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PRESCREENING

Notre Dame Law School does not allow pre-screening of student resumes. Employers may list either required or preferred hiring criteria when registering for an on-campus interview schedule. However, employers are strongly encouraged to acquaint themselves with the Law School’s grading policy prior to setting any hiring criteria. In particular, requirements for a particular class rank or percentage are all but meaningless given our grading system. We are happy to answer any questions an employer may have about this issue.

SUPPORTING PUBLIC INTEREST WORK WHILE RECRUITING AT NOTRE DAME

  • The Law Student Travel and Accommodations Reimbursement Program (L-STAR).

RECRUITING FIRST YEAR STUDENTS

Per the guidelines set forth by the National Association of Law Placement (NALP), the Law School does not make the facilities of the Career Services Offices available to first-year students prior to November 1. In addition, we require that employers not communicate directly or indirectly with first-year students before December 1.

PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS FOR LAW PLACEMENT AND RECRUITING ACTIVITIES

NON-DISCRIMINATION AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

All employers to whom we provide assistance and facilities for interviewing and other placement functions are required to observe the principles of equal opportunity set forth in ABA Standard 210(f) and AALS Bylaw 6-4(b), i.e. equal opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or sexual orientation, and, additionally in the case of the AALS, age, handicap or disability.

JAG/MILITARY RECRUITING

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) believes that the recruiting practices of the military’s Judge Advocate General (JAG) departments are inconsistent with the AALS principle of equal opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, handicap or disability, or sexual orientation, as well as with AALS requirements that we obtain written confirmation from any employer to whom we furnish assistance and facilities for interviewing and other placement functions of the employer’s compliance with this principle.

Nonetheless, the AALS permits law schools to allow JAG recruiters on campus, provided that this notice of conflict between AALS policy and JAG recruitment practices is provided to students who are considering interviewing with JAG recruiters. Copies of materials related to this issue (including AALS Bylaw Section 6-4, AALS Executive Committee Regulation 6.19, AALS Memoranda 97-46 and 98-23 and the December 15, 1998 Report of the AALS Section on Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues) are available in the Career Services Office and on reserve in the Law Library. Any concerned gay or lesbian student may consult with Assistant Dean Gail Peshel or Peter Horvath, Director of Student Services. In addition, students may wish to consult the University’s Standing Committee on Gay and Lesbian Student Needs. The Committee’s web site is http://corecouncil.nd.edu/ .

For more information about the Notre Dame Law School’s policies, see our Viewbook On-Line.