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Okay, so I was able to go to the open add period, and get myself nine more interviews. Now I'm at thirty. Including Skadden in Tokyo, because I figure, "what the hey, it's not like I'm burning a bid."
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apparently one of my (asian) friends got told by a latino partner not to worry about something, all the latinos took care of one another she's not pleased
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Aug 4, 2010 21:34
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Was she from the Phillipines or was she East Asian?
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Aug 4, 2010 21:42
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I dunno, but I just figured it was only the old white partners who figured any minority was probably mexican
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Aug 4, 2010 21:45
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evilweasel posted:apparently one of my (asian) friends got told by a latino partner not to worry about something, all the latinos took care of one another If taking care of one another means giving her a job, she should be ecstatic. And probably learn Spanish.
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billion dollar bitch posted:Okay, so I was able to go to the open add period, and get myself nine more interviews. Now I'm at thirty. Including Skadden in Tokyo, because I figure, "what the hey, it's not like I'm burning a bid." out of curiosity, didn't career services tell you not to do that? Not suggesting people actually listen to career services, but when I was a student I know it was considered bad form to just spam the whole OCI list. Then again, I had a similar number of interviews as you so I guess I can't really complain.
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Aug 4, 2010 22:01
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Lykourgos posted:out of curiosity, didn't career services tell you not to do that? Not suggesting people actually listen to career services, but when I was a student I know it was considered bad form to just spam the whole OCI list. Then again, I had a similar number of interviews as you so I guess I can't really complain. Every man for himself, at this point. You pick up any interview you might be interested in even a little bit and play the odds.
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Aug 4, 2010 22:05
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The system was originally set up in such a way as that wouldn't be a good idea, but now that bidding is over and you can get interviews that you don't think you're optimal for, there's nothing stopping you from saying, "Denver's a nice place to live, and who knows - they might give me a job."
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Aug 4, 2010 22:08
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But Denver sucks, everyone knows this.
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Aug 4, 2010 22:12
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There's a second round of interview awards on monday, so I guess I shouldn't light myself on fire just yet, but I don't have my hopes up.
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Aug 4, 2010 22:23
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evilweasel posted:apparently one of my (asian) friends got told by a latino partner not to worry about something, all the latinos took care of one another I, on the other hand, am ecstatic. Yeah time to be the great off-white hope.
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William Munny posted:Awards out for UT as well. 49 bids, 3 interviews, 1 alternate. All three interviews are lottery selects. Also the fact that the black law students association calls itself something besides "The Black (Or AF-AM) Law Students Association" is just stupid. nm fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Aug 4, 2010 |
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Aug 4, 2010 22:55
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billion dollar bitch posted:The system was originally set up in such a way as that wouldn't be a good idea, but now that bidding is over and you can get interviews that you don't think you're optimal for, there's nothing stopping you from saying, "Denver's a nice place to live, and who knows - they might give me a job." Oh yeah, I don't doubt people can make good excuses, I was just wondering if other schools had the same instructions about not taking on too many OCI slots. I can understand that notion being out of fashion right now, though. Anyway, did anyone sign up for some sort of special OCI called the National Public Law School Consortium? I think that's what it's called; they have OCI in major cities, and invite 14 or so public schools to attend. They had a good selection of OCI picks, and as a fresh 1L I remember seeing a tonne of names on the NYC list and thinking, "yep gonna hit a good number of these, deary me how am I going to fit in all of these interviews." I literally got 0 interviews, despite, at that point, actually having an impressive GPA; did anyone get a similar response? The response was brutal; at that point I literally could not compute how I didn't have ten billion job offers. It was before the actual school OCI, so I went in to that thinking I was doomed.
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Lykourgos posted:Oh yeah, I don't doubt people can make good excuses, I was just wondering if other schools had the same instructions about not taking on too many OCI slots. I can understand that notion being out of fashion right now, though. At Columbia, you get 35 initial bids. The point he's at is after all bids are in and interviews given based on those bids, and anyone can sign up interview slots that wern't filled by initial bidding. He's not blocking anyone from getting interviews that they'd actually wanted (or they would have bid on them, and if there's an open slot if they bid on them they'd have gotten it). It's a fight over the scraps.
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nm posted:Your resume really needs to have "URM" in big bold font at the top. It's the bloody Thurgood Marshall something or other, how much more obvious could it...oh wait, yeah, go with this.
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I know one person who suspects that she got a lot out of her resume making it seem like she was a lesbian. So if you need that liitle boost, join all the gay clubs, it's not actually lying (it will probably be noticed if your resume makes you look black and you're not but they're not really allowed to ask "hey, you're gay right?").
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Aug 4, 2010 23:17
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We got thirty, but yeah. The scraps would be like... places in Asia, fly-by-night firms, apparently a lot of DC offerings (that I had already signed up for).
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Aug 4, 2010 23:18
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evilweasel posted:At Columbia, you get 35 initial bids. The point he's at is after all bids are in and interviews given based on those bids, and anyone can sign up interview slots that wern't filled by initial bidding. He's not blocking anyone from getting interviews that they'd actually wanted (or they would have bid on them, and if there's an open slot if they bid on them they'd have gotten it). It's a fight over the scraps. ohh, I see; I don't think mickey mouse scuba school even had a system like that. We just had a big master list for OCI, and you went through onestart to bid. You either got it or you didn't, game over. Desirable students could easily spam almost the entire list (I don't know what our maximum bids level was, maybe 50 or 60), thereby leaving the rest destitute. Still, OCI was staggered, too, over a course of months, and new firms/offices were always being added.
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Lykourgos posted:ohh, I see; I don't think mickey mouse scuba school even had a system like that. We just had a big master list for OCI, and you went through onestart to bid. You either got it or you didn't, game over. Desirable students could easily spam almost the entire list (I don't know what our maximum bids level was, maybe 50 or 60), thereby leaving the rest destitute. Still, OCI was staggered, too, over a course of months, and new firms/offices were always being added. Columbia doesn't let firms pre-screen interviews: interview slots are awarded based on bid only (there's occasional rumors of rejection letters being sent out with postmarks from before the interview though).
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Actually I am kind of irritated about the no-bid section of EIP, because it means that suddenly all these people who had previously had no interest in DC firms or law are suddenly clogging the slots. Were it simply done based on bids, people would have triaged themselves better, and I would probably stand a better chance.
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Aug 4, 2010 23:46
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I get 16 bids. How exactly should I kill myself?
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JudicialRestraints posted:I get 16 bids. Flay yourself alive
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auto-immolation.
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JudicialRestraints posted:I get 16 bids. 15 at my school. I'm going to the gym all August and doing nothing but bro curls on the theory that arm vascularity is the single biggest factor in federal clerkship acceptance.
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J Miracle posted:15 at my school. I go to a "t1" On the plus side I'm up to 5 preselected interviews in DC
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so how possible is biglaw without being on a journal?
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fougera posted:so how possible is biglaw without being on a journal? If you have good grades or moot court then it should be fine.
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billion dollar bitch posted:If you have good grades or moot court then it should be fine. In normal years.
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I am thinking about applying to law school. I have a good GPA (3.89), and will be taking the LSAT soon, and I am Hispanic (which I've heard helps, but I dont know how much of this is exaggeration in your part). I've been lurking around these threads for years now, but I genuinely always wanted to be a lawyer so I think I'll take the plunge. I am interested in immigration, tort law and civil rights in general, but I am so not attracted to Big Law. Still, after reading this all, I feel really shaky about my prospects. Though, I guess I have the advantage that my both of my parents have a law office together...and an empty desk should I choose to join them some day, which really would be my last choice in the world. Zealous Abattoir fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Aug 5, 2010 |
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Take the LSAT and report back. Also what brand of hispanic are you?
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Aug 5, 2010 06:21
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Puerto Rican
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I'm going to have to sit down and type out the massive saga of the Worst Extern Ever at some point, and it will be a long, long, long post, but suffice to say that it may be a sign that you aren't reviewing your own work carefully when you hand a judge a set of jury instructions for Official Misconduct as a misdemeanor that include provisions for the death penalty.
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Zealous Abattoir posted:Puerto Rican This is a valuable brand name. Score above a 165 and you're into a good school. Abugadu posted:I'm going to have to sit down and type out the massive saga of the Worst Extern Ever at some point, and it will be a long, long, long post, but suffice to say that it may be a sign that you aren't reviewing your own work carefully when you hand a judge a set of jury instructions for Official Misconduct as a misdemeanor that include provisions for the death penalty. Defense or prosecution? Either way - sounds good to me.
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JudicialRestraints posted:Defense or prosecution? Either way - sounds good to me. Being a substitute clerk for the judge. The judge asked him where he got it from, and he said from the JI's of the previous law clerk (which he did not). The judge called him on it, then reamed him.
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Abugadu posted:Being a substitute clerk for the judge. If you give me a job I will come to guam. I am competent. also for the rest of the thread, the future: http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/ward-cleaver-makes-playdate?page=0
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JudicialRestraints posted:If you give me a job I will come to guam. Is it any surprise that in a society that defines people by their profession the unemployed would have an identity crisis? In America our unemployed = lazy bums mindset doesn't really fly well in the face of nearly 10% unemployment. Sometimes I fantasize about quitting my job but then I remember what it was like to be unemployed and think "gently caress, never again."
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GamingHyena posted:Is it any surprise that in a society that defines people by their profession the unemployed would have an identity crisis? In America our unemployed = lazy bums mindset doesn't really fly well in the face of nearly 10% unemployment.
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Hey, here's a fun hypo for all you crim pro geeks like me, based on an actual situation: You, Erstwhile Police Officer, are searching Defendant's home. Because Defendant is present, you have him in handcuffs and have no intention of letting him leave. Do you: A) Strike up a conversation about illegal activities or B) Read him his Miranda rights, THEN strike up the same conversation I know what I'd do. And I know what our local PD did. And they don't match.
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Alaemon posted:Hey, here's a fun hypo for all you crim pro geeks like me, based on an actual situation: You arrested a Defendant in his home without an arrest warrant?
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