3L OCI Thread Forum

[Anonymous User]

Posted in the 3L whine thread, but told to post here too. If we are sharing stories, I transferred from a 40-50 ranked to school to MVP and struck out at OCI last year. I worked for a federal agency this summer. I did not get my summer job until april and then I really dropped the ball on clerkships.

I got straight As 2L year (and 3/4 of my classes were graded on curve, so it's not all BS), and why I don't know my exact ranking, I got told unofficially that I'm in the top 3%.

Anyway, is there any list of firms who are hiring.

I am mainly interested in DC or southeast, but would consider NY

Thus far I know:

Latham, Cravath, Williams and Conolly, Cleary, Debevoise, Paul Weiss. I really don't need to be a v10 or v20, but I would like to get some big law job.

I assume some of these firms aren't doing OCI all t14 schools, so if anyone knows who is their schools I'd appreciate it.

[Anonymous User]

I didn't know we were just sharing our stories... but in the interest of procrastination I will share mine as well.

Median, Lower T-14, no journal, 2L SA at an investment bank (in-house). This is gonna be a shit show.

I also am in-house at an investment bank. I need to start mass mailing. I'm staying here in the fall, but I don't know that it will turn into post grad employment (and I wouldn't know until Spring).

I have a non OCI interview with an NYC firm and an OCI interview with the Federal Reserve Board. I would definitely jump on either opportunity, so fingers crossed.

(T-30, journal editor, moot court, not so great 1L grades, but nearly straight As during 2L)

[Anonymous User]

I didn't know we were just sharing our stories... but in the interest of procrastination I will share mine as well.

Median, Lower T-14, no journal, 2L SA at an investment bank (in-house). This is gonna be a shit show.

I also am in-house at an investment bank. I need to start mass mailing. I'm staying here in the fall, but I don't know that it will turn into post grad employment (and I wouldn't know until Spring).

I have a non OCI interview with an NYC firm and an OCI interview with the Federal Reserve Board. I would definitely jump on either opportunity, so fingers crossed.

(T-30, journal editor, moot court, not so great 1L grades, but nearly straight As during 2L)

To the fellow i-bank SA above: how did you end up getting your non-OCI NYC firm interview? Was it through networking or through a referral from your bank?

[Anonymous User]

I didn't know we were just sharing our stories... but in the interest of procrastination I will share mine as well.

Median, Lower T-14, no journal, 2L SA at an investment bank (in-house). This is gonna be a shit show.

I also am in-house at an investment bank. I need to start mass mailing. I'm staying here in the fall, but I don't know that it will turn into post grad employment (and I wouldn't know until Spring).

I have a non OCI interview with an NYC firm and an OCI interview with the Federal Reserve Board. I would definitely jump on either opportunity, so fingers crossed.

(T-30, journal editor, moot court, not so great 1L grades, but nearly straight As during 2L)

To the fellow i-bank SA above: how did you end up getting your non-OCI NYC firm interview? Was it through networking or through a referral from your bank?

It was purely networking. I spoke to an ex colleague who now works with their firm on cases sometimes, and I reached out to someone in my ideal practice group who was on my journal when he was in LS.

You should definitely network with people at your bank though. I just got talking to a trader who, as it turns out, has a JD and worked at a firm before going back to get his MBA. There are great resources here.

[Anonymous User]

Posted in the 3L whine thread, but told to post here too. If we are sharing stories, I transferred from a 40-50 ranked to school to MVP and struck out at OCI last year. I worked for a federal agency this summer. I did not get my summer job until april and then I really dropped the ball on clerkships.

I got straight As 2L year (and 3/4 of my classes were graded on curve, so it's not all BS), and why I don't know my exact ranking, I got told unofficially that I'm in the top 3%.

Anyway, is there any list of firms who are hiring.

I am mainly interested in DC or southeast, but would consider NY

Thus far I know:

Latham, Cravath, Williams and Conolly, Cleary, Debevoise, Paul Weiss. I really don't need to be a v10 or v20, but I would like to get some big law job.

I assume some of these firms aren't doing OCI all t14 schools, so if anyone knows who is their schools I'd appreciate it.

Would mind stating which office

[chrisbru]

We have a whopping three firms coming. All are coming to interview 2Ls but said they'd interview 3Ls too.

[Anonymous User]

Posted in the 3L whine thread, but told to post here too. If we are sharing stories, I transferred from a 40-50 ranked to school to MVP and struck out at OCI last year. I worked for a federal agency this summer. I did not get my summer job until april and then I really dropped the ball on clerkships.

I got straight As 2L year (and 3/4 of my classes were graded on curve, so it's not all BS), and why I don't know my exact ranking, I got told unofficially that I'm in the top 3%.

Anyway, is there any list of firms who are hiring.

I am mainly interested in DC or southeast, but would consider NY

Thus far I know:

Latham, Cravath, Williams and Conolly, Cleary, Debevoise, Paul Weiss. I really don't need to be a v10 or v20, but I would like to get some big law job.

I assume some of these firms aren't doing OCI all t14 schools, so if anyone knows who is their schools I'd appreciate it.

Would mind stating which office

Cleary DC and New York,
Debevoise DC
Paul Weiss NY (corporate only)
Latham everywhere
Cooley, everywhere

[Anonymous User]

Had my interviews. They went well but I'm definitely expecting a ding from one of them. The interviewer there told me I had everything they were looking for, but flat out said they planned to give only a limited amount of callbacks and that the firm paid less than the firm I summered at. I tried to deflect that talk as much as possible, but I'm hoping they don't think I'm only using them as a backup option (even though I probably am).

I prepared for it, but the dynamic of 3L OCI is a bit odd.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone have any luck with mass mail?

Also, any other notable OCI experiences?

I have 3 oci interviews and one non-Oci coming up...

[Anonymous User]

Anyone have any luck with mass mail?

Also, any other notable OCI experiences?

I have 3 oci interviews and one non-Oci coming up...

Nothing...

What market are you interviews in?

[Anonymous User]

I have a ton of e-mails that I have prepared as drafts on my mailbox. Should I send them next week? Should I wait until after OCI? Anyone has any idea what our timeline should be for this process? I am afraid to send them too early, but also I do not want to miss the hiring boat (more lying a flying dutchman).

[Anonymous User]

I wonder whether the 3L OCI questions would be different than that of 2L OCI? I mean if I still don't know the specific area of practice that I want, will a general answer like "transactional practice" still fly?

[J. D.]

There will undoubtedbly be questions about your SA.

[chrisbru]

There will undoubtedbly be questions about your SA.

Thank you for your unbelievable insight

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know how to appropriately indicate you have a 2L SA offer in a CL for 3L postings/OCI? Should you wait for them to ask?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know how to appropriately indicate you have a 2L SA offer in a CL for 3L postings/OCI? Should you wait for them to ask?

What's wrong with "This summer, I worked at Johnston & Murphy LLP. I focused on corporate work, and got excellent reviews and an offer to return after graduation. However, my experience over the summer made me realize that I prefer litigation."
?
I don't know the perfect language but I would not wait for them to ask, because you don't want them to think for a minute that you didn't get an offer. And when they are filtering the hundreds of applications they filter, one of the rounds might just get rid of the ones that would require clarification.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone receive OCI callback yet?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone receive OCI callback yet?

Nope. Interviews were about a week ago...not a peep. I imagine 3L hiring is on a different timeline than 2L hiring though?

[Anonymous User]

I just finished my callbacks with Simpson Thacher and Davis Polk earlier this week. Crossing my fingers

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know how to appropriately indicate you have a 2L SA offer in a CL for 3L postings/OCI? Should you wait for them to ask?

What's wrong with "This summer, I worked at Johnston & Murphy LLP. I focused on corporate work, and got excellent reviews and an offer to return after graduation. However, my experience over the summer made me realize that I prefer litigation."
?
I don't know the perfect language but I would not wait for them to ask, because you don't want them to think for a minute that you didn't get an offer. And when they are filtering the hundreds of applications they filter, one of the rounds might just get rid of the ones that would require clarification.

I have put (offer extended) on my resume.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from Skadden NY?

[Anonymous User]

Dinged by Cravath.

[Anonymous User]

I just finished my callbacks with Simpson Thacher and Davis Polk earlier this week. Crossing my fingers

How did you get the screeners?

[Anonymous User]

Any news on Williams and Connolly? screeners/callbacks/ anything?

[Anonymous User]

I just finished my callbacks with Simpson Thacher and Davis Polk earlier this week. Crossing my fingers

How did you get the screeners?

Applied to them before the summer associate program ended, and gave me a callback right off the bat without doing a screener first.