1. Columbia Law School adheres to the non-discrimination statement endorsed by the Association of American Law Schools. As a condition of obtaining any form of placement assistance by the Law School, employers are required to provide an assurance of their willingness to observe the following principles of equal opportunity: Columbia pursues a policy of equal opportunity to obtain employment, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, handicap or disability, or sexual orientation. The Law School communicates to each employer to whom it furnishes assistance and facilities for interviewing and other placement functions of the School's firm expectation that the employer will observe the principles of equal opportunity.
2. The Columbia University School of Law has adopted placement regulations in accordance with the Principles and Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities of Part V: Interim Standards for the Timing of Offers and Decisions as published by the National Association for Law Placement.
3. Candidates should be prepared to provide to employers copies of all academic transcripts. Under no circumstances should academic or biographical data be falsified, misrepresented, or distorted either in writing or orally. Candidates who engage in such conduct will be subject to elimination from consideration for employment by the employer, suspension or other academic discipline by the law school, and disqualification from admission to practice by bar admission authorities.
While the School will, in general, not provide potential employers with information about academic records, it will confirm the accuracy of academic information which was either contained in a student's resume or provided by the student to the employer orally in the course of the interview process. Misrepresentation in the placement process constitutes serious professional misconduct and if established will be dealt with as such. In addition to whatever disciplinary action the School may take, all established instances of such misconduct will result in the withdrawal of access to the Career Service's facilities.
4. Students must advise prospective employers if they are candidates for fellowships, judicial clerkships, or other similarly temporary activities. Students are expected to acknowledge all invitations for "follow-up" interviews, job offers, and general enquiries from employers with respect to their employment status. Likewise, employers are expected to inform students of the status of their applications within three weeks from the date of the interview.
5. No-Show Policy: A student's failure to keep a scheduled appointment or to cancel such an appointment by 12:00 noon the day before the appointment, will result in the suspension of access to Career Services until meeting with a counselor and (i) delivery to the Office of a copy of a letter of apology and explanation sent to the employer/interviewer or (ii) other resolution of the issue to the satiscation of the Office. Employers are also expected to honor scheduled interview appointments with students.
6. The Office of Career Services assigns on-campus interview dates and arranges second and third year on-campus interview schedues for employers. An employer participating in OCI may not schedule or conduct any initial or callback interviews prior to the employer's assigned on-campus interview date(s) of students who will be 2Ls in teh fall. This policy does not apply to (a) students who will be 3Ls in the fall; (b) student-initiated requests for informational interviews; or (c) interviews condcuted in accordance with organized job fairs.
Additional information regarding rules and principles is available from the Career Services Office.
