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BASF's Bay Area Diversity Career Fair

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In 2005, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and The Bar Association of San Francisco created the Bay Area's first ever Diversity Career Fair for rising second-year law students.

The Diversity Career Fair brings together prominent law firms, government legal departments, and nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area with highly qualified diverse second-year law students.

. The participating students come from distinguished local law schools, as well as other top schools from around the nation to interview for coveted positions in summer associate programs.

Underwritten by Orrick and sponsored by BASF, the Bay Area Diversity Career Fair provides a much needed event for employers in the Bay Area, as well as diverse law students across the country, who previously had to travel great distances for job fairs that targeted minority candidates. In addition to the interviews, the fair also provides students with networking and educational opportunities. A welcome reception for students and prospective employers takes place the night before the interviews, and a breakfast panel the morning of the fair features diverse lawyers from a variety of practice areas.

2013 Career Fair

The 2013 Career Fair will take place on Saturday, July 27.

Employer registration is open from April 3 - May 17.

Student registration is open from May 20 - June 16.

2012 Career Fair Stats*

  • 657 students registered to participate in the fair
  • 47 employers participated in 55 schedules
  • 268 students were chosen by employers to be interviewed at the career fair
  • 146* callback interviews were granted, which resulted in 44 offers extended

*Based on 57% employer feedback response rate.

Accolades

"[The] Bay Area Diversity Career Fair was an incredible and worthwhile experience.  To see so many practicing attorneys and law firms committed to interviewing talented law students, from all types of backgrounds, was inspiring.  I was also lucky enough to get a summer associate position with my top firm!"

- Georgetown University Law Center ’14 and 2012 BADCF Participant

" This career fair is by far, the best run recruiting event in addition to having the best candidates we see all fall. We are looking forward to attending again this year. "

-Caryn S. Schreiber, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Contact

For general career fair information, please contact Lauren Luke at 415-782-9000 x8705 or lluke@sfbar.org.