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specialsnowflake wrote:Mind answering what school and how your grades were?

fatduck wrote:how'd you pick your firm? plan on staying for a while? if planning to exit, where to?

red shirt guy wrote:

fatduck wrote:how'd you pick your firm? plan on staying for a while? if planning to exit, where to?

It was actually the only firm I received an offer from--my focus throughout law school had been primarily criminal work. I will be sticking around for a while at least, but would be willing to make a move if something with a DA's office in New York presented itself. The end goal would be AUSA.

donniedarko wrote:What kinds of things make junior associates stand out?

red shirt guy wrote:

donniedarko wrote:What kinds of things make junior associates stand out?

Being among the most junior myself, I don't have much to base it on, so I don't want to lead you astray. However, understanding that you don't really know THAT much coming out of law school is important when you start practicing. Other than that, the common things like timeliness with assignments, willingness to take on more work, etc. are always looked favorably upon in my experience.

donniedarko wrote: Cool. Thanks! Any tips for everyone out there with call backs pending . . .

red shirt guy wrote:

donniedarko wrote: Cool. Thanks! Any tips for everyone out there with call backs pending . . .

No problem.

Not a ton of advice unfortunately--I got way more rejections than offers. However, if they have called you back, they at least think you are capable of handling the work. Don't do anything to make them think otherwise. I really don't think interviewers are actively looking for people to eliminate as seems to be a common belief around here. Just be able to articulate what you THINK you will be interested in. Understand that practice is a lot different from law school, so it is hard to say with certainty as a student what a particular practice area does (unless of course you've had some other way of gaining significant exposure to actual practice).

bk187 wrote:Did you work long hours prior to biglaw? Now that you've worked for a bit in biglaw, how much longer do you think you could keep up that kind of schedule? Indefinitely?

donniedarko wrote:

red shirt guy wrote:

donniedarko wrote: Cool. Thanks! Any tips for everyone out there with call backs pending . . .

No problem.

Not a ton of advice unfortunately--I got way more rejections than offers. However, if they have called you back, they at least think you are capable of handling the work. Don't do anything to make them think otherwise. I really don't think interviewers are actively looking for people to eliminate as seems to be a common belief around here. Just be able to articulate what you THINK you will be interested in. Understand that practice is a lot different from law school, so it is hard to say with certainty as a student what a particular practice area does (unless of course you've had some other way of gaining significant exposure to actual practice).

That makes sense. Thanks for the tips and for taking the time "red shirt guy!"

Swimp wrote:Have you gotten any particularly useful advice about how best to shoot for an AUSA position?