Employers

Meet the Legal Professionals Networking Event

The Center for Career Planning and Public Service is pleased to invite legal professionals to participate in Meet the Legal Professionals Networking Event.  This provides an informal table talk venue to meet with and convey information to UW School of Law students regarding your organization or career path.

2008 Employment Statistics

98.2% of the Class of 2008 graduates seeking employment (167 of 170) were employed as of February 2009. Employed include those enrolled in graduate study (5). Three (3) graduates were seeking employment and three (3) graduates were not seeking employment.
View a list of recent graduate employers.

About Current UW Law Students

Currently 704 students are enrolled in UWLS, 569 JDs and 135 LLM/PhDs. The incoming 2007-8 student body consists of 183 students, with a median GPA of 3.63. 66% are women, 25% are students of color and 54% are Washington residents. 16% of our incoming students hold other graduate degrees.

The majority of our students are JD students. JD concentration tracks at UW School of Law include: Asian Law, Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property and International and Comparitive law. LLM programs include: Asian and Comparative Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law of Sustainable International Development and Taxation.

More information about: UWLS grading and admissions policies, incoming class profile.

Post a Job Announcement

Career Planning uses a web-based job posting service called Symplicity. Symplicity benefits employers by allowing Career Planning to integrate online job listings, resume collections and other information into one interface. It allows students to upload job search documents, apply for positions online and review employer profiles.

Symplicity Employer Log-In
To use Symplicity you will need to register online. Register by clicking the register tab. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with your password. Then login with your email and password and click on Jobs. If you have any difficulty please contact our office.

Externships

The Center for Career Planning and Public Services encourages employers to hire students who are seeking to fulfill their public service requirement through an externship. "Public Service Legal Work" must be law related, professional in nature and non-clerical. In addition, and in order to comply with the regulations imposed by the ABA, public service work is uncompensated. Law related work includes, but is not limited to: interviewing witnesses and clients; investigation of factual or legal data; legal research and writing; lobbying; legislative analysis; participating in hearings, oral arguments, arbitrations, mediations, negotiations, or trials; public speaking on law related matters; providing law related training or education; counseling on law related matters; participating in the development of case or project strategy.

As an externship employer and mentor, you can provide a student with valuable experience that can encourage them to make a lifetime commitment to public service.

Public Service at the University of Washington Law School

Public service externship field supervisor information page

Employer Information Files

Career Planning maintains employer information on file for thousands of employers for use by students and graduates. Employers are encouraged to submit materials periodically to ensure that we have up to date and accurate information. Please contact us at to update your information.

"This summer, the AGO Social and Health Services Division in Olympia was lucky enough to employ two Rule 9 Law Clerks who are both UW Law students. They demonstrated an incredible work ethic, tackled difficult projects, and were a great fit for the office. They eagerly took advantage of the many opportunities to participate in hearings and trials, and impressed both their colleagues and judges with their courtroom skills."

- Rachel Burnside, Assistant Attorney General
Social and Health Services Division, Olympia

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I have supervised a number of externs through the University of Washington School of Law public service externship program over the past 10 years. The students I have had the privilege to supervise are consistently well-versed in the fundamentals of the law, are bright and hard-working, and committed to public service. The contributions UW externs have made to the Attorney General’s Office in Everett over the years are immeasurable, both in terms of their work product as well as their enthusiasm for the law and service to others. They bring a fresh perspective to our practice, one that invigorates and reminds us why we chose this profession to begin with.

-Scott Majors, Senior Counsel
Regional Services Division, Everett