Fall 2014 - 2L OCI Results Forum

[Anonymous User]

School Range: CCN
Market(s): NYC
Approximate class rank: Top 1/3
Law review/secondary journal: secondary journal
Work experience: none
IP background: no
Anything else that might have an impact?: Not socially awkward, but very bad at the "narrative telling" aspect of interviews. Some ability in a language that is commercially important but that not very many law students know.
Screening Interviews: 24
Callbacks received: 4
Callbacks accepted: 3
Offers w/vault ranges: 1 V5 (What is now pretty funny in retrospect is that I got rejected at every firm besides what I considered to be my biggest "reach" firm. I was very close to striking out, though, and feel very lucky to have received an offer at all.)
How many firms just didn't get back with you with a rejection/callback?: 0
Thank-you notes sent: 0

[Lavitz]

How can anyone even really *know* how well OCI went at their respective T14s without hard data being released from CSO? Anecdata is likely to suffer from self-selection bias too as I'm sure people who don't have offers don't BROADCAST it as those with 5 V5 offers do.

Maybe their CSOs did release hard data?

Mine used to release it, but hasn't this year so I can't comment on our placement this year.

[Anonymous User]

School Range: CCN (Transfer from T30)
Market(s): Boston, NYC
Approximate class rank: top 10%
Law review/secondary journal: secondary
Work experience: 2 years teaching
IP background: none
Anything else that might have an impact? non-URM minority
Screening Interviews: 24
Callbacks received: 7
Callbacks accepted: 7
Offers w/vault range: V25 and V5
How many firms just didn't get back with you with a rejection/callback? 1 after callback
Thank-you notes sent: 0

[Anonymous User]

School Range: T14
Market(s): West Coast, Heavy Nor Cal
Approximate class rank: ~Median, maybe a bit above
Law review/secondary journal: Secondary
Work experience: Nothing special
IP background: No degree
Anything else that might have an impact? Probably
Screening Interviews: 27
Callbacks received: 1 from OCI, 4 from other avenues.
Callbacks accepted: 2 (Canceled 2 after accepting offer)
Offers w/vault range: 1, V50
How many firms just didn't get back with you with a rejection/callback? Maybe 5.
Thank-you notes sent: Only after callbacks.

[Anonymous User]

At my T14, we were told that it was the best recruiting season since before the recession. Higher percentage of the class in biglaw, very few not in biglaw that wanted it (but are still looking), and firms reaching deeper into the class than usual (again, more like pre-recession days). Also, more firms and more offices recruiting, more callbacks overall, more offers per student on average. Taking out people who self-select into public service or business and the majority are doing well.

[Anonymous User]

At my T14, we were told that it was the best recruiting season since before the recession. Higher percentage of the class in biglaw, very few not in biglaw that wanted it (but are still looking), and firms reaching deeper into the class than usual (again, more like pre-recession days). Also, more firms and more offices recruiting, more callbacks overall, more offers per student on average. Taking out people who self-select into public service or business and the majority are doing well.

Same.
Maybe we go to the same school. But this wasn't disclosed publicly (CSO told me in person).
Makes me feel worse for striking out...

[Anonymous User]

At my T14, we were told that it was the best recruiting season since before the recession. Higher percentage of the class in biglaw, very few not in biglaw that wanted it (but are still looking), and firms reaching deeper into the class than usual (again, more like pre-recession days). Also, more firms and more offices recruiting, more callbacks overall, more offers per student on average. Taking out people who self-select into public service or business and the majority are doing well.

Same.
Maybe we go to the same school. But this wasn't disclosed publicly (CSO told me in person).
Makes me feel worse for striking out...

Original anon here, my CSO said this in an email to 2Ls and at an event for 1Ls.

It sucks that people are striking out, but I think the general consensus is that biglaw hiring at the T14 went incredibly well.

[Anonymous User]

not just T14, my school is only ranked around 30 something, the big law takes lots of people this year ever coming down to school to ask for 3L. Hopefully the good time will last another two years. It seems another round of recession may hit soon.

[Anonymous User]

School: CCN
Market(s): NY / LA
Approximate class rank: Top 25-30%
Law review: secondary
Work experience: 2 years
IP background: No
Anything else that might have an impact? Very good interviewer
Screening Interviews: 25
Callbacks received: 22
Callbacks accepted: 10 (declined the rest)
Offers w/vault ranges: 10/10 (V3-V25) (wohoo)
How many firms just didn't get back with you with a rejection/callback? 0
Thank-you notes sent: Yes

[Anonymous User]

Should have done this a long time ago, but better late than never.

School Range: BU/BC
Market(s): Boston, Los Angeles, NYC
Approximate class rank: Top 40%
Law review/secondary journal: No
Work experience: 2 1/2 Years
IP background: No
Anything else that might have an impact?: LGBTQ
Screening Interviews: 24 [Did not include screeners from Lavender Law]
Callbacks received: 6
Callbacks accepted: 2
Offers w/vault ranges: V25 + V35
Thank-you notes sent: I sent thank-you emails to my CB interviews--not for screeners.

Note: I accepted the offer from the firm I wanted on the spot and cancelled all remaining CBs (or reject them as they were offered).

[Anonymous User]

School Range: TLS 70-85
Market(s): NYC, Boston, D.C.
Approximate class rank: Top 5
Law review/secondary journal: LR
Work experience: k-jd
Screening Interviews: 20+
Callbacks received: 11
Callbacks accepted: 8
Offers w/vault ranges: 8 v5-v40
Offer Taken: NYC v5
Thank-you notes sent: To callback interviewers and sometimes recruiting personnel if we hit it off.

[tortsandtiaras]

Might be a rather dumb question...but is this simply summer of 2L work positions? not necessarily job offer for after 3L?

[beepboopbeep]

Might be a rather dumb question...but is this simply summer of 2L work positions? not necessarily job offer for after 3L?

Yes, but many of these are at 100% offer firms. Not all, of course.

[tortsandtiaras]

Might be a rather dumb question...but is this simply summer of 2L work positions? not necessarily job offer for after 3L?

Yes, but many of these are at 100% offer firms. Not all, of course.

Thanks...Naïve 0L here

edit: Realized I'm not supposed to post on this forum. Sorry in advance mod - won't happen again.

[Yardbird]

Compiled results will be coming once exams are over with.

[jt91isles]

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[Anonymous User]

School Range: Lower T-14
Market(s): Chi/Ca/NYC
Approximate class rank: top 25%
Law review/secondary journal: Secondary Journal
Work experience: 4-5 yrs
IP background: none
Anything else that might have an impact? MBA
Screening Interviews: 12
Callbacks received: 8
Callbacks accepted: 6
Offers w/vault range: 4 Offers (V5 secondary, V10 NY, 2x V50 secondaries)
How many firms just didn't get back with you with a rejection/callback? withdrew from one post CB before hearing anything
Thank you letters: 12

[Anonymous User]

School Range: T14 (Transfer from a TTT)
Market(s): NYC
Approximate class rank: At TTT (Top 2%)
Law review/secondary journal: No
Work experience: 0
IP background: No
Anything else that might have an impact?: I was 21 while interviewing with a complete lack of life/work experience on my resume. Decent interviewer but that may have hurt me.
Screening Interviews: 19
Callbacks received: 8
Callbacks accepted: 6
Offers w/vault ranges: 1 (V20)
Thank-you notes sent: Sporadically; don't think it played any role.

Note: Offer ended up coming off of a mass mail. I sent out around 300 emails/letters after EIW and landed an additional 4-5 screeners + a couple callbacks (cancelled 2-3 callbacks after I received the offer).

[Anonymous User]

Is there any easier way to download the raw data? It's just coming up as a regular text page rather than Excel spreadsheet. Quite difficult to manage and analyze.

[Robb]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... =817381633

In the future when that happens, you can just take off the end of the URL, from "pubhtml" onward

[acijku2]

Compiled results will be coming once exams are over with.

Are you doing compiled results this year? Thanks for the info regardless.

[Yardbird]

Compiled results will be coming once exams are over with.

Are you doing compiled results this year? Thanks for the info regardless.

Ugh sorry. My summer has been incredibly busy with work compared to typical summers. I will try and do it this weekend, and if not the weekend after (since my program is done next Friday).

[Anonymous User]

How long were people waiting for CB's?

[A. Nony Mouse]

How long were people waiting for CB's?

That's really not what this thread is for.

[Anonymous User]

School Range: Lower T14
Market(s): DC, NY, Chi
Approximate class rank: top 10%
Law review/secondary journal: LR
Work experience: Intl. Scholarship
IP background: none
Anything else that might have an impact?
Screening Interviews: 24
Callbacks received: 23
Callbacks accepted: 11
Offers w/vault range: V25 (10)
How many firms just didn't get back with you with a rejection/callback? None
Thank-you notes sent: 0