Throughout the year, several schools across Texas and beyond hold job fairs for various practice areas. See the list below. Please note: The job fair event and registration dates are subject to change. Bidding and registration are generally a month (or more) before the job fair.
Please contact your counselor if you have any questions about any of these job fairs.
Stay tuned to the CDO Weekly Digest for more details.
1. Lavender Law Career Fair and Conference: July 13-15, 2026
Where: Chicago, IL
Cost: Free registration for law student members of the LGBTQ+ Bar
Registration: https://lgbtqbar.org/annual/registration/2026-advance-registration/
About: The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s annual Lavender Law® Career Fair is designed to achieve a sense of community and inclusion for LGBTQ+ candidates within the legal profession’s recruiting efforts. By participating in this career fair, candidates will talk directly to LGBTQ+-friendly recruiters from law firms, government agencies, LGBTQ+ rights groups, and corporate legal departments.
2. Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair: 2026 dates TBD
Where: Virtual
Cost: Registration cost
Registration: https://www.gaipalliance.org/gipa-programs-events/sipjf-southeast-ip-job-fair
About: Hosted by the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance ® based in Atlanta, Georgia. Employers from across the southeast United States interview rising 2Ls, 3Ls, and recent graduates interested in intellectual property law (IP) for summer associate and associate positions. The GIPA Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee offers pre-interview coaching to diverse students. Check the link above for information on how to participate in the pre-interview coaching program and for a student timeline.
Contact program liaison Director, Employer Relations & Development, Chandria Jackson at ctjacks5@central.uh.edu for more information.
3. The Loyola Patent Law Interview Program: June 4 and 5, 2026
Where: Virtual
Cost: TBD
Registration: Student Registration
Program Timeline: Student Timeline
About: Hosted by Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. Employers from across the country interview 2Ls interested in intellectual property law (IP) for summer associate positions and, to a lesser extent, 3Ls for post-graduate positions. A must-attend for students interested in patent law.
Contact program liaison Director, Employer Relations & Development, Chandria Jackson at ctjacks5@central.uh.edu for more information.
4. Sunbelt Recruitment Program: 2026 dates TBD
Where: Dallas, Texas / Park Cities, Texas
Cost: Transportation to Dallas/lodging/meals
Program Timeline: Student Timeline
About: Hosted by numerous law schools in the southern states and held in Dallas, Texas. Employers from across the country interview 2Ls for summer associate positions and 3Ls for permanent attorney positions. All 2Ls and 3Ls may participate.
5. KCMBA Heartland Legal Job Fair: 2026 dates TBD
Where: Kansas City, Missouri
Cost: Transportation to Kansas City/lodging/meals
Register Here:
About: Students who are interested in becoming part of Kansas City’s dynamic legal community should strongly consider attending this event. Students who will be returning to school in August and those graduating in May are eligible to attend the job fair, as employers will be interviewed for both summer and post-graduate positions.
The HLJF is the result of Kansas City's leading law firms, legal associations, and corporate legal departments coming together to encourage law students to practice law in Kansas City. The HLJF is designed to expose law students of diverse backgrounds to both traditional and non-traditional legal employers.
6. Equal Justice Works Career Fair & Conference: 2026 dates TBD
Where: Virtual
Cost: $25
Register Here: Student Registration
About: The Equal Justice Works Career Fair and Conference is the largest national career fair for public interest law targeted towards 2Ls and 3Ls.
7. Houston Bar Association's (HBA) 1L Advancing Belonging and Cultures Committee (ABC) Summer Clerkship Program (ABC Program): 2025-2026
Where: Houston, Texas
Cost: Free
About: Hosted by the Houston Bar Association’s Advancing Belonging and Cultures Committee. The ABC Program’s goal is to create new employment and mentoring opportunities for first-year law students from Houston’s three law schools who demonstrate a commitment to supporting advancing belonging and cultures in the legal profession. The ABC Program gives first-year law students the opportunity to apply for Summer 2026 law clerk positions.
The ABC Program is open to all first-year students regardless of race/ethnicity, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, military service, disability, or other characteristic or condition, protected by applicable law.
The ABC Program will have two application cycles this year. The first application cycle is for legal employers with earlier recruiting deadlines, including large law firms and federal judges, with applications closing October 24, 2025. The second application cycle, includes all other legal employers, with applications closing December 23, 2025. Students can apply for either or both application cycles.
For additional information, please visit: https://www.hba.org/?pg=AdvancingBelongingandCultures
Note: Students must be an HBA member to participate. Law students, LL.M. candidates and newly licensed attorneys receive FREE HBA Membership and one free HBA Section membership during the bar year. Click here to join.
