Philly OCI 2012 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Thought I'd start this since there doesn't appear to be one up yet. Including Wilmington firms as well.

T2 Philly Top 20% Non-URM Secondary Journal

Duane Morris
Morgan Lewis
Richards Layton
Young Conaway
Potter Anderson
Manko Gold
Morris Nichols
Ashby Geddes
Cozen O'Connor
Pepper Hamilton

Philly Top Lawschoolers type away!

[Anonymous User]

Was just outside top 25% at Temple. 15 bids. Shut the fuck down, including by the PD's office. A tad deflated, but not too discouraged.

[Anonymous User]

Was just outside top 25% at Temple. 15 bids. Shut the fuck down, including by the PD's office. A tad deflated, but not too discouraged.

Underlined. What does that even mean?

[r6_philly]

Have two screeners at the Philly Diversity Fair on Friday.

[Anonymous User]

Was just outside top 25% at Temple. 15 bids. Shut the fuck down, including by the PD's office. A tad deflated, but not too discouraged.

Underlined. What does that even mean?

It means I got 0 invites, including from the public defender.

[Anonymous User]

Was just outside top 25% at Temple. 15 bids. Shut the fuck down, including by the PD's office. A tad deflated, but not too discouraged.

Underlined. What does that even mean?

It means I got 0 invites, including from the public defender.

Same thing happened to a friend of mine last year at Temple. Sorry for you, but it shouldn't have been unexpected.

[Anonymous User]

Was just outside top 25% at Temple. 15 bids. Shut the fuck down, including by the PD's office. A tad deflated, but not too discouraged.

Underlined. What does that even mean?

It means I got 0 invites, including from the public defender.

Same thing happened to a friend of mine last year at Temple. Sorry for you, but it shouldn't have been unexpected.

The only surprise was the PD's office. I thought I had that one locked down, given some of my ties in the city.

[Anonymous User]

Checking in. T2 Philly, Top 5%, LR

Schnader Harrison
Cozen O'Connor
Duane Morris
Drinker Biddle
Morgan Lewis
Blank Rome
Reed Smith
Fox Rothschild
Saul Ewing
Thorp Reed & Armstrong
Ballard Spahr
Dechert
Pepper Hamilton

Good luck everyone!

[Anonymous User]

So that's what it takes to get screeners from a philly t2 at oci...top 5% and law review. congrats to the above poster.

[Anonymous User]

So that's what it takes to get screeners from a philly t2 at oci...top 5% and law review. congrats to the above poster.

Thanks. I have ties to the area and WE too, that probably helped me too. Was it really bad this year for t2 people getting screeners?

[keg411]

So that's what it takes to get screeners from a philly t2 at oci...top 5% and law review. congrats to the above poster.

Thanks. I have ties to the area and WE too, that probably helped me too. Was it really bad this year for t2 people getting screeners?

From the people I knew last year, you needed top 5% or top 10% + relevant work experience/prestigious background to get all of the available screeners (oddly enough, from what I saw grades >>>>> LR in terms of those who got biglaw). People who were in the top 15-20% got a couple screeners, but I think after that it was non-existent.

[arvcondor]

(oddly enough, from what I saw grades >>>>> LR in terms of those who got biglaw).

That doesn't seem odd at all.

[keg411]

(oddly enough, from what I saw grades >>>>> LR in terms of those who got biglaw).

That doesn't seem odd at all.

True. I guess it should've been just "grades >>>>>>>> LR".

[Anonymous User]

Yes it was pretty bad for screeners. Like keg said top 5%-10% got most if not all the screeners and top 15%-20% seem to have gotten a few screeners here and there and anything outside of that was non-existent. I know of one person in the top 25% who got almost all of the firms for screeners but he/she is URM.

[Anonymous User]

philly t2, top 20%, secondary journal. I only got the delaware firms and that's probably because of ties to the area. philly firms were not interested at all. I am an alternate at two philly firms but not counting on hearing from there...so in answer to your question yes it was pretty awful for those of us outside the top 10%. wondering how the top 15% did? better luck? are you guys out there?

[JJW]

I spoke with three screeners Friday. Each screener said the same thing, very few SA spots will be available.

[Anonymous User]

Bumping this thread, if only for the sake of posterity.

Philly-area T2, top 5%, LR. Not the previous poster with similar stats.

Screeners:

(Philly)
BlankRome
Cozen
Dechert
Drinker
Duane
Fox
Morgan
Pepper
ReedSmith
Saul
Schnader
Stradley

(Wilmington)
Ashby
Morris
Potter
Richards
Skadden
Young


CBs thus far:

Saul
Duane
Ballard
BlankRome


Dings thus far:

Cozen

[Anonymous User]

I spoke with three screeners Friday. Each screener said the same thing, very few SA spots will be available.

Philly over-hired last summer. Even at Penn, a lot of highly qualified people with solid ties are getting dings.

[Anonymous User]

to the philly t-2 top 5% above poster - have you heard of anyone getting CBs from the Delaware firms at your school? fellow philly t-2 here who's very interested in delaware. thanks!

[Anonymous User]

Median-ish at aT14, ties to the phila. area.
One cb, one ding so far.
Do these phila firms prefer T14's?

[Anonymous User]

Median-ish at aT14, ties to the phila. area.
One cb, one ding so far.
Do these phila firms prefer T14's?

Median-ish at Penn, from the area with WE. All CB no dings (I did not bid every firm). I think median at Penn and from here (not just ties, but from here) will get you pretty much everything except maybe Dechert.

[Anonymous User]

Bumping this thread, if only for the sake of posterity.

Philly-area T2, top 5%, LR. Not the previous poster with similar stats.

Screeners:

(Philly)
BlankRome
Cozen
Dechert
Drinker
Duane
Fox
Morgan
Pepper
ReedSmith
Saul
Schnader
Stradley

(Wilmington)
Ashby
Morris
Potter
Richards
Skadden
Young


CBs thus far:

Saul
Duane
Ballard
BlankRome


Dings thus far:

Cozen

Villanova or Temple? Revealing this won't out you in anyway. Temple man myself.

[Anonymous User]

Bumping this thread, if only for the sake of posterity.

Philly-area T2, top 5%, LR. Not the previous poster with similar stats.

Screeners:

(Philly)
BlankRome
Cozen
Dechert
Drinker
Duane
Fox
Morgan
Pepper
ReedSmith
Saul
Schnader
Stradley

(Wilmington)
Ashby
Morris
Potter
Richards
Skadden
Young


CBs thus far:

Saul
Duane
Ballard
BlankRome


Dings thus far:

Cozen

Villanova or Temple? Revealing this won't out you in anyway. Temple man myself.

Temple. And I've heard nothing from any Wilmington firm. I've heard they move a bit slower though, so I haven't lost hope quite yet.

[Anonymous User]

T14 (not Penn), top 10% and LR, not sure how they view my ties

CBs with Dechert, Cozen, Duane Morris, Fox Rothschild, Drinker, Pepper, Blank Rome, and Skadden Wilmy

[Anonymous User]

Bumping this thread, if only for the sake of posterity.

Philly-area T2, top 5%, LR. Not the previous poster with similar stats.

Screeners:

(Philly)
BlankRome
Cozen
Dechert
Drinker
Duane
Fox
Morgan
Pepper
ReedSmith
Saul
Schnader
Stradley

(Wilmington)
Ashby
Morris
Potter
Richards
Skadden
Young


CBs thus far:

Saul
Duane
Ballard
BlankRome


Dings thus far:

Cozen

Villanova or Temple? Revealing this won't out you in anyway. Temple man myself.

Temple. And I've heard nothing from any Wilmington firm. I've heard they move a bit slower though, so I haven't lost hope quite yet.

Thanks fellow Temple comrade. My interviews were almost entirely with Wilmington so that makes me feel better. Top 20% secondary journal.