The New York City Bar Association is hosting a webinar on “Law Student Recruitment Chaos: Possibilities for Reform?” on Tuesday, March 17, at 6:30-8:30 pm.

In recent years, law student recruitment has become increasingly chaotic. Some large firms are making offers to students during their very first semester of school, even before their first grades or internship experiences. Employers, students, and law schools alike bemoan this situation, yet they are trapped in a race to the bottom. Antitrust concerns have made the industry wary of coordinating schedules. As a result, each recruitment cycle begins earlier and earlier. How can the legal community come together to fix the broken system of on-campus recruitment? This panel of experts will examine the problem from legal, educational, and pragmatic angles, and engage in discussion over potential solutions. 

Panelists include: Justice Melissa Hart, Colorado Supreme Court; Chair-Elect, ABA Council on Legal Education; David Lat, Publisher, Original Jurisdiction; Columnist, Bloomberg Law; Troy McKenzie, Dean and Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Carrie Wagner, Chief Legal Talent Officer, Cooley LLP; Sam Weinstein, Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law; and Brian Farkas (Moderator), ArentFox Schiff LLP.