1L Summer Job Search C/O 2017 Forum

[Anonymous User]

have received grade requests from wachtell, cravath and sulcrom but essentially radio silence from everybody else

this means nothing right?

Wow I didn't even email V5s, because I didn't think T-10 would be preftigious enough. What school range are you attending?

I think firms straight out reject people they're not interested in and ask for grades from people they are interested in. But I'm just a 1L.

Scheduled 2 CB for next week w/o grades.

[ManoftheHour]

This one guy at my school got a 1L SA AND a guaranteed 2L SA (so as long as he doesn't fuck up) at a big IP firm. I'm super happy for him and super jealous at the same time. What am I doing with my life?

[Patent2014]

This one guy at my school got a 1L SA AND a guaranteed 2L SA (so as long as he doesn't fuck up) at a big IP firm. I'm super happy for him and super jealous at the same time. What am I doing with my life?

MoFo? They have a two summer IP program. I interviewed with them but haven't heard anything back yet.

[Anonymous User]

Baker Botts Dallas sending rejections to interviewed candidates.

[Anonymous User]

This one guy at my school got a 1L SA AND a guaranteed 2L SA (so as long as he doesn't fuck up) at a big IP firm. I'm super happy for him and super jealous at the same time. What am I doing with my life?

MoFo? They have a two summer IP program. I interviewed with them but haven't heard anything back yet.

I got rejected from that early this week. SLS. Somewhat related work experience but not science background.

[Anonymous User]

have received grade requests from wachtell, cravath and sulcrom but essentially radio silence from everybody else

this means nothing right?

Wow I didn't even email V5s, because I didn't think T-10 would be preftigious enough. What school range are you attending?

I think firms straight out reject people they're not interested in and ask for grades from people they are interested in. But I'm just a 1L.

Scheduled 2 CB for next week w/o grades.

HYS

[Nonconsecutive]

Glad to see a lot of movement for all the firm-seekers!

Best of luck to those still waiting or that are going to be interviewing.

[Thrive]

URM at MVP. Already got two median grades. Am I effed?

[Anonymous User]

Any thoughts on minimum GPA floor needed for 1L employment in NYC or large secondary markets after CB? I'd speculate median or above assuming URM and top third for non-urm in T-14? Too aggressive? Do the numbers change for HYS or CCN? I hope I'm wrong!

[ManoftheHour]

This one guy at my school got a 1L SA AND a guaranteed 2L SA (so as long as he doesn't fuck up) at a big IP firm. I'm super happy for him and super jealous at the same time. What am I doing with my life?

MoFo? They have a two summer IP program. I interviewed with them but haven't heard anything back yet.

Actually yeah.

[chuckbass]

Any thoughts on minimum GPA floor needed for 1L employment in NYC or large secondary markets after CB? I'd speculate median or above assuming URM and top third for non-urm in T-14? Too aggressive? Do the numbers change for HYS or CCN? I hope I'm wrong!

How on earth would we know this and how would this help you? You've already applied/taken exams, so just keep waiting and hope it works out.

[Anonymous User]

1L SA interview coming up that is 4 hours. Is this normal?

[MKC]

1L SA interview coming up that is 4 hours. Is this normal?

Yeah, it's called a callback interview. Congratulations.

[Anonymous User]

Baker Botts Dallas sending rejections to interviewed candidates.

Any idea if those rejected had sent in grades? I have no grades and no rejection, so any info is helpful for me to read the tea leaves.

[Anonymous User]

This one guy at my school got a 1L SA AND a guaranteed 2L SA (so as long as he doesn't fuck up) at a big IP firm. I'm super happy for him and super jealous at the same time. What am I doing with my life?

MoFo? They have a two summer IP program. I interviewed with them but haven't heard anything back yet.

Actually yeah.

I was invited to do a full round of interviews with them. Hopefully there will still be a few spots available when I interview.

[Anonymous User]

Baker Botts Dallas sending rejections to interviewed candidates.

Any idea if those rejected had sent in grades? I have no grades and no rejection, so any info is helpful for me to read the tea leaves.

Been rejected without grades but after interview
HYS, WE [non business], Texas ties, interviewed before Christmas

[Baby_Got_Feuerbach]

Is it too late to apply to firms? I mean, I haven't gotten a single grade returned. But some people have 2L SAs secured? Goddamn. (Tbf, the firms I'm targeting are non-BIGLAW.)

[El Principe]

this means nothing right?

Depends on the timing and how generic the response is...

[Anonymous User]

Baker Botts Dallas sending rejections to interviewed candidates.

Any idea if those rejected had sent in grades? I have no grades and no rejection, so any info is helpful for me to read the tea leaves.

Been rejected without grades but after interview
HYS, WE [non business], Texas ties, interviewed before Christmas

It's ok anon poster. I got rejected today from a non Texas baker botts w/o grades post phone screen.

[Baby_Got_Feuerbach]

Are disappointing grades causing anyone to alter their 1L job hunt?

[Anonymous User]

I'll talk to my career adviser probably this week, but wanted to get some TLS perspective in the meantime.

I go to a "T1" school in the southeast and it typically places students in its state, with DC second (though not a huge portion), and the rest scattered all over. My original/more realistic goal was to get decent grades and end up practicing in real estate, land use/zoning, or environmental law for a small/medium sized firm in the state/region through networking, luck etc. Because I wanted to play to the school's regional strengths, I haven't been mass mailing biglaw firms and what not because I thought it would be a waste of time (around 15-20% at my school gets biglaw/fed clerkships). However, I was lucky to do much better than I thought - probably in the top 5-10% range. I'm super happy to get that result, but I'm a little bit lost now as to if I should alter my search and, if so, how and where to start.

Because my goal is to work for a firm or organization doing real estate, land use, etc., should I try mass-mailing big law firms? Is it too late to do that? And if I should, where would you start? There are so many firms that I don't know where to begin other than my school's 1L OCI coming up, but that's fairly limited.

Thanks for any input. I just don't know the best route to take going forward since I'm probably way behind in the search for 1L summer positions, given that others have interviewed and been offered already .

[Kratos]

Is it too late to apply to firms? I mean, I haven't gotten a single grade returned. But some people have 2L SAs secured? Goddamn. (Tbf, the firms I'm targeting are non-BIGLAW.)

nope, especially if you arent targeting biglaw.

[Kimikho]

Are disappointing grades causing anyone to alter their 1L job hunt?

Yes, but that's probably a confidence thing. "We want top 5%..." nope.

[Leo]

Is there a typical timeframe for hearing from a law firm after a callback? Are we talking days or weeks?

[BigZuck]

Is there a typical timeframe for hearing from a law firm after a callback? Are we talking days or weeks?

Range is typically between day of until never

Really no real way to answer the question, but I'd lean more towards weeks than days depending on market and size of firm I guess