Call with partner before OCI
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:31 pm
My main question is how important is it to have a conversation with at least one partner/attorney from a firm you're targeting for OCI?
I mean like finding a partner from your school who practices in an area you're interested in at the firm, emailing them asking for a 20 min phone call where you just ask general questions etc. Our career services has made it seem like this is really important to do before OCI and it will be much more difficult to get a callback if you don't do this. Can anyone comment on how true this is?
I'm sort of worried about what will happen if you have a conversation with them and they don't particularly like you, or the partner you happen to email thinks students doing this is annoying, etc, especially when I'm doing this cold rather than being able to say "so and so told me to get in touch with you". Also, I'm far away from my home market this summer so meeting in person is pretty much out of the question.
And now for the dumbest question of all... if I do send out some introductory emails, what would an appropriate subject line be? I was thinking "Rising 2L at [my school] seeking career advice" or something. But that sounds incredibly stupid I think.
I mean like finding a partner from your school who practices in an area you're interested in at the firm, emailing them asking for a 20 min phone call where you just ask general questions etc. Our career services has made it seem like this is really important to do before OCI and it will be much more difficult to get a callback if you don't do this. Can anyone comment on how true this is?
I'm sort of worried about what will happen if you have a conversation with them and they don't particularly like you, or the partner you happen to email thinks students doing this is annoying, etc, especially when I'm doing this cold rather than being able to say "so and so told me to get in touch with you". Also, I'm far away from my home market this summer so meeting in person is pretty much out of the question.
And now for the dumbest question of all... if I do send out some introductory emails, what would an appropriate subject line be? I was thinking "Rising 2L at [my school] seeking career advice" or something. But that sounds incredibly stupid I think.