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Finally, order comes 
to the recruiting process

 

Adam Smith, Esq. presents JD Match,
the recruiting service that pairs firms with students in a rational, controlled way

 

For years, law schools have been unhappy with the way their students are recruited by law firms.
 
In the competition for top candidates, firms look for an edge. Offers close sooner, and are accepted under intense pressure. Students feel they have to take the “bird in the hand,” afraid to wait for a later offer that might never come. Anxiety reigns. Chaos ensues.
 
As a result, too many firms hire the wrong candidates. Too many students go with the wrong firms. Too many junior associates end up resigning, wasting the substantial investment of firms that never should have hired them in the first place, and potentially leaving the young lawyer disillusioned.
 
JD Match: an alternative to chaos
 
During the Fall and Spring recruiting seasons, JD Match introduces a more rational process. For the first time, an advanced matching algorithm can pair your students with the firms they most want to work for. 

 

The algorithm will run multiple Match Days during each recruiting season, to complement your OCI process. If, after the last Match Day, some students are still not recruited, a different algorithm – JD Recommends – will bring together firms and students who don’t necessarily know each other, matching them according to desirable attributes.

 

JD Match is not a replacement for the existing system. It’s an enhancement. It complies with – and complements – all applicable NALP and school guidelines, improving results across the board.

 

Other ways to connect


Since it’s impossible for every firm to visit every school, your school may very well have “hidden gems” the firms don’t know about. JD Match offers additional features designed to bring greater transparency to the process, and help you help your students:
 

• JD Reach allows firms to specify general characteristics desired in candidates (school tier, GPA, LSAT, language fluency, etc.), then identifies all student members who meet those criteria
 
• JD Recommends gives firms and students a “second shot” at finding each other, once the final Match Day is over, using a different algorithm to compare the attributes of unmatched member students with the needs of member firms
 
 
New kinds of information
 
 
The robust JD Match algorithm can generate a wide range of recruiting data that has never before been available. From this data comes JD Reports, which provide entirely new types of reports schools can use to track their progress and refine their strategies. Over time, as historical data is acquired, JD Reports will grow in scope, sophistication and its ability to spot trends. 
 
 

An improved success rate

 
By introducing a rational, algorithm-based matching system to the recruiting process – as well as providing firms new services to discover students in ways they simply could not do before – JD Match helps law schools place the highest possible percentage of their graduates at the most respected firms.
 
This can’t help but reflect positively on the prestige and ultimate desirability of participating schools.
 

Here’s how JD Match works:

It's easy to become a JD Match member school.  At Signup, here is all you do:

 

  • Sign up your school at jdmatch.com – there is no charge for law school members
     
  • Follow your normal recruiting practices – help manage your students' interviews, as always (during OCI, firms will be using JD Reach to learn about students at your school)
     
  • Your students rank prospective firms in order of preference
     
  • Firms simultaneously are ranking their desired candidates in their order of preference
     
  • On multiple successive Match Days, starting in August and running through October, the algorithm matches the preferences of each firm to the preferences of each student, to fill each available slot with the best available student
     
  • Students may revise their rankings at any time
     
  • You can track the progress of your member students in real time
     
  • Since firms can learn which candidates ranked them highly, you can help your students adjust their rankings accordingly.
     
  • If there are students who have not received an offer, or a desirable offer, at the end of OCI, they don't necessarily have to start over.  JD Recommends is a service that presents desirable candidates to firms that have not yet filled all their slots.

 

If your school has been waiting for a more rational way to place your students, this is your chance: Go to the JD Match signup page right now.

HOW TO JOIN JD MATCH

Membership is FREE for law schools, and sign-up is easy:

  • Submit a profile of your school –  as detailed as you like
  • Change your profile at any time