Written by: Christine Charnosky

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.

Additionally, “adhering to the offer window policies for various schools was unsustainable. The long timeframe from June to August created significant problems in managing yield, and too many students were requesting extensions in order to weigh their options.”

Another reason for moving pre-OCI up was because the volume of direct applications and interviews was overwhelming firms resources, and “in many cases, impacting the integrity of your summer programs.”

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