Annual Southern California Public Interest/Public Sector Career Day

The Annual Southern California Public Interest/Public Sector Career Day (“Career Day”) is one of the largest career fairs of its kind in the country. Each year, more than 130 nonprofit organizations, private public interest firms, and government agencies participate to recruit law students enrolled in the member schools of the Southern California Law School Consortium:

California Western
Chapman
Loyola
Pepperdine
Southwestern
Thomas Jefferson
UCI
UCLA
Univ. of La Verne
Univ. of San Diego
USC
Western State

Career Day is hosted virtually on February of each year.

Employer Registration

To register for Career Day, please e-mail scpicd@law.ucla.edu. If you would like to post a position for summer or fall 2026, please email careers@law.ucla.edu.

Student Registration

The Annual Southern California Public Interest/Public Sector Career Day will be held virtually. To participate, law students must be enrolled in one of the member schools of the Southern California Law School Consortium. Law students from the member schools will receive Career Day information from and may direct Career Day questions to their career services offices.

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