lhanvt13 wrote:
wow this gives me lots of hope!
were your callbacks distributed throughout cities or were they more tied to your geographic ties?
did you apply to "top prestige" firms or did you go the more safer route?
My CB's were distributed throughout cities. There were several places where I really didn't have any geographic ties, and it was a matter of honestly saying "I haven't been to X, but I would love to live there because of cost of living/friendly people/weather/some attribute to the place." A lot of the time attorney's aren't from the city that they practice, and I've found that it I am able to convey that there are legitimate reasons why I would want to practice there, they aren't going to cut me. For example, there were 6 main cities that my CB's took place. I used to live in one, I've been to 2 cities once, and I had never been to 3 of the cities, no do I have any connections there.
The majority of the firms that I applied to were "top prestige" firms. I applied to a handful (5 or so) firms that were smaller, just so that I would be able to see what they were like. One thing to keep in mind is that smaller firms aren't necessarily "safer." They usually take a smaller number of SA's, and are even more focused on the SA's fitting the culture.
