Law.com, Yale and Stanford Law Schools Move Virtual Interviews to June:

Yale and Stanford Law Schools have moved up virtual recruiting to June this year, ahead of the formal on-campus interviews (OCI) that are held in late summer, to better align the hiring timeline.

SLS announced in late January that this year’s 2L Virtual OCI program will take place June 27-28 and July 1-2, according to the school’s announcement. The school says the decision was made following discussions with stakeholders, partners and students.

One reason the school provided is that the amount of hiring firms were doing in late June through mid-July was increasingly more significant, and that in anticipation of even more early recruiting in 2024, there were no guarantees that they would still have spots available by late July/early August.

Yale’s website states: “Our June Virtual Interview Program (June VIP), is open to all employers seeking to hire 2Ls or 3Ls for summer or permanent employment,” with the expectation that law firms prefer to interview in June. Registration opens in late spring.

Last year, Yale’s VIP was held in the late summer for all employers hiring 2Ls and 3Ls, according to its archived website.