Reciprocity
Reciprocity refers to agreements between ABA-accredited law schools that allow law students opportunities to access the career services and resources of another law school in a different geographic area. This system can be valuable for students who plan to seek positions outside of Southern California.
For Pepperdine School of Law Students and Alumni:
If you are interested in seeking reciprocal services from other ABA accredited law schools, please email cdo@pepperdine.edu indicating your preferred schools. The Career Development Office will respond with information on their policies. As policies differ among law schools, you must confirm that you have thoroughly read the school’s policy and agree to abide by their policy regarding blackout dates, access to jobs postings, participation in programs, etc.
Students/graduates from Pepperdine University may maintain reciprocity at only two schools at a time.
For Students and Alumni from other law schools:
Pepperdine University School of Law’s Career Development Office is willing to share limited resources with law students and graduates of other ABA-accredited law schools.
Terms and Privilege
Reciprocal Services are available to law graduates and current students of those ABA-accredited schools which allow Pepperdine University School of Law graduates and/or law students to utilize their services.
All requests for services must be made in writing by the applicant’s law school career office. The request allows use of the Career Development Office for sixty days from the date reciprocity has been granted. Upon receiving a grant of reciprocity, you will have access to our online job postings (via Symplicity), only. We do not offer counseling services or access to our recruiting programs.
Please send reciprocity requests to cdo@pepperdine.edu, including the email address of the requesting student, and their year in law school.
Blackout Dates
Please note: Reciprocity will not be granted between January 1 – March 15 for members of the most recent graduating class or between January 1 - May 15 for current 3Ls.
Additional Information
Reciprocity will be granted on a case-by case basis, and is subject to availability. At times it may be necessary to limit our grants of reciprocity on a one-to-one basis.
Reciprocity will only be granted one time to each individual.
Students/graduates may not have overlapping, active reciprocity services at multiple Los Angeles-area schools. If a student/graduate has a current reciprocity service at another LA-area law school, they should refrain from requesting access to Pepperdine until that time period has expired.
In order to keep up with the change and demands of requesting reciprocity, this policy is under constant review. Please be sure you are looking at the most up to date version of this policy. Reciprocity is a privilege granted by Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. The Career Development Office reserves the right to adjust its policy, or refuse the granting of reciprocity at any time, without notice.
Abuse of this policy will result in automatic cancellation of reciprocal services.
Contact Us
Requests for or inquiries about reciprocity may be directed to:
Administrative Assistant
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263