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by Anonymous User » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:45 am
Anonymous User wrote:Is it rude to cold call associates or partners that went to UM Law or my undergrad at large firms to ask them about their practice and the firm in general. I started finding my areas of interest in firms and alums that work in that field, and I have had 2 pleasant and informative conversations. I know how many emails attorneys at these firms get, so I figured why not cold call. Should I stop this practice or continue? I want to show I'm interested in the firms, but is this impolite?
I think so--and I had a lot of success emailing. You'll also have more time to talk because they can schedule time in their day for you.
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by FlightoftheEarls » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:49 am
Anonymous User wrote:Is it rude to cold call associates or partners that went to UM Law or my undergrad at large firms to ask them about their practice and the firm in general. I started finding my areas of interest in firms and alums that work in that field, and I have had 2 pleasant and informative conversations. I know how many emails attorneys at these firms get, so I figured why not cold call. Should I stop this practice or continue? I want to show I'm interested in the firms, but is this impolite?
Yes - an email asking whether they would have a few minutes to speak will go over much better than cold calling someone. We get cold called so often by recruiters, financial advisors, tailors, etc. on any given day that we would probably just screen your call to our assistants anyways, and someone assuming that we have 5-10 minutes to chat on a complete stranger's time schedule would rub many people (myself included) the wrong way.
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by Druid » Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:38 am
Yeah, in this era of technology cold calling is pretty invasive.
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by Anonymous User » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:11 am
Continually amazes me what people think is acceptable behavior.
On another note, is anyone having trouble finding any employers to add using the instructions in the OCI Guide? The OCI Guide says to look for "a gray interview date box" next to the firm's name (within the OCI tab I assume) but I can't find any with such a box. Does it have something to do with how many interviews I have? I thought it was supposed to be open to everyone as of 9 AM this morning...
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by Anonymous User » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:10 am
I was able to sign up for three, but I had to go through several pages before I found one with a little gray box. It might have something to do with what area you're searching (NY has about 10 firms with boxes). OCI says no more than 25 interviews via Symplicity, so if you're at 25, no more for you until day-of sign-up. I'm still not sure how the waitlist for firms works though. Do they automatically get added to our list or do we still have to sign up?
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by Anonymous User » Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:49 am
Some of these firms seem to want an undergrad transcript. My undergrad charges money for transcripts, for which I would rather not pay, does anyone think the firms would have a problem with being given a copy on regular printer paper?
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by scaliaantics » Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:14 am
Anonymous User wrote:Some of these firms seem to want an undergrad transcript. My undergrad charges money for transcripts, which I would rather not pay, does anyone think the firms would have a problem with being given a copy on regular printer paper.
Last year, unofficial ones were fine.
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by Anonymous User » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:47 pm
anyone know what firms request undergraduate transcripts?
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by Anonymous User » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:52 pm
Anonymous User wrote:anyone know what firms request undergraduate transcripts?
Is this something we should bring copies of in our padfolio thingy?
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by Anonymous User » Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:59 am
Anonymous User wrote:anyone know what firms request undergraduate transcripts?
I think Cravath is the only one on interview list that specifically requests one.
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by Anonymous User » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:13 pm
Just got an email that Faegre Baker Daniels is no longer participating in Michigan's OCI. Hopefully no more drop.
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by Anonymous User » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:47 am
Anonymous User wrote:it's too quite around here......
Agreed. So... question: how important is it to attend the various receptions the firms are putting on?
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by BuckinghamB » Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:11 am
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:it's too quite around here......
Agreed. So... question: how important is it to attend the various receptions the firms are putting on?
FWIW, saw this in another thread:
Anonymous User wrote:I'm an attorney who will be at one of these on behalf of my firm. In my view, it serves two purposes: (1) as an opportunity for me to sell my firm (because it's the best and you should want to work here) and (2) to screen out weirdos.
Basically, attending can only indoctrinate you or hurt you. I guess it MIGHT help you if you really dazzle me, or some of the higher ups who will be there with me, but I sort of doubt it.
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by Anonymous User » Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:13 am
BuckinghamB wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:it's too quite around here......
Agreed. So... question: how important is it to attend the various receptions the firms are putting on?
FWIW, saw this in another thread:
Anonymous User wrote:I'm an attorney who will be at one of these on behalf of my firm. In my view, it serves two purposes: (1) as an opportunity for me to sell my firm (because it's the best and you should want to work here) and (2) to screen out weirdos.
Basically, attending can only indoctrinate you or hurt you. I guess it MIGHT help you if you really dazzle me, or some of the higher ups who will be there with me, but I sort of doubt it.
I'm probably attending the receptions of the firms I didn't get and that's it. No need to come out as a weirdo before the screening interview (I probably will somehow...).
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by scaliaantics » Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:33 am
Anonymous User wrote:BuckinghamB wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:it's too quite around here......
Agreed. So... question: how important is it to attend the various receptions the firms are putting on?
FWIW, saw this in another thread:
Anonymous User wrote:I'm an attorney who will be at one of these on behalf of my firm. In my view, it serves two purposes: (1) as an opportunity for me to sell my firm (because it's the best and you should want to work here) and (2) to screen out weirdos.
Basically, attending can only indoctrinate you or hurt you. I guess it MIGHT help you if you really dazzle me, or some of the higher ups who will be there with me, but I sort of doubt it.
I'm probably attending the receptions of the firms I didn't get and that's it. No need to come out as a weirdo before the screening interview (I probably will somehow...).
The firm I was with this summer gives callbacks based off of receptions. You have to meet the right people of course and impress them, but I know 2 summers who didn't have screeners with the firm, met someone through a reception, had strong grades (obviously) and were given callbacks.
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by BuckinghamB » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:24 am
Good luck everyone. Kick some ass today
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by Anonymous User » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:47 pm
I've heard rumblings of call backs as early as tonight. Anyone know which firms?
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by Druid » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:05 pm
Anonymous User wrote:I've heard rumblings of call backs as early as tonight. Anyone know which firms?
Pretty common for NYC.
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by Anonymous User » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:08 pm
Druid wrote:Anonymous User wrote:I've heard rumblings of call backs as early as tonight. Anyone know which firms?
Pretty common for NYC.
Thanks. Now, anyone know which firms?
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by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:40 am
I believe PW cbs went out. This thread is so dead!
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by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:15 pm
Have they released callbacks to everyone yet or is it just me?
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by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:58 pm
Anyone hear from (or know of other people who've heard from) Schulte, Mayer Brown, K&E, or Milbank?
Seriously? What are you waiting for?
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