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[romothesavior]

Winston & Strawn offer.

Congrats!

[stratocophic]

Winston & Strawn offer.

Congrats!

[Anonymous User]

WUSTL, Secondary Journal, Medianish

29 screeners
18 rejections
11 Pending (10 screeners, 1 CB)

Candid Feedback from interviews: Great Interviewer, Meh Grades

I've got a couple of screeners coming up in a few weeks, but I'm dangerously close to striking out, of the 10 pending screeners, I interviewed with Greensfelder and Posinilli, both of home have already called back a bucket of people for 2-3 spots, and 2 were with firms looking to hire one or two people. Totally shut out of home market: Chicago.

[Anonymous User]

Greensfelder offer yesterday!

[stratocophic]

Greensfelder offer yesterday!

Congrats!

Edited because I may or may not have been inebriated when I wrote this.

[Anonymous User]

Greensfelder offer yesterday!

Win man, they have a much better culture/lifestyle than some other firms.

[Anonymous User]

How are IP students generally faring in the bigger markets?

[Anonymous User]

How are IP students generally faring in the bigger markets?

Grade dependent, but you can clean up if you have good grades and aren't aspie. I've has callbacks in 6 different cities and mine aren't even all that great. Patent fair reeeeally helps too, if for no other reason than because you get the benefit of getting good at interviewing before OCI even goes down. You can rack up some callbacks there.

[Anonymous User]

How are IP students generally faring in the bigger markets?

Grade dependent, but you can clean up if you have good grades and aren't aspie. I've has callbacks in 6 different cities and mine aren't even all that great. Patent fair reeeeally helps too, if for no other reason than because you get the benefit of getting good at interviewing before OCI even goes down. You can rack up some callbacks there.

Any idea how low into the class reputable firms are dipping for them?

[Anonymous User]

Which would you take and why?

Thompson Coburn or Bryan Cave.

Both St. Louis offices.

[Anonymous User]

Which would you take and why?

Thompson Coburn or Bryan Cave.

Both St. Louis offices.

BC because I want to get the hell out of here, and BC has way more of a national rep

[romothesavior]

PSA: When you have an offer, you celebrate quietly with your friends. You tell your closest confidantes, and you do so tastefully. You do not announce it to all of your unemployed fellow classmates in class while doing a little jig. Nor do you post it on Facebook for all the world to see.

Yes, we go to a school with a very supportive and encouraging student body. We should share in our successes and be genuinely happy for one another when we succeed, and I'm glad our school has such a great environment. But Jesus Christ, a little class and discretion goes a long way.

HTH

[stratocophic]

PSA: When you have an offer, you celebrate quietly with your friends. You tell your closest confidantes, and you do so tastefully. You do not announce it to all of your unemployed fellow classmates in class while doing a little jig. Nor do you post it on Facebook for all the world to see.

Yes, we go to a school with a very supportive and encouraging student body. We should share in our successes and be genuinely happy for one another when we succeed, and I'm glad our school has such a great environment. But Jesus Christ, a little class and discretion goes a long way.

HTH

Is this a thing? Please tell me that this is in fact not a thing, and that it's actually a hypothetical posed just in case someone was getting funny ideas about socially appropriate ways to celebrate.

[romothesavior]

PSA: When you have an offer, you celebrate quietly with your friends. You tell your closest confidantes, and you do so tastefully. You do not announce it to all of your unemployed fellow classmates in class while doing a little jig. Nor do you post it on Facebook for all the world to see.

Yes, we go to a school with a very supportive and encouraging student body. We should share in our successes and be genuinely happy for one another when we succeed, and I'm glad our school has such a great environment. But Jesus Christ, a little class and discretion goes a long way.

HTH

Is this a thing? Please tell me that this is in fact not a thing, and that it's actually a hypothetical posed just in case someone was getting funny ideas about socially appropriate ways to celebrate.

It's a thing.

[stratocophic]

PSA: When you have an offer, you celebrate quietly with your friends. You tell your closest confidantes, and you do so tastefully. You do not announce it to all of your unemployed fellow classmates in class while doing a little jig. Nor do you post it on Facebook for all the world to see.

Yes, we go to a school with a very supportive and encouraging student body. We should share in our successes and be genuinely happy for one another when we succeed, and I'm glad our school has such a great environment. But Jesus Christ, a little class and discretion goes a long way.

HTH

Is this a thing? Please tell me that this is in fact not a thing, and that it's actually a hypothetical posed just in case someone was getting funny ideas about socially appropriate ways to celebrate.

It's a thing.

How very unWUSTLish.

[Anonymous User]

Which would you take and why?

Thompson Coburn or Bryan Cave.

Both St. Louis offices.

BC because I want to get the hell out of here, and BC has way more of a national rep

I would +1 this probably. Bryan Cave pays more too, right?

[Anonymous User]

Which would you take and why?

Thompson Coburn or Bryan Cave.

Both St. Louis offices.

IIRC Thompson Coburn is pretty consistently among the top firms on the midlevel associate satisfaction survey. That said, they did monster deferrals to unsuspecting 2Ls. Both have stellar reputations in St. Louis. I'd say go with your instinct.

[Anonymous User]

WUSTL, Secondary Journal, Medianish

29 screeners
18 rejections
11 Pending (10 screeners, 1 CB)

Candid Feedback from interviews: Great Interviewer, Meh Grades

I've got a couple of screeners coming up in a few weeks, but I'm dangerously close to striking out, of the 10 pending screeners, I interviewed with Greensfelder and Posinilli, both of home have already called back a bucket of people for 2-3 spots, and 2 were with firms looking to hire one or two people. Totally shut out of home market: Chicago.

Also around median and on a secondary journal. Sent out about 5-10 emails a week for two months, had coffee with around 10 attorneys, talked to about 6 or 7 more over the phone...and I have had a grand total of 2 interviews, both through OCI. Aiming for the same market.

Any chance you could tell me how you managed to get so many screening interviews in the first place? I feel like I'm missing the boat here.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything from Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City? Callbacks? Offers post callback? Rejections post callback?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything from Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City? Callbacks? Offers post callback? Rejections post callback?

Got a callback a little over a week ago but declined it

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything from Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City? Callbacks? Offers post callback? Rejections post callback?

Got a callback a little over a week ago but declined it

Any particular reason?

[Anonymous User]

WUSTL, Secondary Journal, Medianish

29 screeners
18 rejections
11 Pending (10 screeners, 1 CB)

Candid Feedback from interviews: Great Interviewer, Meh Grades

I've got a couple of screeners coming up in a few weeks, but I'm dangerously close to striking out, of the 10 pending screeners, I interviewed with Greensfelder and Posinilli, both of home have already called back a bucket of people for 2-3 spots, and 2 were with firms looking to hire one or two people. Totally shut out of home market: Chicago.

Also around median and on a secondary journal. Sent out about 5-10 emails a week for two months, had coffee with around 10 attorneys, talked to about 6 or 7 more over the phone...and I have had a grand total of 2 interviews, both through OCI. Aiming for the same market.

Any chance you could tell me how you managed to get so many screening interviews in the first place? I feel like I'm missing the boat here.

Chicago is total bust this year.

[seatown12]

PSA: When you have an offer, you celebrate quietly with your friends. You tell your closest confidantes, and you do so tastefully. You do not announce it to all of your unemployed fellow classmates in class while doing a little jig. Nor do you post it on Facebook for all the world to see.

The in class thing is ridiculous, but someone who just got an offer should feel free to post on Facebook. No one outside the neurotic law school bubble would ever object to this. Only weak, jealous people are offended or threatened by others' successes.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone else with news on Bryan Cave?

Have only heard of two offers: One here and one at Illinois.

[Anonymous User]

WUSTL, Secondary Journal, Medianish

29 screeners
18 rejections
11 Pending (10 screeners, 1 CB)

Candid Feedback from interviews: Great Interviewer, Meh Grades

I've got a couple of screeners coming up in a few weeks, but I'm dangerously close to striking out, of the 10 pending screeners, I interviewed with Greensfelder and Posinilli, both of home have already called back a bucket of people for 2-3 spots, and 2 were with firms looking to hire one or two people. Totally shut out of home market: Chicago.

Also around median and on a secondary journal. Sent out about 5-10 emails a week for two months, had coffee with around 10 attorneys, talked to about 6 or 7 more over the phone...and I have had a grand total of 2 interviews, both through OCI. Aiming for the same market.

Any chance you could tell me how you managed to get so many screening interviews in the first place? I feel like I'm missing the boat here.

Chicago is total bust this year.

This. I wake up every morning and am reminded of this depressing fact.