Recruitment Program Policies & Procedures

Table of Contents

  1. Eligibility
  2. Student Agreement Form
  3. Résumés Standards
  4. Bidding for Interviews
  5. Interviews

  1. Eligibility

    All students, including transfer and visiting students, who anticipate graduating May, August, or December 2025 or 2026 ARE ELIGIBLE to participate in the 2024 Fall Recruitment Program (FRP).

    All students who anticipate graduating in May, August, or December 2025, 2026, or 2027 ARE ELIGIBLE to participate in the 2025 Spring Recruitment Program (SRP).

    Students who have questions or concerns regarding their eligibility should contact the Career Planning Center.

  2. Student Agreement Form

    To participate in FRP and SRP, students are required to complete and submit electronically the STUDENT AGREEMENT FORM by 11:00 PM on the Friday before the first day of scheduled OCI interviews for the applicable recruitment program. The CPC reserves the right to suspend a student's participation in FRP and/or SRP until the STUDENT AGREEMENT FORM is received.  

  3. Résumé Standards

    All résumés submitted for FRP and SRP must 1) conform to legal résumé standards set forth in the Legal Résumé Guide, including standards regarding inaccurate, false and misleading information, and 2) have been reviewed during a one-on-one meeting with a member of the CPC staff (either virtual or in person) and subsequently approved (a résumé approved once by the CPC need not be approved a second time). If a student deliberately provides inaccurate, false or misleading information on a résumé, including rounding up class rank or grade point average, s/he is subject to referral to the Dean of the Law School and the Investigative Committee for possible disciplinary action (see Article 900, §901(2) of the Marquette University Law School Academic Regulations).

  4. Bidding for Interviews

    Students apply, or "bid," for interviews with employers participating in FRP and SRP online via Symplicity. Students must upload to Symplicity their résumés and any additional application materials requested by participating employers (e.g., cover letter, law school transcript, writing sample, list of references) before applying for interviews. Basic guidelines for using Symplicity to bid for interviews are available here.

    Bidding deadlines vary by employer and are listed in the "Bidding Deadline" column for each employer. Regardless of date, bidding deadlines always are 11:00 PM. See Key Dates and Deadlines for initial bidding deadlines. You must upload the appropriate application materials to Symplicity and apply by the appropriate bidding deadlines. There are no exceptions.

    There is no limit to the number of employers for which a student may bid.

  5. Interviews

    • Interview Selection: Pre-screening and Random Selection.

      At the bidding deadline for an employer, the employers is able to access on Symplicity student application materials submitted. The employer then reviews, or "pre-screens," the applications and selects students to fill all available interview slots on the employer's schedule. Employers also have the option of selecting students to serve as "alternates" should a selected student withdraw from consideration. All interview selections are made by the employers, unless the employer requests that the CPC make the selections, which is highly unusual. If an employer makes such a request, the CPC randomly selects students using a random number generator.

    • Interview Schedules and Sign-up.

      Once an employer makes their interview selections, a student's interview selection status is provided on Symplicity in the "Invitations" column for the applicable employer (under the "OCI" tab). Students selected for interviews also are notified individually by the CPC via email from mulawcareers@marquette.edu. Students selected as alternates and students not selected to interview also are sent email notifications from the CPC. Students are responsible for checking Symplicity and their email regularly. 

      Students selected to interview with an employer student must sign up for an available interview slot on Symplicity. Slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The CPC will NOT sign up for an interview slot on behalf of a student.

      If a student is selected for an interview and is unable to interview during any of the time slots available on the schedule, the student has the option of trying to swap slots with another student on the schedule. Since Symplicity does not permit students to see the identities of the other students on an interview schedule, a student seeking to swap interview slots with another student must contact the CPC. The CPC will identify the other students on the schedule; however, it is the responsibility of the student seeking to swap slots to contact other students. If another student agrees to swap interview slots, one or both of the students must notify the CPC immediately so that the CPC can reflect the change to the interview schedule in Symplicity and communicate the change to the employer. Students should NOT contact employers regarding any issues related to on-campus interview schedules.

    • Interview Attendance and Withdrawal.

      Students are required to appear - whether virtually or in person - at the designated interview time/date and be dressed in appropriate professional attire. See Section VIII of the CPC's Interviewing Guide for attire guidelines and Section XI for best-practice tips for virtual interviews. 

      If for any reason a student selected to interview with an employer is unable to interview with that employer, the student must notify the CPC immediately AND submit electronically a completed Interview Withdrawal Form AT LEAST 48 HOURS in advance of the employer's first scheduled interview. The CPC will notify the employer regarding interview withdrawal. A student seeking to withdraw from a scheduled interview should NOT contact the employer.

    • Violations.

      A student who violates the Interview Attendance and Withdrawal provision of these Policies and Procedures is subject to the following actions:

      First Violation: The student is notified via email by the CPC of their violation and is required to write a letter or email message of apology to the employer's interviewer(s), a copy of which must be provided to the CPC. The student is suspended from further participation in FRP until a copy of the letter/email is received by the CPC.

      Second Violation: The student is notified in writing by the CPC of their violation and is required to write a letter or email message of apology to the employer's interviewer(s), a copy of which must be provided to the CPC. In addition, the student is required to meet with the Assistant Dean of Career Planning regarding the violations. The student is suspended from further participation in FRP until a copy of the letter/email is received by the CPC and the student has met with the Assistant Dean.

      Third Violation: The student is notified in writing by CPC of their violation and is required to write a letter or email message of apology to the employer's interviewer(s), a copy of which must be provided to the CPC. The student also is suspended from all current and future participation in Marquette Law School recruitment programs and is required to meet with the Dean of the Law School.