Plus I know $750/week is nothing in NYC, but I'm straight out of UG and have never made that much money in my life.

I can definitely see it not being worth the hassle to someone with significant experience already, though.[/quote]
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In the spirit of full disclosure I live in NY. SEO for me would be a summer of good money and good times with my friends before I leave for law school. Your mileage may vary especially if you're paying rent to be in NY and don't have friends here.KP429 wrote:Believe me, I'm extremely risk-averse as well. Problem is, everyone at the ASWs for these T6 schools said getting an associateship after 1L was difficult, but pretty damn easy after 2L. Maybe things will change in the coming years, but for highly qualified applicants (especially minorities), it doesn't seem to be all that bad. I don't want to give bad advice and I definitely recommend doing your research, but there's not much more than anecdotal evidence (in either direction) that SEO kids can get associateships at the firm where they interned the previous summer.kurla88 wrote:I'm very risk-averse. I don't know if I can turn down an in (even just a possible one) into a 1L summer job before even starting.KP429 wrote:SEO is ridiculous. They have quotas for the top schools and I'm guessing the big NYC firms pay them money to help find the "top minority candidates." In exchange, you get to push papers for a summer in NYC, ride in the dirty, humid subways, and barely make enough money to pay for a decent place + enjoy yourself for the summer (if you aren't from the city).
I think it's a really great opportunity if you want the experience, but uh.. I think I'll enjoy my last summer before LS lying on the beach back home. Besides, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to land a corporate job somewhere coming from a T6 anyway.
Fwiw, I'll be declining any offer (assuming I receive one).
Plus I know $750/week is nothing in NYC, but I'm straight out of UG and have never made that much money in my life.
I can definitely see it not being worth the hassle to someone with significant experience already, though.
Secondly, I've never made anything close to $750 a week either, but I've also never had to deal with the COL in a city like NYC. I'm not rich, don't have family in NYC, etc. so it will be a huge hassle to find housing and then a double PITA to live frugally with so many different things to do in the city. I'm straight out of UG too, btw.
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that makes three of us!brownbears wrote:ditto!Kohinoor wrote: In the spirit of full disclosure I live in NY. SEO for me would be a summer of good money and good times with my friends before I leave for law school. Your mileage may vary especially if you're paying rent to be in NY and don't have friends here.
This was before the economy tanked. Current attorneys whose jobs/careers are on the line will be scrounging for any "substantive" work that went to interns last summer. However, I have always been skeptical about what is exactly that SEO interns actually do.meesawoosa wrote:hmm if it's any help, on previous years' threads on SEO, people also didn't hear back for a long stretch of time. i think it's because the corporate law program is the only one where they have to wait to hear what school we're attending.
with the other programs (i-banking, corporate finance, etc.) they can get back to everyone by march 22nd or whenever, and then they need to get their admitted interns prepared for the summer (i.e. they just sent out e-mails about roommate-matching and online training). because of that, they probably are just getting back around to the corporate law internship, and hopefully would be getting back to everyone from here on out.
also, i've talked to several former SEO corporate law interns regarding the actual quality of the work experience, and all of them said that they had substantial work - not just "paper pushing." they had to followup with clients, help structure deals, etc. at the firms they were working. if you read brittlynn's TLS blog, she talks a lot about SEO and her experience and alexb's post on the YLS 1L taking questions thread was also very helpful and balanced i thought. there also post-SEO reviews on the LSD thread.
Pretty much what I've heard as well. Definitely seems like a solid experience.meesawoosa wrote:hmm if it's any help, on previous years' threads on SEO, people also didn't hear back for a long stretch of time. i think it's because the corporate law program is the only one where they have to wait to hear what school we're attending.
with the other programs (i-banking, corporate finance, etc.) they can get back to everyone by march 22nd or whenever, and then they need to get their admitted interns prepared for the summer (i.e. they just sent out e-mails about roommate-matching and online training). because of that, they probably are just getting back around to the corporate law internship, and hopefully would be getting back to everyone from here on out.
also, i've talked to several former SEO corporate law interns regarding the actual quality of the work experience, and all of them said that they had substantial work - not just "paper pushing." they had to followup with clients, help structure deals, etc. at the firms they were working. if you read brittlynn's TLS blog, she talks a lot about SEO and her experience and alexb's post on the YLS 1L taking questions thread was also very helpful and balanced i thought. there also post-SEO reviews on the LSD thread.
Should be!brownbears wrote:Didn't read this carefully enough, I still have to pay rent thojubileeez wrote:that makes three of us!brownbears wrote:ditto!Kohinoor wrote: In the spirit of full disclosure I live in NY. SEO for me would be a summer of good money and good times with my friends before I leave for law school. Your mileage may vary especially if you're paying rent to be in NY and don't have friends here.At least rents are down? Right? Right?!
While I'm sure they'll try to give us substantive work, I'm a bit dubious about us being a part of any deal structuring. We know neither the clients nor the law.meesawoosa wrote:hmm if it's any help, on previous years' threads on SEO, people also didn't hear back for a long stretch of time. i think it's because the corporate law program is the only one where they have to wait to hear what school we're attending.
with the other programs (i-banking, corporate finance, etc.) they can get back to everyone by march 22nd or whenever, and then they need to get their admitted interns prepared for the summer (i.e. they just sent out e-mails about roommate-matching and online training). because of that, they probably are just getting back around to the corporate law internship, and hopefully would be getting back to everyone from here on out.
also, i've talked to several former SEO corporate law interns regarding the actual quality of the work experience, and all of them said that they had substantial work - not just "paper pushing." they had to followup with clients, help structure deals, etc. at the firms they were working. if you read brittlynn's TLS blog, she talks a lot about SEO and her experience and alexb's post on the YLS 1L taking questions thread was also very helpful and balanced i thought. there also post-SEO reviews on the LSD thread.
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+ 100000000brownbears wrote:ditto!Kohinoor wrote: In the spirit of full disclosure I live in NY. SEO for me would be a summer of good money and good times with my friends before I leave for law school. Your mileage may vary especially if you're paying rent to be in NY and don't have friends here.
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Just as I predicted. I love your candor, KP.KP429 wrote:SEO is ridiculous. They have quotas for the top schools and I'm guessing the big NYC firms pay them money to help find the "top minority candidates." In exchange, you get to push papers for a summer in NYC, ride in the dirty, humid subways, and barely make enough money to pay for a decent place + enjoy yourself for the summer (if you aren't from the city).
I think it's a really great opportunity if you want the experience, but uh.. I think I'll enjoy my last summer before LS lying on the beach back home. Besides, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to land a corporate job somewhere down the line if I want it coming from a T6 anyway.
Fwiw, I'll be declining any offer (assuming I receive one).
Yeah the reason I'm frantic about this is I need to know whether to renew the lease on my apartment or if I'm moving back in with the fam in NY.brownbears wrote:In all seriousness though, how much longer can they drag out the notification process? At some point we have to cancel on summer jobs we already have, make living arrangements, etc.
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