Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:I'm a 3L and I just wanted to pop in to plug pre-EIP interviews. Especially for the Kents in this thread, but really for anyone above median, many firms will do resume/gpa-based "callbacks" over the summer. I know a lot of students locked down good offers last year that way and reduced the stress from EIP.
(Last year, it seemed like not everyone knew it was an option and some of the more connected people got an (extra) leg up because they knew about it—but it doesn't require any connections, just sending in a resume. The worst that can happen is they say to wait for EIP.)
When would be a good time to do this? Should we wait for honors confirmation and journals first?
Bumping this. I'm planning on emailing some of the partners that I clicked with at events/previous interviews, but that's only like 3-4 firms.
Do we mass mail the recruiting contact at the rest of the firms we're planning to bid on?
I'd like to try this, too. Like the above poster,
is it more advisable to wait until July 7 when we know which journal we're on? Also, I know July 7's the day for Law Review notice, but
is that also the day we'll find out which other journals we're on if we don't make CLR?
Whenever we actually email firms, should we write cover letters or just send a resume and transcript and ask them to contact us if they want anything else?
I'm the 3L who started this discussion, so I thought I'd give my 2¢. That said, it'd be great if other 3Ls weigh in with different perspectives.
First, I don't think you should mass-mail everyone you bid on. EIP is a great way to get a broad selection of firms/you don't want to spend all summer interviewing. The idea is to reduce EIP stress by having a few early interviews/maybe locking down an offer—not to have twelve interviews in the summer. I'd aim for 3–5 of your top targets, but others might differ.
Along the same lines, I think you ought to do something to let a firm know that you aren't just blanketing NYC in pre-EIP apps. That could be a formal (and personalized!) cover letter, or it could just be text in an email with your resume/transcript attached. I'd probably go with just the email, but I think either would be fine.
As far as timing goes, I'm not really sure. I wasn't in NYC last summer, so I didn't send anything in until fairly late and my only pre-EIP interview was only about 1 week before. That wasn't ideal if you can do earlier; I didn't hear back until after EIP, so it wasn't as helpful as it could have been. (Still nice to have done it before, though). So, I'd vote on earlier being better. Again, it'd be nice to hear from other 3Ls.
As far as July 7th goes, non-CLR journals won't notify that day but shouldn't be much after that. I got a call the day after for my journal. I know we weren't the last to hear, but I think most were within a few days.
I didn't think I'd be posting in the 2014 thread enough to need a name, but it looks like I was wrong. I'll stick with the one from last year, then.
-B
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