Northwestern OCI Forum

[Anonymous User]

Katten Chi CB, via email

+1, SZ

[Anonymous User]

so this is old hat but any rising 1Ls reading this thread:

Do not put all your eggs in the chicago basket. It is tougher than I thought it would be and I thought it'd be tough.

[Anonymous User]

so this is old hat but any rising 1Ls reading this thread:

Do not put all your eggs in the chicago basket. It is tougher than I thought it would be and I thought it'd be tough.

Yup. Seems even worse than previous years ..

[Anonymous User]

Proskauer LA ding via email

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Katten Chi CB, via email

+1, SZ

Roughly what time if you don't mind me asking.

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Jenner ding email

[Anonymous User]

Dings from:
Sidley
Jenner
Latham
McDermott
Eimer Stahl
Mayer Brown

Feeling fantastic!

[Anonymous User]

so this is old hat but any rising 1Ls reading this thread:

Do not put all your eggs in the chicago basket. It is tougher than I thought it would be and I thought it'd be tough.

Have to bid very conservatively, aka firms that have much lower medians than your GPA, and then go in and absolutely nail interviews.

[Anonymous User]

Jenner (chi) ding; Schiff (chi) cb.

[Anonymous User]

so this is old hat but any rising 1Ls reading this thread:

Do not put all your eggs in the chicago basket. It is tougher than I thought it would be and I thought it'd be tough.

Have to bid very conservatively, aka firms that have much lower medians than your GPA, and then go in and absolutely nail interviews.

Yup - Chicago's brutal this year. Killing it in a (desirable) secondary market; barely getting in the door with Chi firms. Thankful for the former, but prefer the latter.

[Anonymous User]

Katten Chi CB, via email

+1, SZ

Roughly what time if you don't mind me asking.

Around 8AM.

[Anonymous User]

I'm having about a 50% screener to CB success rate in New York, and I completely struck out in Chicago. This is with ties too.

[Anonymous User]

Only firms have yet to hear (+/-) from are Jones Day/Kirkland (Chicago). Have to be dings, correct?

[Anonymous User]

There are really competitive people (3.7+, LR, good UG degrees etc) who are good interviewers (based on conversion rates outside chicago) completely missing or almost completely missing at Jenner, Kirkland, Sidley and Mayer (which is a huge chunk of the chi SA market).

it seems like sidley and jenner especially have only called back exteremely competitive candidates as far as i've heard (which is limited data). Anyone care to elaborate or dispute?

[Anonymous User]

Top 10% non-LR with dings at Mayer, Sidley, and Jenner. Welp! Batting perfect in NYC. Bid nyc.

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seward and kissel CB NY

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Why does it seem like Chicago is such a blood bath this year? Is the legal market here contracting, or is it like this every year?

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Proskauer LA Email Ding

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V&E Austin Ding

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the silence from the Chi market is really gettin' to me

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Willkie CB by email. They hand out their CBs at the end of the interview

[homestyle28]

Why does it seem like Chicago is such a blood bath this year? Is the legal market here contracting, or is it like this every year?

It's like this every year. The Chicago market just isn't as big as nyc, so there are less jobs. My guess is that it's not actually any worse this year (and probably a little bit better) but you don't realize that your shiny 3.6 doesn't mean much in Chicago until this point.

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Linklaters Ding by email

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Fenwick CB via phone

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Jenner Chi CB