Part V; Timing Guidelines; economy
45 days . . . A key concept in the new Part V approved for the 2008-2009 recruiting season. . . . Also about how long it will be until we meet in Toronto and my term as President ends.
NALP members vote to change Principles and Standards.
Career services offices would do well to encourage students to act professionally and to make timely and informed decisions about accepting interviews and hold offers well before the dates prescribed by NALP.
After considerable thought and deliberation, the task force is now recommending changes to the timing guidelines...
Employers who remind students of NALP's timing guidelines might ultimately help themselves by prompting students to accept or decline offers more quickly.
As a follow-up to the Board’s Open Letter Seeking Engagement on Renewing Our Commitment to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Hiring Process1, and with input from NALP members through City Group, Legal Recruiting Summit roundtable and other member discussions, the NALP Ethics and Standards Advisory Group proposed to the Board of Directors certain language changes to NALP’s Principles and Standards.
The August on-campus and callback interview season is just around the corner. A common refrain among law firm recruiting professionals before, during, and after the interview season is the lack of communication from some law students after the employers extend their offers. Too often, students who have been in regular contact with the law firm recruiter as they schedule their callback interviews and wait for offers suddenly go “radio silent” after they receive an offer. Despite the employer’s phone calls and emails to the student, the student simply doesn’t respond about their interest in the offer or the likely timing of their decision. NALP...
Before rescinding an offer, employers should consider any and all alternatives.
What is different and why in the Principles & Standards applying to working with 1Ls?
NALP's Board of Directors has made permanent two recent provisional changes in NALP's Timing Guidelines (Part V of the Principles and Standards) while extending the provisional status for another cycle for the 14-day reaffirmation provision.
Board adopts clarifying changes to Parts IV and V of the Principles and Standards
The change in NALP's Timing Guidelines provides law school career development professionals with a unique opportunity to educate students about the standards of their chosen profession.
How should we anticipate students' questions and concerns about the new Timing Guidelines and provide them with good solutions? Here are an array of suggestions.
How can schools and employers increase awareness of the NALP Principles and Standards and encourage student professionalism?
Employers who remind students of NALP's timing guidelines might ultimately help themselves by prompting students to accept or decline offers more quickly.
Information on proposed change to NALP's Timing Guidelines.
While we must focus the attention of students on deadlines, we also should emphasize students' development as responsible professionals separate from those dates.
Is there anything first-year students can do before November 1 that will not violate NALP guidelines? Yes!
Part V; Timing Guidelines
How did the provisional timing guidelines work last fall, and what happens next?
Here are some tips for managing yield under the new Timing Guidelines.
Most of us think it important to educate students about the implications of their online presence on their reputations and employment prospects. What, if any, implications does this have for the NALP Principles and Standards?
"I challenge NALP members to rethink the recruiting process, and to push up against the barriers to change where that is practicable and to experiment with new recruiting tactics that might lead us all to a better place."
How the general extension provision may work this fall
The 30-day reaffirmation provision is just one tool available within the NALP Principles & Standards to assist with and encourage early and ample communication between employers and law school candidates.
Discussion Paper submitted by 2003 NALP Timing Guidelines Task Force to the NALP membership
Open session to be held during the conference to discuss recommended changes in the Timing Guidelines.
The NALP Board of Directors has announced provisional timing guidelines for the 2010 recruiting cycle, adopting a 28-day rolling response deadline for candidates not previously employed by the employer, and a November 1 response deadline for candidates who have been previously employed by the employer.
With fall OCI upon us, here is a helpful summary of the provisional changes to Part V of the Principles and Standards.
Amid the whirlwind of on-campus interviewing season, here are some tips for interpreting Part V of the NALP Principles and Standards (the NALP timing guidelines).
With a change in the NALP Timing Guidelines in effect for the 2008-2009 recruiting season, it's time to look at the impact on recruiting strategies and procedures at a more granular level.
Students seemed to adjust well to the new 45-day rolling deadline during the fall '08 recruiting season.
The new Timing Guidelines in effect for the coming fall include a provision about extensions for students actively pursuing a public interest position.
The Part V Task Force has made a recommendation that would, if adopted, lead to a significant change for NALP.
The Recruiting Commission is working to develop a framework that is creative, proactive, and responsive to industry and member concerns.
Those of us who are law school career services professionals have multiple, often competing, demands on our time and energy. In addition, we need to be familiar not only with the NALP Principles for a Fair and Ethical Recruitment Process but also with the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. Incorporating all standards into daily practice can be daunting. The following are examples of how law school career services professionals can use the CAS Standards for International Student Programs to engage international students in their learning and development.
Here are some of the key questions (and answers) that arose during an Annual Education Conference Hot Topics session on the new Part V.
Recommended changes to Principles & Standards
As the school year kicks off, career services professionals are considering how best to support law students in the use of social media. Here are some suggestions guided by the NALP Principles and Standards.
There is a common belief that NALP could somehow change the entry-level recruiting regime if only it had the political will. If only it were that simple!
Many career development professionals might be surprised to learn that the NALP Principles and Standards are not just timing guidelines but also address fairness in the hiring process more broadly, including setting as an ethical standard that preferential treatment should not be extended to any student or employer
Last year has been called the worst year for the legal market in the past half century -- and it included some tough sledding for NALP and for NALP members.
Here's a summary of new changes in Part V of NALP's Principles and Standards (the "Timing Guidelines") and a look at how the changes may play out.
A closer look at how the new Part V public interest extension works
A look at why "cold" or "fake" offers are considered unethical.
A Muslim student wears a headscarf during her interview, and the interviewer asks about her religious affiliation. What should the student or the career services office do? NALP's Principles and Standards suggest some answers.
