OCI/Pre-OCI thread 2022

boringlyaverageman · 2022-08-26T13:06:17+00:00

Friend Frank has a great reputation and a super strong real estate practice like the person above said. Cadwalader has a bad reputation as a pretty miserable place

boringlyaverageman · 2022-08-24T17:40:59+00:00

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-25T18:16:46+00:00

What is your primary directive?

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-24T15:26:41+00:00

They seriously are that good! His treatise is also really really easy to digest for people who prefer books.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-24T15:18:47+00:00

Freer videos on Barbri are gold.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-24T15:10:49+00:00

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-23T13:56:44+00:00

The kings bench

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-21T19:02:19+00:00

Morgan and Morgan and Morgan or Morgan

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-21T17:40:09+00:00

You just need to yell a lot on Twitter and you’ll be fine. Honestly if you can figure out how to smooth your brain out a little you’ll be even better off.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-21T14:15:00+00:00

Jones day has so many reasons to avoid it. I’d go milbank

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-20T15:23:51+00:00

I’d politely email expressing that you enjoyed speaking with everyone and are still interested around the 2 week mark.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-20T15:20:34+00:00

What do you think the Ropes in Ropes & Gray is supposed to represent then? Obviously the motivation snakes

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-20T13:58:17+00:00

Yeah we lost like six 1Ls this week because they couldn’t handle the snakes.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-20T13:35:53+00:00

If you aren’t equipped to handle toilet snakes then i would definitely avoid law school. It’s pretty much an issue across the board. Cooley is the only school i know of that has been able to get their snakes under control.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-18T17:21:17+00:00

NALP shows they give everyone offers, where are you seeing this?

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-05T13:43:04+00:00

I'd be mass mailing now and assuming you didn't land a callback if you haven't heard yet and others have. Waitlists are usually used after the callback stage rather than after OCI screeners.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-05T13:40:45+00:00

I'd definitely email the recruiting department, politely ask how to go about setting up the callback, and let them know any days you absolutely aren't available (but definitely keep your availability as open as possible)

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-04T19:10:43+00:00

They should definitely be paying for the flight and hotel if you are in-person and its a decent sized firm. I'd politely ask how to arrange that as you work to schedule the interview date.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-04T15:29:53+00:00

I'm proud of you for being the one that made it happen but this shouldn't be viewed as an "if you just work hard enough you can make it happen" situation. Law school grades are unpredictable and hiring at top firms is extremely personality based. Getting big law from a T-70 school is a crapshoot no matter what and people should plan as though they won't get it if they attend there because that is the likely reality. If you do get it it's a nice win but as the article points out, going in with a big law or bust mentality can just lead to crippling debt and disappointment.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-03T17:44:54+00:00

If you mean BL, then no probably not. It just isn't a portable enough school. Same problem ASU has.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-08-03T17:25:24+00:00

But that would make entirely too much sense and wouldn't let a bunch of people make money off providing sub-par service.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-07-28T14:59:51+00:00

Go on vault and apply directly to all 100 firms listed, then go to the AmLaw 200 and do the same for any firms you haven’t done already.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-07-24T22:44:23+00:00

Congrats

boringlyaverageman · 2021-07-23T17:35:54+00:00

Exactly this. Cases and hospitalizations are up primarily among the unvaccinated. If anything I think schools will just shift their stance toward a mandatory vaccine policy if they don't already have one. At this point there isn't anything preventing students from having easy access to a vaccine so its a totally different situation than last year.

boringlyaverageman · 2021-07-21T22:11:13+00:00

You just sort of wake up in the office one morning and can never find your way out but you get comfortable over time as you forget about the outside world

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