Readers: What Are You Hearing About Public Interest Hiring This Year?
The New York Law Journal is running a piece today titled, “Law Schools See Signs of Better Job Opportunities for Students.” It notes that in the New York market, law school on-campus interviewing (OCI) programs are likely to be a bit more robust than they were last year. The piece focuses mainly on Biglaw’s hiring plans, though, where one hiring partner offered that, “It’s not full speed ahead, but it’s cautiously optimistic half speed ahead.”
What about the public interest hiring market, though? We realize that the “public interest market” is quite diffuse and as a result it’s hard to discern hiring trends. Here at NALP/PSLawNet we’ll be doing some more formal environmental scanning in the coming weeks – reaching out mainly to nonprofit and some government law offices to get a sense of whether the economic winds are little more favorable these days.
But we’re curious about the buzz – about what law students are hearing as you folks are wrapping up summer internships. What are your employers and friends saying about the hiring prospects for Class of 2011 grads? Please share in the comments section. (And career services folks should feel free to chime in as well.)
