Program Information
Who is eligible to participate?
MPILCC is open to J.D. students from law schools in Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.
How do I register?
Speak with your Career Services Office to find out if your school is participating in MPILCC. If so, you will receive an e-mail with your Symplicity login at the start of bidding.
Where can I find the procedural timeline and process deadlines?
See the Student Timeline for important dates and deadlines. All times are in Central Time.
Where can I find conference day logistics?
MPILCC 2025 will be hosted virtually. Information for accessing interviews & networking will be emailed to participants. Refer to the Events tab for more information.
How much will participation cost?
There is no cost to participate for students.
Who administers the MPILCC Conference?
Conference management is spread out among a group of Chicago Area Law School Consortium (CALSC) member schools.
To whom should I direct my questions about the Conference?
Please direct any questions about the Conference to your law school career service office. For Symplicity questions e-mail [email protected]
MPILCC is open to J.D. students from law schools in Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.
How do I register?
Speak with your Career Services Office to find out if your school is participating in MPILCC. If so, you will receive an e-mail with your Symplicity login at the start of bidding.
Where can I find the procedural timeline and process deadlines?
See the Student Timeline for important dates and deadlines. All times are in Central Time.
Where can I find conference day logistics?
MPILCC 2025 will be hosted virtually. Information for accessing interviews & networking will be emailed to participants. Refer to the Events tab for more information.
How much will participation cost?
There is no cost to participate for students.
Who administers the MPILCC Conference?
Conference management is spread out among a group of Chicago Area Law School Consortium (CALSC) member schools.
To whom should I direct my questions about the Conference?
Please direct any questions about the Conference to your law school career service office. For Symplicity questions e-mail [email protected]
Flo Recruit
What is Flo Recruit?
Flo Recruit is the recruiting portal used for Interviews and Resume Collects. For more information, please refer to their tutorial.
Flo Recruit is the recruiting portal used for Interviews and Resume Collects. For more information, please refer to their tutorial.
Resume Collect
How do resume collects work?
Some employers interested in interviewing outside of MPILCC have registered for a resume collect. You can find the participating employers under the 'Jobs' tab in Symplicity. Materials submitted to a resume collect are sent directly to the employer who will follow up with directly candidates. These employers will not be interviewing at MPILCC.
Some employers interested in interviewing outside of MPILCC have registered for a resume collect. You can find the participating employers under the 'Jobs' tab in Symplicity. Materials submitted to a resume collect are sent directly to the employer who will follow up with directly candidates. These employers will not be interviewing at MPILCC.
Bidding
Where can I find out which employers are attending the Conference?
Once students have registered for the program, they can review participating employers in Flo Recruit
How do I bid?
Please refer to their tutorial.
Is there any limit on bidding for employers?
Yes, you may bid up to 20 employers. But remember the bid number does not matter since interview selections are all pre-screened. In addition to a resume, you may be asked to submit a cover letter, transcript, and writing sample, depending on each employer's requirements.
How do I submit other application documents such as transcript, writing sample, and references to employers who have asked for them?
All bids will require at minimum your resume. You can see if there are other documents an employer is requesting when looking at their listing. You should submit these materials during the bidding process.
Can I update my material after bidding has closed?
No, once bidding as closed, applications are immediately sent to employers who have a short window to review them and make selections. Updated materials cannot be submitted. Please plan to bring any new material to your interview.
Once students have registered for the program, they can review participating employers in Flo Recruit
How do I bid?
Please refer to their tutorial.
Is there any limit on bidding for employers?
Yes, you may bid up to 20 employers. But remember the bid number does not matter since interview selections are all pre-screened. In addition to a resume, you may be asked to submit a cover letter, transcript, and writing sample, depending on each employer's requirements.
How do I submit other application documents such as transcript, writing sample, and references to employers who have asked for them?
All bids will require at minimum your resume. You can see if there are other documents an employer is requesting when looking at their listing. You should submit these materials during the bidding process.
Can I update my material after bidding has closed?
No, once bidding as closed, applications are immediately sent to employers who have a short window to review them and make selections. Updated materials cannot be submitted. Please plan to bring any new material to your interview.
Receiving Interviews
How will I know if I was selected for an interview?
See the Student Timeline for important dates and deadlines, including schedule release. If no employers appear, then you were not selected for any interviews but will have the opportunity the receive interviews through open sign-ups.
How do I accept or decline an interview?
There is a window for you to accept or decline an interview (see the Student Timeline for important dates and deadlines). Please refer to Florecruit's tutorial for more information.
If there is a cancellation request after the deadline, you must receive approval from your career services. Career services should send an e-mail to [email protected]. The e-mail subject line should read “MPILCC cancellation,” and the body of the message should detail which student and which employer is being cancelled.
Except in the case of extreme emergencies, cancellations are not accepted 48 hours prior to the program.
What are Alternate Interview slots?
Employers have the opportunity to put students on an alternate list. Those students will be given the chance to schedule an interview if there are slots remaining open after the initial round of students accept or decline. This process will play out the same as the first round of acceptances/declines.
See the Student Timeline for important dates and deadlines, including schedule release. If no employers appear, then you were not selected for any interviews but will have the opportunity the receive interviews through open sign-ups.
How do I accept or decline an interview?
There is a window for you to accept or decline an interview (see the Student Timeline for important dates and deadlines). Please refer to Florecruit's tutorial for more information.
If there is a cancellation request after the deadline, you must receive approval from your career services. Career services should send an e-mail to [email protected]. The e-mail subject line should read “MPILCC cancellation,” and the body of the message should detail which student and which employer is being cancelled.
Except in the case of extreme emergencies, cancellations are not accepted 48 hours prior to the program.
What are Alternate Interview slots?
Employers have the opportunity to put students on an alternate list. Those students will be given the chance to schedule an interview if there are slots remaining open after the initial round of students accept or decline. This process will play out the same as the first round of acceptances/declines.
