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Since it seems like CA firms move slower than the rest of the major markets, I thought it would be nice to have a separate thread to track OCI results for CA. Post away!

Dinged after CB at Cooley PA, response time about a week and 1/2.

Dinged at K&L Gates LA. Pre-OCI mass mailing CB.

Go to T14 not in Cali. Top 25% grades. Target market LA and OC.

Mass-mail dings: Sheppard Mullen OC, Rutan & Tucker
Mass-mail screen: Stradling OC, Bingham OC, Latham OC, MoFo LA (callbacks at Stradling, Latham --- ding at MoFo; silence from Bingham)

OCI screen n ding: Gibson OC

OCI screen + callbacks: O'MM OC

OCI still waiting (probably ding): Paul Hastings OC, Jones Day OC

Offer: All it took was 1.

Top 20 non-LA, top 10%

Massmails - V50(75?) on up.

Dings - OMM
Screeners - F&J (offered); does anyone know how competitive their office is? Wondering if it's worth it to throw together ~8 screeners and fly to LA for them.

Cbs: wsgr sv, k & e sf
Dings post-screener: paul hastings la, sheppard sf, Goodwin sf, omm la, Kirkland la
Silence at: jones day, Crowell, orrick, Jenner, Latham, Covington, cox castle

USC/UCLA

CB: Stroock LA, Goodwin LA, Alston Bird LA, Paul Hastings LA
Dings: Jones Day LA, Latham LA, Mayer Brown LA, Gibson LA

Just completed two CBs.... praying for one offer.

Top 5% @ T50 Transfer to UCLA

Anonymous User wrote:Cbs: wsgr sv, k & e sf
Dings post-screener: paul hastings la, sheppard sf, Goodwin sf, omm la, Kirkland la
Silence at: jones day, Crowell, orrick, Jenner, Latham, Covington, cox castle

USC/UCLA

I got dinged from Jones Day. Silence from Jenner.

I know someone who got a CB at Cox Castle.

Emory/W&M/W&L/UNC (I am trying to make it a thing)

Top 10%, LR

Pre OCI Screeners: Latham OC, Crowell OC, Kirkland LA, Jones Day LA, Gibson Dunn LA
Non Vault OC Firm waived screener for callback

Dinged from all except the non vault who offered.

Offer from WSGR SV, CB was early last week.

EDIT: accidental post.

Bingham callback on the 19th, MoFo on the 25th. Radio silence since.

Anonymous User wrote:Bingham callback on the 19th, MoFo on the 25th. Radio silence since.

Was the MoFo callback for the LA or SF office?

Anonymous User wrote:Offer from WSGR SV, CB was early last week.

Congrats! Any additional details you can provide (approximate stats, etc)? hoping from an offer there as well.

Ding from MoFo LA, mass mail CB.

CBs completed (SF):
Kirkland & Ellis
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
dla piper
Shartsis Friese
Farella Braun
Quinn Emanuel
Winston & Strawn

CBs completed (Palo Alto):
Mayer Brown
WilmerHale
MoFo
Simpson Thacher
Perkins Coie

CBs pending:
Manatt (SF)

CB->Ding:
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis

Offer:
PLEASE, LAW GOD, FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST, DO NOT LET ME GO 0-14.

T10, above 10% and LR, LA only.

CB's done: Quinn, MTO, Mofo
Offer from above: 1
CB's pending: Irell, GDC, Paul Hastings, O'melveny, Sheppard Mullin
CB's given but turned down: Sidley, Skadden, Latham, Akin Gump
Dings after screeners: Kirkland & Ellis, Morgan Lewis

Anonymous User wrote:Cbs: wsgr sv, k & e sf
Dings post-screener: paul hastings la, sheppard sf, Goodwin sf, omm la, Kirkland la
Silence at: jones day, Crowell, orrick, Jenner, Latham, Covington, cox castle

USC/UCLA

Anyone hear of any movement from Crowell, Orrick, or Jenner?

USC/UCLA; top ~30%, no LR

cbs: alston & bird, reed smith, non-vault firm (OCI), katten muchin
offer: 1 of the firms above. cancelled all other cb's.

it only takes one.

not sure if anyone else is looking at Foley for LA specifically but has anyone heard back from them? I specifically want Foley LA and have not heard anything from them since a screening interview in early August... so I am thinking I am screwed but have not gotten a rejection either

Hastings/Davis top 1/3rd

CBs: Sidley, Morgan Lewis, Baker & McKenzie, a couple regionals

Offers: Sidley this morning (only CB I've been on so far). Cancelling the rest once I have the written offer in hand.

Good luck to everyone.

Anonymous User wrote:Hastings/Davis top 1/3rd

CBs: Sidley, Morgan Lewis, Baker & McKenzie, a couple regionals

Offers: Sidley this morning (only CB I've been on so far). Cancelling the rest once I have the written offer in hand.

Good luck to everyone.

Congrats!! when was your sidley cb? How was the cb and have any advice? Mine is coming up soon

Anyone know the offer rate after callbacks for Simpson Thatcher Palo Alto? I have a callback there the 2nd week of September. Hoping that's not too late.

Anonymous User wrote:not sure if anyone else is looking at Foley for LA specifically but has anyone heard back from them? I specifically want Foley LA and have not heard anything from them since a screening interview in early August... so I am thinking I am screwed but have not gotten a rejection either

I screened with Foley mid-august and my CB with them is this Friday. I don't think you're necessarily getting a ding though because a few people who screened the same day as me already got their dings. HTH and Good luck!

Thanks for the information -- I appreciate it!