Applicants

The following organizations recently participated in the OnRamp Fellowship Program. Please continue to check back as law firms and legal departments join our OnRamp initiative.

Participating Law Firms & Legal Departments (as of March 2023)

Please note: Applications should not be submitted directly to the participating organizations. Applications are only accepted via the Fellowship Director through our website.

The law firm and legal department Fellowship positions are one year.

Please view our Opportunities page to see our latest Fellowship positions. Positions are updated regularly so please check back to see the latest opportunities!

Current positions are located in cities across the U.S.

Positions are available in a wide variety of areas, often too numerous to list, but generally fall within the broader categories of corporate/transactional, litigation, bankruptcy, IP, compliance, real estate, and regulatory work.

To learn more about the current open roles, including locations and areas of practice, please click here.

Fellowships are an equal employment opportunity, awarded without regard to gender or any protected trait, consistent with Title VII and other applicable laws.” All Fellowship applicants are rigorously screened to assess their current experience, skill set, and desire to return to and advance in the legal profession. As part of the screening process, each applicant is expected to:

1. Submit an application by clicking here.
2. Complete a set of online skills, personality, and values assessments, which are similar to the hiring and development tools used in corporate environments. (The cost of the assessments, paid by the applicant, is $175).
3. Take a writing assessment developed by leading legal writing authority Ross Guberman.
4. Participate in a behavioral interview conducted by a hiring expert.

Please note: The skills and writing assessments are an essential component of the application process. They provide us (and the applicants) with in-depth information about the applicants’ skills, so we can better understand their strengths. After completing the assessments, applicants receive a comprehensive multi-page report with their results as well as developmental tips to assist in their career development efforts.

Please note, there is no guarantee of an offer or employment at any of the participating organizations.

To learn more about the current open roles or to apply, please click here.

Yes. Applicants must pay a $175 fee, which covers the costs of a series of online skills, motivation, values, and writing assessments, which are part of the application process. After the applicant completes an online application and eligibility is verified by the Fellowship Directors, the $175 fee is paid directly to the assessment vendors so that the applicant can begin the assessments. The assessment results provide in-depth information about the applicants’ skills, so we can better understand their strengths. After completing the assessments, applicants receive a comprehensive multi-page report with their results as well as developmental tips to assist in their long-term career development efforts.

Yes. In exchange for an annual stipend (see typical ranges below) and benefits, which are paid by the organization, the Fellow works on complex projects and receives training, coaching, and ongoing feedback from the Fellowship and a designated advisor in their organization as well as from the Fellowship team.

Full-time Fellows are generally paid a stipend in the range of $115,000 – $225,000 for the year (depending upon the size of the organization and other factors), plus benefits.

OnRamp offers support from a variety of resources, including:

• Unlimited, free access to online CLE courses through PLI and Hotshot..
• Training by experts in negotiations, leadership, oral advocacy, project management, and business development.
• Individualized coaching with experienced career coaches who work with the Fellows throughout the year to assist with their skill development.

Structured cohort meetings with other current Fellows facilitated by a veteran legal career coach and Ph.D psychologist.

To ensure a successful Fellowship experience, the organization, the Fellow, and the Fellowship Directors share responsibility for the program as outlined below.

The organization will: (1) designate an advisor to serve as the main contact for work allocation and feedback, including scheduling feedback check-ins with the Fellow during the year; and (2) provide the Fellow with a stipend and access to any internal training or career development activities during the one-year program.

The Fellow will: (1) monitor their own workload and track their progress towards gaining the success traits needed to add value to the organization; and (2) check in regularly with their advisor and any other team members to obtain feedback on their work and skill development.

The Fellowship Directors will: (1) check in at least quarterly with the Fellow and the advisor to obtain feedback on the Fellow’s performance and potential advancement possibilities; and (2) ensure that the Fellow has access to training resources, an experienced career counselor, and other external opportunities to develop skills and contacts.

Fellowship positions are generally full time, but part-time positions are occasionally posted. Remote/work-from-home or “hybrid” opportunities are also often available through the OnRamp Fellowship. These options will be noted in the job postings on the Opportunities page.

There are also a number of excellent part-time, flextime, and contract positions available through organizations such as Flex by Fenwick, Axiom, and PrioriLegal.com.

Ideally, Fellows who do excellent work will conclude the Fellowship with a current professional reference that can be leveraged to pursue their next endeavors. Additionally, if a relevant position is available, the organization can offer a longer-term role.

The end result of the Fellowship is a high performer who returns to the profession with upgraded skills and experience, additional contacts, an excellent reference, and a renewed ambition to serve clients. In turn, the legal profession, as well as the individual organizations, benefit by engaging with a previously untapped pool of high-performing talent and, hopefully, increased gender diversity in their mid- to senior-level leadership ranks.

There are four steps involved in the application, screening, and interview process.

Please note: Applications should not be submitted directly to the participating organizations. Applications are only accepted via the Fellowship Director.

1st Step: Complete the online application linked here. After we have received your application and confirmed your eligibility, you will receive an email with links to the online personality, skills, values, and writing assessments. These assessments are typically used in corporate environments to hire and develop high-level, executive talent.

2nd Step: Eligible applicants are required to complete an online personality, skills, values, and writing assessment. In total, these online assessments usually take 90 to 120 minutes to complete. The total cost of the assessments is $175 U.S. dollars, and online payment is expected at the time of completion.

3rd Step: Once the assessments are complete, we will schedule an online meeting or teleconference with each eligible applicant to discuss the results of the assessments and conduct an interview.

4th and Final Step: The applicants’ résumés, applications, and results of the assessments and interviews are sent to the participating organizations. The organizations’ leaders review the applicants’ information and select the candidates they want to interview for the Fellowship positions.

OnRamp hiring takes place following a structured timeline for postings, interviews, and offer decisions. Please see the “Important Dates” sidebar on the right side of this page, which lists the current application deadlines. To provide ample support and structure for OnRamp organizations and Fellows, start dates are typically aligned so Fellows start in small to midsize cohorts with other returners.

Applicants not chosen for a Fellowship after their initial application are welcome to reapply at any time. Anyone reapplying more than a year after the date of their initial application will need to meet with us again to provide updated details.

New positions are posted regularly, so applicants are encouraged to check the Opportunities page often for additional opportunities.