Career Services
(801) 422-3685
career_services@law.byu.edu
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Why Hire BYU Law Students?
BYU Law Students and Graduates
Are Among the Best and Brightest
BYU is a top tier law school. Admissions data (75th percentile), taken from ABA-LSAC information shows that BYU
law student admission scores are among the highest in the
nation (see chart on page 3). Since its founding in 1973,
BYU Law School has had 13 U.S. Supreme Court clerkships,
a remarkable accomplishment for a young law school.
About 75% of BYU law students speak a second language.
Languages include: Spanish, Russian, Japanese, French,
German, Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic and many others.
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Admissions Data (75th Percentile)
GPA
3.8+
Berkeley
Boston U
Columbia
CUNY
Duke
Georgetown
G.W.
Harvard
Illinois
3.63.79
Buffalo
Cardozo
Chicago
Cornell
Emory
Hawaii
Maryland
160-165
155-159
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Northwestern
Pennsylvania
Stanford
Texas
UCLA
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Washington
Yale
Alabama
George Mason
Georgia
Iowa
IN-Bloomington
Kentucky
Penn State
Toledo
Washington
Notre Dame
USC
Wash. & Lee
Wash. U
William &
Mary
Akron
American
Arizona State
Arizona
Baylor
Boston College
Brandeis
Brooklyn
Case Western
Chicago Kent
Cincinnati
Colorado
Connecticut
Denver
DePaul
Drexel
Florida State
Florida
Georgia State
Houston
IN-Indianapolis
Kansas
Lewis & Clark
Loyola-Chicago
Loyola-Marymt
Miami
MO-Columbia
Nebraska
Nevada
Northeastern
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pace
Pepperdine
Pittsburgh
Quinnipiac
Richmond
Rutgers-Cam
Seattle
Seton Hall
S. Carolina
St. John’s
St. Louis
Temple
Tennessee
Tulane
UC-Davis
UC-Hastings
Utah
Villanova
Wake Forest
Wisconsin
Arkansas
AR-Little Rock
Baltimore
Cleveland State
Creighton
Drake
Duquesne
Gonzaga
Hamline
Louisiana State
Marquette
Memphis
Mercer
Michigan State
Mississippi
MO-Kansas
City
Montana
N. Kentucky
New Mexico
Ohio Northern
Regent
S. Dakota
S. Illinois
Stetson
Texas Tech
Tulsa
W. Virginia
Washburn
Wayne State
William
Mitchell
Wyoming
The data was taken from the ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA- Approved Law Schools, 2010 Edition for the entering class of 2008. This chart is
based on an original concept by Boston College entitled NAPLA Law School Locator.
Why Hire BYU Law Students?
LSAT
166+
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Rex E. Lee Advocacy Program (continued from Why Hire BYU Law Students?)
First-year law students are required to participate in the Rex E. Lee Advocacy Program. In this
rigorous and comprehensive program, students undergo intense training in legal analysis, writing,
research, and simulated courtroom oral advocacy. These experiences prepare them for the challenges
of their first-year summer employment and beyond.
Exceptional Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Teams
BYU Law students won two national (Moot Court and Trial Advocacy) competitions in the 20082009 school year.
Place
Competition
Host School
Additional Awards
First
Religious Freedom
George Washington
Best Brief
First
National First Amendment
Vanderbilt
Best Brief
Finalists
ABA Regional
University of Miami
6th Best Oralist
Semifinalists
ABA Regional
University of Miami
4th Best Brief
Semifinalists
National Security
George Washington
2nd Best Oralist, 3rd Best
Brief
Semifinalists
Civil Rights
Minnesota
2nd Best Oralist, 5th Best
Brief
right student or graduate for your office easier.
right student or graduate for your office easier.
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What Career Services Can Do for You
Services Include:
On-campus Interviews
Resume Collections
Job Fairs
Posting a Job
Externship Program
Research Pool
What Career Services Can Do for You
We can connect you with BYU law students or alumni
by providing a variety of services to make finding the
right student or graduate easier for you.
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Our Services
There is no fee to participate in any of our programs and employers can prescreen all candidates.
On-campus Interviews are held twice a year, in the fall and in the early spring. Interviewing at
the school will provide you with the broadest applicant pool possible. Our interview schedules are
flexible, allowing you to set interviews any time from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Lunch for each interviewer will be provided as desired.
Resume Collections can occur at any time. We can send you a packet of applications to review at
your leisure. Interviews can be scheduled on campus or in your office at your convenience.
Job Fairs are held at various locations throughout the year including Southern California (August),
Nevada (September), and the on-campus Winter Job Fair (January). Job Fairs are held at a central
location in a particular city. This option provides you with the convenience of limited travel time and
expense, as well as the assurance that candidates are interested in your city, since the students travel
on their own dime.
The DC / NYC Early Interviewing Program takes place in early August. There is no fee to
participate and you can prescreen all candidates. This option provides you with the convenience of
interviewing students in your own office and assures you that students are interested in your city,
since they pay their own travel expenses.
To participate in on-campus interviews, resume collections, the early interviewing program or a
job fair, please register at:
https://law-byu-csm.symplicity.com/employers. Questions? Call (801) 422-3685.
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Posting a Job
Four Easy Ways to Post a Job With Us
1. Email the posting to us at cssec1@law.byu.edu or call (801) 422-3685 with the information you
would like to post. In addition to your job specifications, please include the job posting’s expiration
date; if not included, the default date will be six weeks.
3. Fax it. Send your completed Job Notice Form to: (801) 422-0392. The Job Notice Form is available at: http://www.law2.byu.edu/jobnoticeform.
4. Stop by the Career Services Office and fill out a form while you are visiting the law school.
Our Services / Posting a Job
2. Post a job online through our Symplicity System at: https://law-byu-csm.symplicity.com.
Click “for employers” and follow the directions once you have logged in. Once you submit the pertinent information, we will email your posting to students and/or alumni.
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Externship Program
We invite you to consider hiring a BYU Law School
extern. The externship program is mutually beneficial
for both you and the students.
The externship program is designed to provide a real-life, capstone experience for students who have
completed their first year of study at BYU Law School. Students earn one unit of law school credit,
in lieu of pay, for each 50 hours of work, up to a maximum of six units during the summer. Students
are also able to do externships, on a more limited basis, during the academic year. An externship
provides students the opportunity to put theory into practice while providing employers a costefficient “law clerk.”
Practice Areas, Office Types, and Locations
Our students perform externships in all types of offices including law firms of every size, government
and public interest agencies, judges’ chambers, and corporations. Students work throughout the
country, with one-third of the first-year class typically working in international locations. By the time
they graduate, about 90% of students have done an externship.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I hire an extern?
We welcome the opportunity to talk to you about your
externship needs. You can learn more online at:
http://www.law2.byu.edu/externships
or contact Karen Andrews at: andrewsk@law.byu.edu or
(801) 422-5479.
How do externs differ from law clerks?
Is there a lot of paperwork?
There are brief, easy-to-use forms that supervisors complete with the student extern. These forms can be found at:
http://www.law2.byu.edu/externshipforms.php.
Can students receive pay for their work?
Currently, no. ABA rules state that a student cannot receive
pay if they are receiving externship credit.
Externship Program
The primary difference is that externs are working for
credit, rather than pay. You can give externs the same
assignments you typically give law clerks.
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Research Pool
The Research Pool is a great option for employers
who have projects or temporary work, but who are
unable to hire anyone permanently.
Students and recent graduates gain
experience, work directly with an attorney, and gain important research skills.
When you call or send us a project, we
will immediately notify participating
students and refer one to you. Your
researcher must be supervised by a
licensed member of the bar. The rate
of pay is negotiable, with a suggested
minimum of $20 per hour. If the
project requires special qualifications,
please note these when requesting a
researcher.
See the following link to fill out the employer request form:
http://www.law2.byu.edu/projectrequestform.php
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Raising Your Profile at BYU
1.
Volunteer to mentor a 1L student during the first year of law school and attend the kick-off
2. Sponsor a Founders Day Dinner Table (August)
3. Sponsor a hole at the Annual Law School Golf Tournament (August)
4. Help strengthen our students’ interviewing skills by participating in our Mock Interview Fair
(November)
5. Educate students about your firm or organization by joining our Winter Job Fair (January)
6. Participate in fall On-campus Interviews (late August - mid October) or spring On-campus
Interviews (February)
7. Participate in our Lend a Grad a Hand Program--hire recent graduates for up to six months to
do contract work while they are searching for full-time employment
8. Enlighten our students about your area of practice as a guest speaker in our Lecture Series or at
a brown bag event
9. Volunteer to help sponsor or make a presentation at one of the school’s CLE events
Research Pool / Raising Your Profile at BYU
breakfast (August)
Career Services
(801) 422-3685
career_services@law.byu.edu
239 JRCB
Provo, UT 84602