Columbia EIP 2016 Forum

[Anonymous User]

is it essentially useless to go by hospitality suites with your materials if you're not stone or kent? can this work as a substitute to mass mailing those firms?

[Anonymous User]

I do not want to panic people; you all are probably going to be fine. That said, I would not rely on these two pieces of advice.

From what I understand, there should be another round of callback invites after the NYU interviews this week, and there will be additional callback invites coming even after that (though not a ton). It is very possible that you will get some callbacks from those 17 interviews.

Caveat: not an expert -- just relaying what 2Ls/3Ls told me.

it's still early in the process so I don't think any of us should be worrying this much.

Take some time and do some mailing.

Class of 2017 here. MAIL. Don't assume the callbacks are coming. I did 24 screeners at EIP. I got zero callbacks. Zero. Do not wait to apply elsewhere; when you come back home Tuesday night you should be looking for other ways to reach out. Even if you have a callback or two, start reaching out.

Mind telling us what wound up happening to you? Did you manage to get a firm gig after EIP? Did other people in your situation manage to? Were there people who truly struck out from firms completely?

Right now the world after EIP seems like a mysterious black box.

Would also like to know.

[Anonymous User]

Proskauer LW anyone?

[Anonymous User]

Jones Day (JJ + KC)?

[Anonymous User]

has anyone else been scheduled for a 5:30pm callback interview with skadden? i'm not sure if it's better to go to the interview that late (and hope the attorneys aren't too exhausted/hungry) or try to reschedule it and hope that rescheduling doesn't hurt my chances.

I'm doing this. I think evening interviews are a Skadden thing. Doubt it puts you at a disadvantage

[Anonymous User]

When doing callbacks with multiple firms in a non-NY market, is it expected to do two in a day to cut down on hotel costs? What's the protocol here?

Hell no you're not expected to do two a days. You will be expected to try and set them up for consecutive days if you want your host firm to book more than a 2 night block at the hotel they put you up in. But nobody expects you to have more than one in a day

That's what I thought, but one DC firm told me that they will only cover one hotel night per every TWO firms, which suggested 2/day. I'm probably only taking one DC callback, but needless to say if I had more I wouldn't be asking that firm to host

[Anonymous User]

is it essentially useless to go by hospitality suites with your materials if you're not stone or kent? can this work as a substitute to mass mailing those firms?

Why wouldn't you do both?

[Anonymous User]

has anyone else been scheduled for a 5:30pm callback interview with skadden? i'm not sure if it's better to go to the interview that late (and hope the attorneys aren't too exhausted/hungry) or try to reschedule it and hope that rescheduling doesn't hurt my chances.

I'm doing this. I think evening interviews are a Skadden thing. Doubt it puts you at a disadvantage

I take it that everyone heard from Skadden on Friday night / over the weekend and the rest of us have been dinged then?

[Anonymous User]

Have people heard back from either Kirkland DC or Sidley DC?

Nothing from Sidley here

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know if transfers are at a distinct disadvantage in this process? I know everyone says that transfers tend to do well, but every time I give my transcripts to someone at a hospitality suite, it feels like I am sort of wasting my time.

I also know I can't speak to being Stone or Kent because our grades come from an entirely different school. I have a great GPA, I just haven't actually taken Columbia classes yet.

[Anonymous User]

Ding from McDermott - New York (MH).

[Nebby]

Does anyone know if transfers are at a distinct disadvantage in this process? I know everyone says that transfers tend to do well, but every time I give my transcripts to someone at a hospitality suite, it feels like I am sort of wasting my time.

I also know I can't speak to being Stone or Kent because our grades come from an entirely different school. I have a great GPA, I just haven't actually taken Columbia classes yet.

All my transfer classmates that wanted biglaw got it. Just try your best

[Anonymous User]

Any movement today? Also McDermott ding

[Anonymous User]

Boies Schiller (ny) callback just now

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heardfrom Boies Corporate？

[Anonymous User]

Boies Corporate CB (MH)

[Anonymous User]

Boies litigation anyone?

[Anonymous User]

Anybody heard from S&C yet?

[Anonymous User]

S&C calls going out. SM & AY.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heard S&C(AC)?

[Anonymous User]

For people who have declined callbacks, are you guys emailing to decline them?

[Anonymous User]

Fried Frank (DG)

[Anonymous User]

Skadden DC (PW)

Heard Williams & Connolly calls have gone out

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heard S&C(AC)?

Or S&C (SC)?

[Anonymous User]

Weil (RS)