Career and Professional Development Center

Interviewing Information Fall 2009

Duke University School of Law does not permit pre-screening of student resumes for on-campus interviews. All interviews are filled through a random lottery. Students "bid" during the summer on employers with whom they wish to interview.

Interview Day Logistics

Fall 2009 Registration

All employers participating in Fall OCI 2009 recruiting must use Symplicity. OCI dates are assigned in the order in which they are received based on a computerized time stamp of your on-line registration submission. Once your registration has been approved and a date assigned, you will receive an e-mail confirmation in May, requesting you to log onto Symplicity and review your schedule to ensure its correctness.

Forgot Password?
If you no longer have your password information, please log onto Symplicity and click the "FORGOT MY PASSWORD" tab at the top of the login page. Enter your user id and a password will be sent to that email address.
*For more information, please refer to the 2009 OCI Registration Instructions.

FALL 2009 OCI IMPORTANT DATES:
Registration begins: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM (EST).
Registration ends: Monday, March 16, 2009 at 12:00 PM (EST).
Notification of assigned OCI date: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM (EST).
Interview dates: August 18-21, 2009 and August 27-Sepember 9, 2009. (No interviews will be held on August 24-26, or on September 7-8, 2009.)

Location

Interviews on August 18-21 will take place in the Hilton Hotel-Durham. The Hilton Hotel is located at 3800 Hillsborough Road. The phone number is (919) 383-8033 , and more information is available here.

Interviews on August 27-September 9 will be held on-campus in the Law School.

Fall 2009 OCI Season Fees

The fees for employers in the fall 2009 OCI season are the same as last year and are as follows:

1-10 attorney firm, government, public interest No charge
11 to 25 attorney law firm $200 per interview room
26 to 99 attorney law firm $500 per interview room
100 or more attorney law firm $875 per interview room

Please make your check payable to Duke University School of Law and mail it to:
Kelly Briggs
Science Drive and Towerview Road Box 90367
Durham, NC 27708-0367
*Fees are due no later than one week from the confirmation of your registration.

Important OCI Information

Hotel Accommodations:

The following hotels will provide accommodations at a special "Duke rate:"

Shipping Packages and Marketing Materials

Due to the University's green policy and limited storage space, we ask that you limit shipping boxed marketing materials to one box per employer organization-wide. Please follow the instructions below for shipping materials to your interview locations.

Hotel Location for Segment I Interviews:

  1. Plan to mail all packages so that they arrive at Duke Law School two business days prior to your scheduled interview date. This should provide ample time to correct errors such as lost or misdirected packages. Packages will not be received at Duke Law School for Segment I, please send directly to the Hilton Hotel.
  2. All packages sent to Hotel must include the name of Group, date of program and number of items. Shipment should arrive no earlier than three (3) days prior to event. Hotel has no liability for the delivery, security or condition of the packages.
  3. Please address all packages as follows:

    Hilton Hotel-Durham
    Duke OCI - Employer Name
    3800 Hillsborough Road
    Durham, North Carolina, 27705-2328
  4. Include the following email address: blanco@law.duke.edu in the shipping company’s tracking and notification system. This will help the Career Center staff know when your package has been received in our mailroom so that we can in turn track the package within the law school.
  5. Clearly label and package separately all materials that are to be delivered some place other than the interview room suite. The area designated for your hospitality table may not be in close proximity to your interview room. This will help us to deliver all of your materials to their proper destination.
  6. If you are hosting an evening reception in the Durham area, please make arrangements with the venue to ship your materials directly there.

Due to the volume of packages and marketing materials that we receive during OCI, we are unable to ship unused materials back to you after your visit to Duke Law. All unused or unclaimed materials will be discarded at the end of your interview day.

By following these easy instructions, you will help us to ensure that your time at Duke Law goes as smoothly as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.

For Interviews at Duke Law School:

  1. Plan to mail all packages so that they arrive at Duke Law School two business days prior to your scheduled interview date. This should provide ample time to correct errors such as lost or misdirected packages.
  2. Please address all packages as follows:

    Career Center
    Duke University School of Law
    Science Drive & Towerview Road
    Box 90367
    Durham, North Carolina 27708
    919-613-7031
    CareerCenter@law.duke.edu

FedEx/UPS Shipments: The Law School's physical address is Science Dr. & Towerview Rd. (Do not include the Box number).

Do not address the package to yourself or your interviewers - if our mailroom does not recognize the addressee on the package, this increases the chance that it will not be delivered to the proper place.

See above for steps 3, 4, & 5.

Conditions of Recruiting On-Campus

Anti-Discrimination Policy

"Duke University School of Law is committed to providing students and graduates with equal opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination based on race, color, veteran status, religion, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age or handicap.

In the Law School's view, the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy of the United States military constitutes or permits discrimination based on grounds of sexual orientation. The School nonetheless permits the military service to use its facilities for recruitment because the failure to do so would subject Duke University to the loss of substantial Federal funding."

Statement Adopted by the Faculty of Duke Law School

STATEMENT COMPLIANCE:

PLEASE CHECK THE SECTION ON YOUR ON-LINE SYMPLICITY REGISTRATION REQUEST FORM LABELED DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY TO AFFIRM YOUR ORGANIZATION'S COMPLIANCE.

All employers interviewing at Duke Law School are encouraged to be familiar with the School's Anti-discrimination Policy and the National Association for Law Placement publication, Lawful and Effective Interviewing Practices, as an aid to appropriate interviewing practices.

2009 Fall OCI Cancellation Policy

*All late cancellation requests must be made by June 1, 2009 for a half refund.

Scholastic Standing and Grading Policy


The Law School does not release class rank.

Duke Law School uses a slightly modified form of the familiar 4.0 scale. The modification permits faculty to recognize especially distinguished performances with grades above a 4.0. The highest grade given is 4.3. A grade of 1.5 or lower is failing.

The median grade for all first- year and upper level courses of 40 or more students is 3.3.

Again, Duke Law School does not release class rank.