The Official 1L Summer Employment Thread - 2012 Edition Forum

[kaiser]

For those of you doing snail mail, are you actually handwriting the signature in all the cover letters?

I did. 140 letters. Looking back, the last week of November was not my fondest memory of 1L.

[theavrock]

Fuck it, I'm snail mailing judicial apps tomorrow. Dating 12/1. At this point, I don't even care about gunning. I just want to be able to spend my entire winter break watching season 4 of breaking bad, playing MW3 for ~12 hours a day, and being a complete waste of life.

+a fucking million

[NYC Law]

For those of you doing snail mail, are you actually handwriting the signature in all the cover letters?

I did. 140 letters. Looking back, the last week of November was not my fondest memory of 1L.

I signed 140 letters too. Wasn't bad, the worst part was stuffing envelopes.

[r6_philly]

You people are mad! I have a client letter due for LRW on Thurs. So I guess I won't be writing cover letters

[071816]

For those of you doing snail mail, are you actually handwriting the signature in all the cover letters?

I did. 140 letters. Looking back, the last week of November was not my fondest memory of 1L.

I signed 140 letters too. Wasn't bad, the worst part was stuffing envelopes.

Did you include a list of references or just a resume, cover letter, and writing sample?

[NYC Law]

For those of you doing snail mail, are you actually handwriting the signature in all the cover letters?

I did. 140 letters. Looking back, the last week of November was not my fondest memory of 1L.

I signed 140 letters too. Wasn't bad, the worst part was stuffing envelopes.

Did you include a list of references or just a resume, cover letter, and writing sample?

For judges just a resume and cover letter. We were told not to include anything else unless they request it. (I think, or I read that on TLS)

Just included references/writing samples for the few agencies that request it and only accept mailed applications.

[minuit]

Fuck it, I'm snail mailing judicial apps tomorrow. Dating 12/1. At this point, I don't even care about gunning. I just want to be able to spend my entire winter break watching season 4 of breaking bad, playing MW3 for ~12 hours a day, and being a complete waste of life.

+a fucking million

I sent some out today because it will take two days to get there... lol hope they see this as a positive "this girl is really dedicated" and not a negative "wtf what a liar, she pre-dated her cover letter"

And I just saw the first two eps of breaking bad and loved it! That's what I will be doing over break!

[69Coronet]

Mailed my letters today.
Figured I had them done and ready to be mailed, and they'd be in the judges' hands by the date on the cover letter...

[Puttanesca]

Nvm. Got the info elsewhere.

[drmguy]

My CSO said Nov 30 is fine. As long as it doesn't arrive before Dec. 1.

142 mailed today.

Signing wasn't bad. I wasn't able to get an envelope moistener so licking them was pretty horrendous.

[headandshoulderos]

Fuck it, I'm snail mailing judicial apps tomorrow. Dating 12/1. At this point, I don't even care about gunning. I just want to be able to spend my entire winter break watching season 4 of breaking bad, playing MW3 for ~12 hours a day, and being a complete waste of life.

+a fucking million

I sent some out today because it will take two days to get there... lol hope they see this as a positive "this girl is really dedicated" and not a negative "wtf what a liar, she pre-dated her cover letter"

And I just saw the first two eps of breaking bad and loved it! That's what I will be doing over break!

They will probably think - this person doesn't think the rules apply to them. I wouldn't send them early.

[69Coronet]

Really debating whether I want to send out cover letters and resumes tomorrow for 1L SA positions.
I just feel like they're so incredibly difficult to get in the first place, plus I don't and won't have grades until January... I just don't know if I'm a worthwhile candidate.
I have a mailmerge all ready to go get the documents made up, as well as a spreadsheet of email addresses, just not the letter itself. I am finding the process of crafting a cover letter to a firm much more difficult than crafting one for a judge...

[NYC Law]

My CSO said Nov 30 is fine. As long as it doesn't arrive before Dec. 1.

142 mailed today.

Signing wasn't bad. I wasn't able to get an envelope moistener so licking them was pretty horrendous.

Dude, you always send pre-adhesive envelopes (the kind with the peel so it sticks on its own). Thought it was common knowledge that judges hate germs.

[69Coronet]

Guess I failed out of the gate on that one then...

[headandshoulderos]

My CSO said Nov 30 is fine. As long as it doesn't arrive before Dec. 1.

142 mailed today.

Signing wasn't bad. I wasn't able to get an envelope moistener so licking them was pretty horrendous.

Dude, you always send pre-adhesive envelopes (the kind with the peel so it sticks on its own). Thought it was common knowledge that judges hate germs.

ya licking envelopes is one of the most disgusting things you can do. really foul.

[BEAST_mode]

Really debating whether I want to send out cover letters and resumes tomorrow for 1L SA positions.
I just feel like they're so incredibly difficult to get in the first place, plus I don't and won't have grades until January... I just don't know if I'm a worthwhile candidate.
I have a mailmerge all ready to go get the documents made up, as well as a spreadsheet of email addresses, just not the letter itself. I am finding the process of crafting a cover letter to a firm much more difficult than crafting one for a judge...

I hear you. I'm just going to do it. I'll be happy if the application is even acknowledged. IMHO you just have to go at it with absolutely no expectation.

[minuit]

Fuck it, I'm snail mailing judicial apps tomorrow. Dating 12/1. At this point, I don't even care about gunning. I just want to be able to spend my entire winter break watching season 4 of breaking bad, playing MW3 for ~12 hours a day, and being a complete waste of life.

+a fucking million

I sent some out today because it will take two days to get there... lol hope they see this as a positive "this girl is really dedicated" and not a negative "wtf what a liar, she pre-dated her cover letter"

And I just saw the first two eps of breaking bad and loved it! That's what I will be doing over break!

They will probably think - this person doesn't think the rules apply to them. I wouldn't send them early.

Several people above you would disagree. We shall see and get back to you!

My thought process is this - if they get it on Dec. 1st, and the hiring season opens Dec. 1st, then why does it matter if someone mails it to them or if someone who lives nearby walks in and hands it to them, if both are received on the day?

[BEAST_mode]

This may be a preemptive strike with subjective answers, but for any of the 2L/3Ls lurking ITT, what the hell can you expect at a judicial interview?

[drmguy]

My CSO said Nov 30 is fine. As long as it doesn't arrive before Dec. 1.

142 mailed today.

Signing wasn't bad. I wasn't able to get an envelope moistener so licking them was pretty horrendous.

Dude, you always send pre-adhesive envelopes (the kind with the peel so it sticks on its own). Thought it was common knowledge that judges hate germs.

ya licking envelopes is one of the most disgusting things you can do. really foul.

They didn't tell me that anything is wrong with it. I am not worried about it.

[69Coronet]

I used an envelope moistener, but I assumed NYC Law's post was sarcastic.
I highly doubt most of the judges will even be opening their own envelopes, or that they will really pay attention to how that envelope is sealed...

Really debating whether I want to send out cover letters and resumes tomorrow for 1L SA positions.
I just feel like they're so incredibly difficult to get in the first place, plus I don't and won't have grades until January... I just don't know if I'm a worthwhile candidate.
I have a mailmerge all ready to go get the documents made up, as well as a spreadsheet of email addresses, just not the letter itself. I am finding the process of crafting a cover letter to a firm much more difficult than crafting one for a judge...

I hear you. I'm just going to do it. I'll be happy if the application is even acknowledged. IMHO you just have to go at it with absolutely no expectation.

I've also now drafted up a pretty decent cover letter and I figure I'll send it out, like you said, with no expectations at all.
I'm also not applying to that many firms in the first place, so I figure that gives me even less of a shot, and therefore even less expectations.
I did the same thing when I sent out the packets to the judges... no expectations, if I don't get anything I'll search for another opportunity.

[drmguy]

He didn't press control + alt + sarcasm when he typed it so there was no telling.

[NYC Law]

Yeah I was joking, I licked mine. I still refrained from posting about the pain of licking all those envelopes earlier since I figured someone would chime in on a serious note to say you never lick the envelopes.

[rv11]

Best time to send email application to firms if planning for tomorrow? Midnight? Mid-morning? Afternoon? Overthinking it?

[RPK34]

Shit, just realized I forgot to sign all my cover letters. Put my name, but forgot to sign by hand. Whatever.

[shock259]

Sent 224 out today. Did resume + cover letter. Mail merged the cover letters w/ judge info. Mail merged labels and printed those too. It took literally all afternoon to stuff all those envelopes. I signed them all, but my signature is literally some scribbles and takes 0.5 seconds. I'm so good at folding paper into 3rds. I bought the sticky peel envelopes. Best extra $10 I've ever spent. Some of my labels got a little fucked up, so I had to handwrite a few.

Went to the post office today to mail them. I was hoping they had some automatic machine or something. Turns out, no. So I bought 230 stamps and went nuts. Pretty sure the postal staff thought I was crazy.

Oh well. Now I can focus on exams.