drinking before interview to help relax Forum

[09042014]

Alright, fine: alcohol + stimulants until they've balanced each other out.

... so you're saying that OP should act like they're in the fine month of FebClub. That works.

I'm jealous of FebClub. Is it as cool as it sounds, or does it get lame.

[gobucks101]

What’s that? You want me to drink you? But I’m in the middle of a trial!

[thesealocust]

Alright, fine: alcohol + stimulants until they've balanced each other out.

... so you're saying that OP should act like they're in the fine month of FebClub. That works.

I'm jealous of FebClub. Is it as cool as it sounds, or does it get lame.

It's kinda hard to describe. For what it is, it's surprisingly chill - people come and go, cliques seem less cliquey since it's law school wide, etc. Some are just total shitshows, some are super lame, everyone gets super-aids, the flu, regular aids, and pnemonia by the time it's done, etc.

[09042014]

... so you're saying that OP should act like they're in the fine month of FebClub. That works.

I'm jealous of FebClub. Is it as cool as it sounds, or does it get lame.

It's kinda hard to describe. For what it is, it's surprisingly chill - people come and go, cliques seem less cliquey since it's law school wide, etc. Some are just total shitshows, some are super lame, everyone gets super-aids, the flu, regular aids, and pnemonia by the time it's done, etc.

Do most people regularly attend?

[thesealocust]

Weekend parties are wall to wall ragers, at least at the beginning of February. Sunday brunch parties / tuesday parties late in February can just be a dozen or two die-hards.

By and large, the entire party going crowd attends, but maybe not everyone all at once. But they're real parties, not middle school soc hops (NB: even when the theme is middle school soc hop).

[pertristis]

... so you're saying that OP should act like they're in the fine month of FebClub. That works.

I'm jealous of FebClub. Is it as cool as it sounds, or does it get lame.

It's kinda hard to describe. For what it is, it's surprisingly chill - people come and go, cliques seem less cliquey since it's law school wide, etc. Some are just total shitshows, some are super lame, everyone gets super-aids, the flu, regular aids, and pnemonia by the time it's done, etc.

Do most people regularly attend?

Most people regularly? No. Some people attend often? Most people attend some? Some people attend none? Yes.

[JamMasterJ]

Eh, alcohol is too unpredictable. Might I instead recommend an adderall or other stimulant of your choice?

alcohol is the opposite of a stimulant

Still a 0L, bro.

This isn't one of those exceptions? Since, you know, my comment had NOTHING to do with legal hiring and the question wasn't even really legal specific

[Bildungsroman]

Eh, alcohol is too unpredictable. Might I instead recommend an adderall or other stimulant of your choice?

alcohol is the opposite of a stimulant

Still a 0L, bro.

This isn't one of those exceptions? Since, you know, my comment had NOTHING to do with legal hiring and the question wasn't even really legal specific

No, making an inane and off-topic point doesn't suddenly mean your 0L self is welcome in the legal employment forum. Just live with the fact that you don't belong here yet.

Also, once you start law school, continue to refrain from giving advice in most circumstances. The last thing we need is a bunch of freshly minted 1Ls giving advice in OCI threads.

[JamMasterJ]

alcohol is the opposite of a stimulant

Still a 0L, bro.

This isn't one of those exceptions? Since, you know, my comment had NOTHING to do with legal hiring and the question wasn't even really legal specific

No, making an inane and off-topic point doesn't suddenly mean your 0L self is welcome in the legal employment forum. Just live with the fact that you don't belong here yet.

Also, once you start law school, continue to refrain from giving advice in most circumstances. The last thing we need is a bunch of freshly minted 1Ls giving advice in OCI threads.

my bad dude.

[AreJay711]

I could see this helping but if the interviewer found out it would absolutely be a ding and that might make you even more nervous.

[071816]

No, making an inane and off-topic point doesn't suddenly mean your 0L self is welcome in the legal employment forum. Just live with the fact that you don't belong here yet.

Also, once you start law school, continue to refrain from giving advice in most circumstances. The last thing we need is a bunch of freshly minted 1Ls giving advice in OCI threads.

lol @ this dickhead post

[Dignan]

I could see this helping but if the interviewer found out it would absolutely be a ding and that might make you even more nervous.

I don't think that's right. There's a ton of drinking in big law, and I doubt that many lawyers care if an interviewee has a single drink beforehand. Even if someone "found out," it likely wouldn't matter.

I had a callback last year where lunch was first, followed by the interviews. A couple of the associates ordered drinks at lunch, and I ordered one as well. It didn't seem like anyone cared. My subsequent interviews went well.

You should not, of course, show up drunk to any interview at a law firm. But if having a drink beforehand will make you a better interviewer, then do it.

[FloridaCoastalorbust]

No, making an inane and off-topic point doesn't suddenly mean your 0L self is welcome in the legal employment forum. Just live with the fact that you don't belong here yet.

Also, once you start law school, continue to refrain from giving advice in most circumstances. The last thing we need is a bunch of freshly minted 1Ls giving advice in OCI threads.

fuk u breh

[Anonymous User]

I accidentally got drunk during a 1L interview program (due to a fire/extended delay that resulted in a last minute post-happy hour postponement) AND forgot to change back into heels from slipper flats (read: black shearling), and STILL ended up with a second interview leading to big fed internship. Presumably they didn't know I was loopy.

I talk fast and like crazy with a buzz on, and I don't recommend pre-drinking, but I would be lying if I said I didn't yearn for half a glass of wine before serious pressure interviews to take the nerves down and make conversation flow easier. I wouldn't want to get into a habit though.