Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair 2013

[Anonymous User]

Ding-a-lings at Southern Poverty and Harlem Neighborhood Defender Service.

[Anonymous User]

Tagged.

Accepted @ Brooklyn crim practice
Reject @ Bronx
Reject @ Miami

[loisaida]

I'm not looking at the PD (so I can't help most of you folks out there) but I got 2 out of 2 of the PI internships I applied for (immigration/ policy stuff).

Any idea what the table talk format will be like? I've never done of these conferences. Is the plan to go up and ask ~3 targeted questions? Aggressively sell ourselves? Chat for 2 minutes or 5?

Interviews are fine, but table talk opens up a whole other can of anxiety... Ugh.

[Anonymous User]

I'm not looking at the PD (so I can't help most of you folks out there) but I got 2 out of 2 of the PI internships I applied for (immigration/ policy stuff).

Any idea what the table talk format will be like? I've never done of these conferences. Is the plan to go up and ask ~3 targeted questions? Aggressively sell ourselves? Chat for 2 minutes or 5?

Interviews are fine, but table talk opens up a whole other can of anxiety... Ugh.

there's a webinar tomorrow about table talk - look to sign up on the site

[BlueLotus]

I'm not looking at the PD (so I can't help most of you folks out there) but I got 2 out of 2 of the PI internships I applied for (immigration/ policy stuff).

Any idea what the table talk format will be like? I've never done of these conferences. Is the plan to go up and ask ~3 targeted questions? Aggressively sell ourselves? Chat for 2 minutes or 5?

Interviews are fine, but table talk opens up a whole other can of anxiety... Ugh.

Treat it like a brief, unofficial interview. Come prepared with 2-3 targeted questions that show that you've researched the employer thoroughly, and try to sell yourself. Bring extra copies of your resume, writing sample, etc. for table talks.

[Anonymous User]

do people think there will be any more movement tonight or will nothing happen until tomorrow? just trying to figure out if i should stop obsessively refreshing

[Anonymous User]

do people think there will be any more movement tonight or will nothing happen until tomorrow? just trying to figure out if i should stop obsessively refreshing

Wondering the same. The cutoff is midnight, but no idea if the list automatically updates with these last-minute submissions from the employers. I saw somewhere on the site that sign-ups for interviews open at 8 a.m. (If they haven't already), so I guess they should definitely all be updated by then.

ETA: Just got a ding via email from Mecklenburg. Lemme go look at the site to see if there's any other carnage.

[Anonymous User]

do people think there will be any more movement tonight or will nothing happen until tomorrow? just trying to figure out if i should stop obsessively refreshing

Wondering the same. The cutoff is midnight, but no idea if the list automatically updates with these last-minute submissions from the employers. I saw somewhere on the site that sign-ups for interviews open at 8 a.m. (If they haven't already), so I guess they should definitely all be updated by then.

ETA: Just got a ding via email from Mecklenburg. Lemme go look at the site to see if there's any other carnage.

Is the deadline tonight or tomorrow at 1159PM?

[Anonymous User]

do people think there will be any more movement tonight or will nothing happen until tomorrow? just trying to figure out if i should stop obsessively refreshing

Wondering the same. The cutoff is midnight, but no idea if the list automatically updates with these last-minute submissions from the employers. I saw somewhere on the site that sign-ups for interviews open at 8 a.m. (If they haven't already), so I guess they should definitely all be updated by then.

ETA: Just got a ding via email from Mecklenburg. Lemme go look at the site to see if there's any other carnage.

Is the deadline tonight or tomorrow at 1159PM?

it says by 12am october 3. so tonight

[Anonymous User]

do people think there will be any more movement tonight or will nothing happen until tomorrow? just trying to figure out if i should stop obsessively refreshing

Wondering the same. The cutoff is midnight, but no idea if the list automatically updates with these last-minute submissions from the employers. I saw somewhere on the site that sign-ups for interviews open at 8 a.m. (If they haven't already), so I guess they should definitely all be updated by then.

ETA: Just got a ding via email from Mecklenburg. Lemme go look at the site to see if there's any other carnage.

Is the deadline tonight or tomorrow at 1159PM?

it says by 12am october 3. so tonight

lol ET, CT, or PT? there goes sleep

[Anonymous User]

I still have five showing as "requested." So I guess they're not too strict with the deadline, or it takes a while to process all the last-minute ones. I guess we'll find out tomorrow morning.

[Anonymous User]

Accepted at Mecklenburg after getting all the New York PD dings I could handle.

[Anonymous User]

So if I'm out at Bronx and Brooklyn, any thoughts on whether I still have a shot at Legal Aid? I don't know how competitive they are in relation to each other, just that they are all very competitive.

Maybe I'll just keep refreshing the page so I can watch all my hopes and dreams die in real time.

Legal Aid hires almost 10x the amount of grads as BDS (probably true for bronx too). I would still try for Legal Aid.

[Anonymous User]

Accepted at Mecklenburg after getting all the New York PD dings I could handle.

Dinged by New Hampshire PD.

[Tanicius]

So if I'm out at Bronx and Brooklyn, any thoughts on whether I still have a shot at Legal Aid? I don't know how competitive they are in relation to each other, just that they are all very competitive.

Maybe I'll just keep refreshing the page so I can watch all my hopes and dreams die in real time.

Legal Aid hires almost 10x the amount of grads as BDS (probably true for bronx too). I would still try for Legal Aid.

This year they're hiring about a fifth as many people as they did last year for the criminal practice group. Likely about 10 people is what I heard from a staff attorney.

[Anonymous User]

Just had an interview with LAS and they said they hired 90 that are about to start and they're looking to hire about 70 for next year FWIW

[Anonymous User]

Accepted for NH interview. Was a little confused by the two sign-up lists for both Friday and Saturday, but it looks normal now that I chose an interview time. I think.

[Anonymous User]

Still "requested" for Community Legal Aid Society.

[Anonymous User]

Just had an interview with LAS and they said they hired 90 that are about to start and they're looking to hire about 70 for next year FWIW

Thanks for the info (and reassurance) Are those numbers all for criminal defense or overall?
Edit: Yeah, too high for just criminal, I realize. So I guess my revised question is whether you had a sense of how that would break down by practice area.

[Anonymous User]

Just had an interview with LAS and they said they hired 90 that are about to start and they're looking to hire about 70 for next year FWIW

wow that seems like an extremely high amount...but a good thing

[BlueLotus]

For those who interviewed at EJW last year, how long after the interview did you wait for a response?

Really hoping to get jerbed before the 1L tide rolls in...

[Anonymous User]

For those who interviewed at EJW last year, how long after the interview did you wait for a response?

Really hoping to get jerbed before the 1L tide rolls in...

I had four callbacks before Thanksgiving and had accepted an offer before Christmas.

[Anonymous User]

Still "requested" for Community Legal Aid Society.

Just got a ding from them (2L law clerk)

[Anonymous User]

Still "requested" for Community Legal Aid Society.

Just got a ding from them (2L law clerk)

I got dinged from their full-time staff attorney spot.

[Anonymous User]

Dinged from the 2nd Cir. position. No email. Just saw it online.