Download The General Letter of Recommendation form.

The release of Letters of Recommendation is governed by The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, commonly known as the Buckley Amendment. The law provides for student to elect to waive their right of inspection to a Letter of Recommendation, making it confidential. Under the Buckley Amendment, if there is no written waiver of rights of inspection attached to a Letter of Recommendation, the student may have access to it, regardless of verbal agreements between the writer and the student.

Accordingly, it is very important that students declare their preference by signing the statement of confidentiality on the top of the recommendation before the letter is written.

If you prefer to use departmental or other letterhead in place of the Career Services Letter of Recommendation form, the student’s statement on confidentiality must be stapled to your letter. If no waiver is attached, under the Buckley Amendment, Career Services must provide students access to the letter if they request.

Faculty Access to Trinity Recruiting

Trinity Recruiting is the on-line system that lists Federal Work Study Program (FWSP) jobs, summer jobs/non-academic internships, entry-level jobs, a calendar of Career Services events and programs (i.e., “Applying to Graduate School Seminar”, Alumni Career Information Sessions and Networking Events, On and Off Campus Recruiting Events). Contact us at:

Career-services@trincoll.edu to request the Trinity Faculty username and password.

TC CareerMail

Trinity Faculty/Staff who are also Trinity parents can subscribe to our electronic newsletter which is published twice a semester.