Welcome Students

You are cordially invited to participate in the Twenty-First Annual Midwest Public Interest Law Career Conference, at Northwestern University School of Law (downtown Chicago) on Saturday, February 7, 2009. Participation in the Conference is free and open to first, second, and third year law students from law schools in the states below, who have registered and paid for conference participation.

The Conference offers you opportunities to:

• Interview with a variety of public interest and government employers for summer law clerk and entry-level attorney positions (employers will pre-screen resumes and select students to interview). Though most of the opportunities are unpaid or invite outside funding, there are positions that offer a stipend. Since most of the employers come mainly from the Midwest, you may find a position in the communities you seek to serve.
• Meet with employers during Table Talk, a morning session where you can informally chat with employers about their organization's opportunitites. Brochures, newsletters and other organizational literature from each employer will also be available.
• Respond to on-line employer resume requests for internships (volunteer or paid), fellowship, and entry level positions. This service is available to you throughout the school year.

SYMPLICITY.COM

Our procedures for student interviewing and resume requests are handled via the Internet. Each registered student will be given a login and password to their own MPILCC Symplicity account. Procedures related to employer bidding, resume uploads, viewing schedule assignments, cancelling interviews and alternate fill-ins will be done on-line via the MPILCC Symplicity site. Similarly, procedures for searching and responding to job postings will also be handled electronically via the MPILCC Symplicity site. You will find more information about using the Symplicity site under the Conference Tab.

CONFERENCE STUDENT REGISTRATION

You must register with your Law School's Office of Career Services to attend the conference. They will request the following information from you:

1. Last Name
2. Middle Initial or Middle Name
3. First Name
4. E-mail Address (must have - no typos!)
5. Class Year (1L, 2L or 3L)
6. Law School (understood)
7. Registered Last Year? (yes or no)

Your Office of Career Services will transmit this information to the MPILCC Conference administrators and it will be used to update prior attendees and to create new student accounts in the MPILCC Symplicity site. Students will subsequently be issued login and password information, as well as bidding instructions for employer interviewing, on December 15, 2008.

MPILCC 2008 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES (times are C.S.T.)

QUESTIONS?

Students should direct questions about the MPLICC Conference to their Office of Career Services.