UCLA Law Winter Recruiting Programs 2027

UCLA School of Law offers employers two recruiting opportunities during the Winter recruiting season: the Winter OCI Program and the Winter Preview Program. The chart below provides a side-by-side comparison to assist employers in selecting the program that best aligns with their hiring needs. 

Program Comparison 

Important Employer Dates 

*Winter Preview bidding deadlines may be adjusted based on the timing of first-semester grade release. 

Application Materials Available to Employers 

Interview Schedule Information (Winter OCI) 

• Full-day interview schedule: 8:20am PT to 5:10pm PT (20 Minute interviews) 

  • 20 Minute interviews, 5-minute break after every other interview. 

  • Interviewers receive a 45-minute lunch break beginning at 12:00 p.m. 

• Morning Interview schedule: 8:20 am PT to 12:45pm PT 

  • 20 Minute interviews,5-minute break after every other interview 

• Afternoon interview schedule: 12:45pm PT to 5:10pm PT 

  • 20 Minute interviews , 5-minute break after every other interview. 

We would be happy to answer any of your questions or help you determine which of our sessions of Winter On-Camera Interviews is right for your firm or organization. Please contact our Legal Recruitment Manager, Carmen Torres, for more information.

For the current Recruitment Policy, please visit our Career Services Policies page.

Meet the Firms event

January 12, 2027 from 5-7pm PT

Join us on UCLA's campus to meet with members of the Class of 2029 who are interested in Big Law. This reception is designed to allow UCLA Law's 1Ls to meet with and learn about firms as the 2028 summer recruiting season begins. This event will be held in the Luskin Conference Center.

Cost for participation is TBD

Mock Interview Program

The Office of Career Services coordinates a highly successful virtual mock interview program. Nothing prepares students for real interviews better than practice, and this program is both helpful and popular—more than one-third of students participate each year.

Mock interviews are scheduled at your convenience, and you can choose the number of students you’d like to interview. We greatly appreciate your volunteer participation in helping prepare the next generation of legal professionals.

Sign-up is on a rolling basis, and all mock interviews should be completed by mid-January

For more information or to inquire about participating, please contact careers@law.ucla.edu. 

Employers interested in enlisting international and other specialized legal talent are invited to attend the UCLA LL.M. Interview Program (formerly known as the West Coast International LL.M. Job Fair). Information about the next program is available. The most recent interview program was held on March 7, 2027. 

Organized and hosted by UCLA Law, a consortium of 18 law schools have participated in this program. Employers have the opportunity to pre-select LL.M. candidates from a collective pool of high-caliber students who hold their law degrees from around the globe. 

More information about the UCLA LL.M. Interview Program 

Information about UCLA Law's LL.M. program. 

Small and midsized law firms are essential to our recruitment efforts at UCLA Law. The Office of Career Services offers a wide range of opportunities for our students and graduates, including networking events where students connect with law firm representatives. Approximately 200 students and more than 50 practitioners from 25 practice areas attend this reception annually. 

If you are interested in possibly attending future receptions, please contact careers@law.ucla.edu. 

The Government and Public Interest Information Fair includes government and public interest employers that have worked with the Office of Career Services and the Office of Public Interest Programs. The fair: 

• Helps UCLA law students learn about the world of public service 
• Allows law students to share their insight and experiences in an informal setting 
• Provides students with information about summer and postgraduate hiring practices and procedures 
• Accepts resumes from students 

To request information about future fairs, please contact careers@law.ucla.edu. 

This career fair is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. Hosted annually in early February at UCLA School of Law and cosponsored by 11 Southern California-area law schools, this career fair generally brings more than 130 public interest/public sector employers to recruit law students for openings, provide information about their work, and inspire students to pursue public interest work. 

UCLA Law’s Annual Information and Inclusion Reception includes law firms of all sizes. Sponsoring organizations pay a fee that supports the Law Fellows Program in its continuing effort to support students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to apply to and attend law school. Traditionally more than 40 law firms and organizations sponsor this important annual event which takes place in November and is open to all UCLA Law JD students. For more information, please email mentor@law.ucla.edu.

Additionally, we participate in several national job fairs, such as:

• Bay Area Law Students Career Fair 
• Boston Lawyers Group 
• Cook County Bar Association Law Student Job Fair
• Lavender Law Career Fair
• San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association Bay Area Job Fair
• Equal Justice Works Career Fair
• Loyola Patent Law Interview Program