Georgetown EIW - 2016 Forum

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[genericlawstudent]

EIW schedules are supposed to be released today or tomorrow, right?

I would guess tomorrow, since that's when the cancellation period starts.

But that would be logical and well-planned. Doesn't seem in-character.

From today's "Road to EIW" email:

"...the planned release date is Tuesday, July 26th at noon. Keep an eye out on Symplicity for your schedule!"

[Anonymous User]

18 interviews and only one on Thursday. Gonna be a busy three days.

What does one do with screeners at a firm they've already had a screener at? Email someone at the firm or just drop it w/o announcement?

-MS

[Anonymous User]

are we allowed to pick up more if we have 18 or do we need to drop first?

-KFC

[Anonymous User]

18 interviews and only one on Thursday. Gonna be a busy three days.

What does one do with screeners at a firm they've already had a screener at? Email someone at the firm or just drop it w/o announcement?

-MS

From the OCS email today:

"Important: You may not interview with the same office of the same firm twice during the OCI process. So if you had any pre-EIW interviews (either through OTIP, individual outreach or otherwise) and the same office of that firm ends up on your interview schedule, you must cancel that interview. For example, if you have interviewed (or will interview) with Dechert's New York office before EIW starts and Dechert (NY) is on your interview schedule, you must cancel that interview."

[lemongrabber]

Hey guys,

Made an account just so that I could take part in this thread.
Now that EIW schedules are up, I figure people are probably gonna want to share them.
I found this template on the "Georgetown EIW 2015" TLS thread. Here is it is (with my info):

Approximate class rank: above 40%
Journal: Secondary - GJLE
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: None
IP background: None
Significant work experience: Nope
Years out of undergrad: 0
Prestigious undergrad: Nope
Other relevant factors: Probably nothing
Target markets: Exclusively NYC
Type of work sought: Lit
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Average - slightly below average.
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 0
Screeners received for EIW: 12 (all NY)
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: TBD
Offers received: TBD

PM me if you have any questions - I'd be happy to share my list with you.

-lemongrabber

[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: Top 10%
Journal: GLJ
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: Trial
IP background: None
Significant work experience: several years
Years out of undergrad: 1 year, but finished undergrad after WE
Prestigious undergrad: Nope
Other relevant factors: Probably nothing
Target markets: Exclusively NYC
Type of work sought: Lit
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Not bad, a little sloppy
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 3
Screeners received for EIW: 18 (all NYC)
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: TBD
Offers received: TBD

[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: slightly below 15%
Journal: Secondary - GJIL
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: None
IP background: None
Significant work experience: 3 years
Years out of undergrad: 3
Prestigious undergrad: Nope
Other relevant factors: nope
Target markets: mostly NYC
Type of work sought: corp
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Average
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 3
Screeners received for EIW: 13 (all NY)
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: TBD
Offers received: TBD

[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: Top 5%
Journal: GLJ
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: Moot Court
IP background: None
Significant work experience: 2 years
Years out of undergrad: 2
Prestigious undergrad: Not particularly
Other relevant factors: None
Target markets: East Coast (but not NYC)
Type of work sought: Lit
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Fine
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 3
Screeners received for EIW: 18 (Mostly DC with some others sprinkled in)
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: TBD
Offers received: TBD

[Anonymous User]

T4 transfer, got 12 interviews, half are CA firms, couple DC and 4 NY firms. I'd say more than half are reaches (no V20 firms). Have had no luck with MM.

Should I apply for food stamps?

[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: between median and top third
Journal: Tax
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: Nope
IP background: Nope
Significant work experience: probably not significant
Years out of undergrad: 1 year
Prestigious undergrad: No
Other relevant factors: No
Target markets: DC, NYC, some midwestern
Type of work sought: Corp/reg.
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Below average until I work through the nerves, average once I calm down
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 2 (screeners)
Screeners received for EIW: 18
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: TBD
Offers received: TBD

-MS

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone else NOT get their #1 bid, aka Latham D.C...

[throwaway1222]

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[usn26]

Did anyone else NOT get their #1 bid, aka Latham D.C...

Hogan DC. No joy @ #1. (Also whiffed on VA office @ 10 and MD office @15).

[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: Top 15%
Journal: Secondary
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: Moot Court
IP background: None
Significant work experience: 4 years (not law-related)
Years out of undergrad: 4
Prestigious undergrad: Yes
Other relevant factors: Scholars program
Target markets: DC
Type of work sought: Lit
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Good
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing:
Screeners received for EIW: 6 (<10 bids)
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: 2
Offers received: TBD

[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: Top 10%
Journal: Secondary
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: No
IP background: No
Significant work experience: yes (non-legal)
Years out of undergrad: 4
Prestigious undergrad: No
Other relevant factors: No
Target markets: DC
Type of work sought: Lit
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Average
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 1
Screeners received for EIW: 12 (all DC)
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: TBD
Offers received: TBD

[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: 3.2X
Journal: GLJ (Write on)
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: No
IP background: No
Significant work experience: yes (non-legal)
Years out of undergrad: 10+
Prestigious undergrad: No
Other relevant factors: No
Target markets: DC, NYC and Chicago
Type of work sought: Lit
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Good (ended up really good because I did so many)
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 10 screeners, 6 callbacks (as of 8/25)
Screeners received for EIW: 18
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: 9 (as of 8/25)
Offers received: 5 (all V100 - 2 in V25) (might have rec'd more offers but withdrew from consideration after accepting offer)

My advice: If you have a GPA like mine, you need to make sure your interviews are flawless. You also need to bid outside of DC, I focused on NYC and Chicago (OTIP). After the bidding lottery is over, continue to go back to the website and try to pick up interviews that others drop. I am going to a firm that I did not get an interview with originally, I picked them up after someone dropped the interview. Be diligent in this hunt, you only get one shot at it. I also did OTIP to get some interviews under my belt prior to EIW. I mass-mailed and this led to a lot of action. I ultimately didn't need to do this because I played the EIW game well but had I not, I had some options post EIW to land a gig. Start mass mailing the second you get your GPA.

-BernieBro

[Glasseyes]

Did anyone else NOT get their #1 bid, aka Latham D.C...

Hogan DC. No joy @ #1. (Also whiffed on VA office @ 10 and MD office @15).

Oof, that's rough luck. Email recruiters directly to try and get a backdoor screener for your top picks you didn't get. It won't always work, but you can def scrounge up a few that way.

[Elfy]

Approximate class rank: T4 Transfer Top 8%
Journal: Waiting for write on
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: No
IP background: No
Significant work experience: A lot of PI internships..so no
Years out of undergrad: 0
Prestigious undergrad: No
Other relevant factors: URM, Speak Arabic, worked overseas
Target markets: DC, NYC and Midwest
Type of work sought: Lit
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Above-Average
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: 0
Screeners received for EIW: 9 ( 3 different Midwest cities, DC, NY, LA)
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: TBD
Offers received: TBD

-ILF

[Elfy]

T4 transfer, got 12 interviews, half are CA firms, couple DC and 4 NY firms. I'd say more than half are reaches (no V20 firms). Have had no luck with MM.

Should I apply for food stamps?

Fellow T4 transfer. Only 9 screeners Midwestern cities, NY, DC, LA. I can wait in the food stamp line with you if you'd like.

[Anonymous User]

Any 3Ls here who bid? Do we know if 3L EIW is preselect or if there's actually some type of lottery?

[brightthru2014]

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[Anonymous User]

Approximate class rank: 40-50%tile
Journal: Secondary
Moot Court, Mock Trial, etc.: No
IP background: No
Significant work experience: None
Years out of undergrad: None
Prestigious undergrad: Yes
Other relevant factors: n/a
Target markets: New York / London / Chicago / Atlanta
Type of work sought: Finance / International Transactions / International Arbitration
Self-assessed interviewing ability: Very good; have an issue coming across too cocky
Screeners or callbacks prior to EIW from mass-mailing: None
Screeners received for EIW: 16
Callbacks received from EIW screeners: n/a
Offers received: n/a

Prestigious undergrad + being smart with bidding landed me 16, big takeaway for future years to heed that I partially implemented with solid returns; forget about getting anything competitive after your Top 10 through the lottery and stack 10-20 with less popular V50-100 firms in places like McLean, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia.

According to the last few posts in this thread that is a stupid idea: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=267019

If you don't only choose 1 or 2 markets or you dare attempt to apply to a secondary market you can't prove with an affidavit that you will stay you're not gonna get a callback.

[buckiguy_sucks]

Yeah getting a lot of screeners isn't necessarily a good outcome in itself if they don't lead to callbacks. Bidding rando secondary markets is dumb without ties

[brightthru2014]

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