King Hall Small and Midsize Firm Fair Draws Outstanding Turnout

More than 30 Sacramento and Bay Area law firms and around 90 second- and third-year law students attended the Third Annual Small and Midsize Firm Fair at King Hall on October 27. The event is designed to encourage students to consider small and midsized firms as a potential career path and foster relationships between students, alumni, and their firms. 

“The Small and Midsize Firm Fair has been a hit with students and employers,” said Craig Compton, Assistant Dean of Career Services. “The event has grown to over 30 employers coming from the Bay Area and greater Sacramento region. Those attending the fair have been successful in securing law clerk positions during the school year, summer positions, and post-bar positions.”

Laura Taylor ’16, who attended the event as a student and this year returned to participate with her firm, Braun Blaising McLaughlin & Smith P.C., said the fair was “a very efficient use of time.”

“When my firm gave me the task of locating a summer associate, I returned to the fair for the very same reasons that I attended as a student,” said Taylor. “If it weren’t for the firm fair, I would not have had an opportunity to meet so many students in such a short amount of time. I would definitely return again in the future as an employer.”

“What an impressive group of folks,” Lawrence W. Miles '80, of Miles McCleod said of the King Hall students he encountered. “We are talking to some of them for a possible position. I know I’m going to be frustrated that I can’t hire all of them, but I have their resumes and will circulate to other attorneys that may be looking for help.”