OCI 101 Forum

[FunkyJD]

I'm trying to learn more about the OCI process at different law schools.

During OCI, does one representative from a law firm show up, representing all of a firm's regional offices; or, do different hiring managers for different regional offices within one firm show up?

Also, when law schools say, x firms showed up at OCI last year, do they mean, x separate firms showed up (Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins, etc); or, do they count the different regional offices of the same law firm as different "firms"?

(i.e., do the Dallas and DC offices of Jones Day count as 1 whole firm, or 2 separate "firms" for purposes of reporting OCI stats?)

[TTT-LS]

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[FunkyJD]

Thank you for your fantastic response. The warning about pre-screening is especially helpful.

If a moderator is reading this: Can this thread be moved to the Legal Employment forum?

[270910]

Thus, if you think your interview skills are impressive and you can snag Covington from below their typical hiring GPA, at a school that doesn’t pre-screen, you’ll have a shot. Alternatively, at schools that pre-screen for OCI, some students are barred from even interviewing with certain firms in the first place. For example, Cleary might refuse to interview Cardozo students outside the top 5% or something like that.

We should have a pre-screening discussion sometime in the employment forum, it'd be interesting. For now I'll just point out that annecdotal evidence suggests that pre-screening yields to very 'feast or famine' results. I think the fewest interviews the folks who graded onto LR at UVA had was in the 30 neighborhood, with most closer to 40+. Median were lucky to get 10. (At UVA last year, 50% of every employer's slots are pre-select, the other 50% are a lottery based on student preference).

[Kohinoor]

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