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Survey on Summer Program Recruiting
The Survey of Legal Employers on Summer Program Recruiting is now open. If your office recruited Class of 2028 students for a 2027 2L summer program, please submit your survey response by August 21. Your participation helps NALP provide the legal industry's most trusted benchmarking data and recruiting trend analysis, including insights on offer timing, jumbo offers, and early commitment bonuses. This year’s survey has been divided into two phases to better reflect today’s recruiting cycle and deliver data more quickly. Learn more.
2025 1L Class: Student Awareness and Impact of Accelerated Big Law Recruitment
A new report from NALP and LSAC is the first of its kind to center the student perspective in the broader conversation about accelerated recruiting, disruptions to the 1L curriculum, and the inequities such practices may perpetuate regarding access to Big Law careers. Find the full report on the LSAC website.
NALP Statement on Law Student Recruiting
In recent months, shifts in the legal recruiting landscape have drawn increased attention across the profession. Increasingly, NALP is concerned that some practices may place undue pressure on students in ways that both affect their well-being and their ability to fully engage in their legal education. Read NALP's statement on fair and ethical recruiting.
At the 2026 NALP Annual Education Conference, NALP leaders announced a proposed new membership model — an "All-In" organizational membership for law schools and legal employers. This new model would give more of your team access to NALP membership benefits and resources, in turn strengthening our community and connection. This change would also expand voting to more members — for regional elections, there will be a "one-member-one-vote" system, giving individual members the opportunity to get involved and shape the future leadership of NALP. Come to the member Town Hall on July 28 to learn more specifics about the proposed All-In plan, when the voting will happen, and when the proposed changes would go into effect. For more information and to register for the Town Hall, see the Proposed Governance Change 2026 page.
