UofA/ASU Fall 2009 OCI Forum

[sanpiero]

Can anyone weigh in on how OCI went at either of these schools this past fall?

-Number of firms
-Number of large firms
-Percentage PHX firms
-Percentage of class landing SAs
-Class rank cut-offs established by larger firms
-etc.

[RVP11]

Even the T14s haven't put out any real info on how Fall 2009 OCI went, yet. You're only going to get anecdotal evidence.

FWIW, I know someone who was top 10% at ASU and did not get anything from OCI. I would count on fewer than 5% of students from ASU getting jobs with big firms. Maybe slightly more from UofA, but I'd guess still well under 10%.

I'd ballpark Phoenix big firm recruitment at about 1/3 of what it was two years ago. Things aren't pretty, man.

[sanpiero]

Even the T14s haven't put out any real info on how Fall 2009 OCI went, yet. You're only going to get anecdotal evidence.

FWIW, I know someone who was top 10% at ASU and did not get anything from OCI. I would count on fewer than 5% of students from ASU getting jobs with big firms. Maybe slightly more from UofA, but I'd guess still well under 10%.

Yea, that's what I was looking for, anecdotal evidence.

Interesting. I know there are only 4-6 "big" firms that interview at the two schools, so your figures make sense. I was also interested to hear to what extent the medium sized firms in PHX and Tucson were interviewing and offering.

[RVP11]

Even the T14s haven't put out any real info on how Fall 2009 OCI went, yet. You're only going to get anecdotal evidence.

FWIW, I know someone who was top 10% at ASU and did not get anything from OCI. I would count on fewer than 5% of students from ASU getting jobs with big firms. Maybe slightly more from UofA, but I'd guess still well under 10%.

Yea, that's what I was looking for, anecdotal evidence.

Interesting. I know there are only 4-6 "big" firms that interview at the two schools, so your figures make sense. I was also interested to hear to what extent the medium sized firms in PHX and Tucson were interviewing and offering.

I'd say there are more like 10-15 big firms. Depends how loosely you use the term.

[FlightoftheEarls]

Friend on Arizona's LR (just got on Exec Board for next year) didn't get anything at OCI, and several others didn't either. With that said, he devoted a lot of his efforts to contacting SF area firms, but a good amount of LR also failed to land any big law offers in Phoenix.