation. Students should not hold open more than three offers at a time. 
3. All offers for employment should remain open for at least two weeks from the date of the written offer.

Offers for Summer Employment from Private Sector Employers with over 40 Attorneys

1. Offers for summer employment from private sector employers with over 40 attorneys should remain open for at least 14 days from the date of the written offer. Reasonable student requests for extensions should be honored with at least 7 days provided.
2. Offers for summer employment made before the start of OCI should remain open for at least 14 days from the first day of OCI. Reasonable student requests for extensions should be honored with at least 7 days provided.

Offers for Post-Graduate Employment from Private Sector Employers with over 40 Attorneys

1. Offers for post-graduate employment made to students previously employed by the employer made on or before September 2 should remain open until October 1.
2. Offers for post-graduate employment made to students previously employed by the employer made after September 2 should remain open at least 21 days.
3. Offers for post-graduate employment made to students not previously employed by the employer made on or before December 1 should remain open at least 21 days.
4. Offers for post-graduate employment made to students not previously employed by the employer made after December 1 should remain open for at least two weeks.
5. Private sector employers are expected to extend the deadline to accept offers for post-graduate employment until April 1 for students actively pursuing public interest or government positions.

Provisions for 1L Recruitment

Prospective employers should not initiate formal one-on-one recruiting contact with first-year students, including applications, interviews, or offers prior to December 1. In limited circumstances government employers requiring an extensive background check may receive and review applications prior to December 1.