2014 Diversity Career Fairs Forum

[Anonymous User]

Anyone attending the Minnesota Minority Recruitment Conference this Friday (Aug. 1st)? Or know anything about the Minneapolis market?

Interviewing with 7: Faegre, Dorsey, Robins, Fredrikson, Briggs, Lindquist, and Stinson Leonard Street. Inside info on any? I'm targeting litigation - potentially patent litigation. Based on what I've heard, Faegre and Robins are the best places in the area to start a career, but I'd appreciate any other input. Feel free to PM as well. I'm planning to live in the area after graduating.

I guess I saw this post a little too late. I was part of the MMRC last week.

Anyone from MMRC got a call back yet?

I was not too impressed; the impression I got was that most of the firms were there to say they were there and help diversity, but none of them appeared to be excited to be there.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone attending the Minnesota Minority Recruitment Conference this Friday (Aug. 1st)? Or know anything about the Minneapolis market?

Interviewing with 7: Faegre, Dorsey, Robins, Fredrikson, Briggs, Lindquist, and Stinson Leonard Street. Inside info on any? I'm targeting litigation - potentially patent litigation. Based on what I've heard, Faegre and Robins are the best places in the area to start a career, but I'd appreciate any other input. Feel free to PM as well. I'm planning to live in the area after graduating.

I wouldn't say Faegre and Robins are necessairly the best to start a career. Very subjective. Faegre and Dorsey are the largest. Robins has a reputation of being a sweat shop. Fredrikson has a solid reputation and very nice attorneys. The firm is known as "camp-Fredrikson" because they are very social during the Summer Associate program (lots of social activities). But not too many stuck up pricks. It's a good firm. Heard good things about Lindquist and Stinson. All in all, big law in Minneapolis can mean you will have a life. Although if you work at Robins that might not be the case.

[Duality]

Anyone attending the Minnesota Minority Recruitment Conference this Friday (Aug. 1st)? Or know anything about the Minneapolis market?

Interviewing with 7: Faegre, Dorsey, Robins, Fredrikson, Briggs, Lindquist, and Stinson Leonard Street. Inside info on any? I'm targeting litigation - potentially patent litigation. Based on what I've heard, Faegre and Robins are the best places in the area to start a career, but I'd appreciate any other input. Feel free to PM as well. I'm planning to live in the area after graduating.

I guess I saw this post a little too late. I was part of the MMRC last week.

Anyone from MMRC got a call back yet?

I was not too impressed; the impression I got was that most of the firms were there to say they were there and help diversity, but none of them appeared to be excited to be there.

CB from Dorsey, Robins, and Stinson. Haven't heard anything from Briggs, Faegre, Fredrikson, or Lindquist yet.

Anyone attending the Minnesota Minority Recruitment Conference this Friday (Aug. 1st)? Or know anything about the Minneapolis market?

Interviewing with 7: Faegre, Dorsey, Robins, Fredrikson, Briggs, Lindquist, and Stinson Leonard Street. Inside info on any? I'm targeting litigation - potentially patent litigation. Based on what I've heard, Faegre and Robins are the best places in the area to start a career, but I'd appreciate any other input. Feel free to PM as well. I'm planning to live in the area after graduating.

I wouldn't say Faegre and Robins are necessairly the best to start a career. Very subjective. Faegre and Dorsey are the largest. Robins has a reputation of being a sweat shop. Fredrikson has a solid reputation and very nice attorneys. The firm is known as "camp-Fredrikson" because they are very social during the Summer Associate program (lots of social activities). But not too many stuck up pricks. It's a good firm. Heard good things about Lindquist and Stinson. All in all, big law in Minneapolis can mean you will have a life. Although if you work at Robins that might not be the case.

I should have been more specific: I've heard from a few attorneys that Faegre and Robins are among the best places to learn a lot early on, despite (and perhaps due to) the higher demands from the firm. I suppose that the "best place to start a career" would include a lot of other factors as well - especially that "having a life" thing. Thanks for the opinions! I'm hoping that callbacks will help me figure out where I really want to be. If you had the chance to pick among those seven, who would you be inclined to work for and why?

I don't want to hijack this thread - I'll set up a new one for people to discuss the Minneapolis market further and post the link here. EDIT: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=234229

[Anonymous User]

For those of you who had interviews in July, have you heard back from any firms yet? Specifically Bay Area Diversity Fair and the Rocky Mountain ones. Anyone have any sense of the call back timeline?

CB today from Snell & Wilmer

[Anonymous User]

Thanks for posting!

Still nothing from anyone in CO? I'm wondering if they'll wait until they do OCI at DU and CU.

[Anonymous User]

For those of you who had interviews in July, have you heard back from any firms yet? Specifically Bay Area Diversity Fair and the Rocky Mountain ones. Anyone have any sense of the call back timeline?

Had a Paul Hastings CB a few days after BADCF, I think the timeline was ~3-4 days after the fair

[Anonymous User]

For those of you who had interviews in July, have you heard back from any firms yet? Specifically Bay Area Diversity Fair and the Rocky Mountain ones. Anyone have any sense of the call back timeline?

CB today from Snell & Wilmer

same here on CB for Snell & Wilmer from RMDLCF, otherwise…silence

[Anonymous User]

BADCF person here - I got my Orrick SF ding 1-2 days ago.

[Anonymous User]

Any callbacks from PADJF yet?

[Anonymous User]

Any callbacks from PADJF yet?

Only Reed Smith CB so far.

[Anonymous User]

Pepper CB by phone from PADJF.

[Anonymous User]

Husch Blackwell CB from RMDLCF.

Crazy surprising because I didn't think the screener went well at all.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone from STL hear anything?

[Anonymous User]

someone at Michigan's OCI apparently got a Gibson Dunn Denver CB, although they started OCI about a week after RMDLCF... wonder if that means that if we didn't get one from RMDLCF yet, we're out

[Anonymous User]

Husch Blackwell CB from RMDLCF.

Crazy surprising because I didn't think the screener went well at all.

Mind sharing your school/grades？

[Anonymous User]

Husch Blackwell CB from RMDLCF.

Crazy surprising because I didn't think the screener went well at all.

Mind sharing your school/grades？

Happy to PM if you post non-anon, but not publicly. Just too few people.

[Anonymous User]

RMDLCF DGS ding

[Anonymous User]

RMDLCF DGS ding

Same, via email

[Anonymous User]

Ugh, fuck, RMDLCF GDC ding.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone else heard anything from heartland in Kansas City? No cb or ding so far...

[Anonymous User]

Anyone else heard anything from heartland in Kansas City? No cb or ding so far...

Polsinelli ding via e-mail, BC ding via snail. I think most are waiting for the ocis to finish. Where else are you waiting on?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone else heard anything from heartland in Kansas City? No cb or ding so far...

Polsinelli ding via e-mail, BC ding via snail. I think most are waiting for the ocis to finish. Where else are you waiting on?

SHB, Husch Blackwell, Dentons?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone else heard anything from heartland in Kansas City? No cb or ding so far...

Polsinelli ding via e-mail, BC ding via snail. I think most are waiting for the ocis to finish. Where else are you waiting on?

SHB, Husch Blackwell, Dentons?

Yeah same + Stinson, L&G .

I'm hoping the firms were actually serious about recruiting there and not just a PR stunt.

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

Email dings from Winston & Strawn and Wiggin & Dana from NEBLSA.