Don't waste a single bid on DC.

Less snarky explanation: there should be a good number of DC firms available on add/drop. Add them then.

This thread has been helpful to me as well. Thanks.

Anyone on here have some or all of the Honors figures and can PM me some help? I got a couple of the figures through appointment with OCS but am out-of-state and would be helpful to have more as I figure out how to order my list.

Could I have this as well? Thank you!

PM me your email and I will send you the list

Okay so I feel silly asking this but....in order to bid on a firm, you have to push the 'apply' button on symplicity, so do I need to upload a cover letter in addition to my resume?

Tagging this for the inevitable once all my grades are in.

NVM

bumping this. haven't received all grades yet but looking to be somewhere between 3.3 and 3.4 (a lot depends on this final grade). the bidlist i'm considering looks very much like OP's. any suggestions? also should I completely write off PW and not even bid on it?

Detective TAGgert

huh? i'm trying to get advice here...

haha, I'm interested in this thread as I'm in a similar situation. I was just tagging it while making a subtle reference to Beverly Hills Cop. Good luck to you and remember to remove Dewey from OP's list

ahaha sorry never saw it. also it's been a long day so probably would have missed the reference had i known what it meant. good luck to you too!

Just curious OP did you end up working at one of the firms on your bidlist?

sorry bro but Wilmer DC is pretty much impossible unless you are Kent/Law Review.....its one of the toughest DC firms to get for most law review folks

you need serious DC connections to even stand a chance with just a B+

LOL no.

NYU recent grad here. Had <B+. Had some lower DC firm offers from OCI. Think Fried Frank, etc. So if you really just want DC, it could work.

Hey there folks. ~ 3.25 at CLS. W/E is somewhere between average and good. Assume good interview skills. My interests are the following, roughly in this order

1. a job
2. NY
3. lit (but open)
4. QOL > prestige (I know at this level, QOL will be relatively low, but I'm interested in even the small differences)

The order is based on a number of factors including class size, bid/interview ratio, callback/offer ratio, day on which the firm is coming to EIP, and % of offers that go to Honors.

Please tell me what to change. I'm open to all suggestions.

Proskauer Rose
Sidley Austin
White and Case
Paul Hastings
Kirkland and Ellis
Kaye Scholer
Seward and Kissel
Mayer Brown
Akin Gump
Weil Gotshal
Wilkie Farr
Alston Bird
Jones Day
Cadwalader
Latham and Watkins
Schulte Roth
Skadden Arps
Hughes Hubbard
Fried Franks
Cahill Gordon
Dechert
Morgan Lewis
Curtis Mallet
Sheppard Mullin
K&L Gates
Paul Weiss
Davis Polk
Clearly Gottlieb
Holland and Knight
King Spalding

Thanks everyone!

^ this looks a lot like my potential bid list except that I have Milbank instead of Akin Gump and Ropes instead of Skadden. ~3.3+ GPA at CLS and prefer NY firms and lit. Would also welcome any advice.

to above- cleary seems super grade sensitive so maybe replace them with a less grade sensitive office?

and any advice on median bidding to ca?

agreed on cleary. only added them, because I was running out of ideas and their class is so big

Hey I'm on Law Review at CLS and I can't tell you how many LR folks with good grades who struck of the top DC firms the last couple of years. And by top DC firms I'm only talking about W&C, Covington, and Wilmer.

Here's a little trivia to chew on. CLS only sent one person to Wilmer DC last year and he's going to be clerking for Kozinski this year. In 2010, CLS only had one person at Wilmer DC once again and he's clerking for Kavanaugh this year and will be clerking for Scalia next year.

Unless you have serious DC/fed gov connections, you need to be close to Kent and on Law Review to get the tippy top DC firms (i.e W&C, Wilmer, & Covington). The only way to get W&C/Covington/Wilmer without being Kent/LR is to have worked on the Hill for many years for example and have serious reasons for wanting to be in DC.

Just having good grades (i.e. Stone/LR) is NOT enough.

OP here. I did end up working at one of these firms, sitting at my desk right now in fact. Got offers from five of the firms on the list.

Pm me.

That's awesome. Any tips for someone in this position, based on your experience?

You're overstating your case. Connections might be important, but at least for Wilmer I don't think either feeder-clerkship grades nor law review are necessary.