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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:10 am

I have a 3.46 from a T25, work experience, and a secondary journal but nothing special. I am aiming corporate but am not getting any screeners from big law. With job posts for incoming associates and news of classmates getting offers as a 3L, I feel dejected all the time. Is my gpa too low? Should I just aim for midlaw and lateral a few years down the road?

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Sep 29, 2021 11:09 am

anyone interested in the chicago market: mcguirewoods, jenner & block, winston & strawn are all hiring for corporate

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:55 pm

Has anyone interviewed at FF (NY office)?

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Has anyone interviewed at FF (NY office)?
I recently did but have not heard back

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:51 pm

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I had a screener today and I am ALL the nerves about whether it went okay and I'd get a callback.
did the callback last week and now am now all the nerves for whether I get an offer. What’s the rough consensus on when I’d hear back?
Offer secured 8) so happy to be exiting the vale and into a position at v50 thats quite honestly the perfect fit personality wise. Keep trucking along folks!!

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:51 pm
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I had a screener today and I am ALL the nerves about whether it went okay and I'd get a callback.
did the callback last week and now am now all the nerves for whether I get an offer. What’s the rough consensus on when I’d hear back?
Offer secured 8) so happy to be exiting the vale and into a position at v50 thats quite honestly the perfect fit personality wise. Keep trucking along folks!!
Congrats! How long between CB and offer? I'm almost at 2 weeks and morale is low :(

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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ligma wrote:
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Congrats! How long between CB and offer? I'm almost at 2 weeks and morale is low :(
Cb friday morning —> offer monday night

I couldn’t tell ya why I had a fast turnaround time. I will say tho that I’ve spoken to several people who secured biglaw jobs as 3ls and it sounded like they all waited between 2-5 weeks to get a response.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:17 pm

Passing the Oct 1st deadline today... should there be more movement now? Or does it look like classes are filled up?

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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K&E offer - 2 days after CB

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Passing the Oct 1st deadline today... should there be more movement now? Or does it look like classes are filled up?
Figured I'd share a datapoint. Callback with NY V20 over two weeks ago, offer received today.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Passing the Oct 1st deadline today... should there be more movement now? Or does it look like classes are filled up?
As a 3L, I've honestly been getting a lot of movement from August to now - I don't see it slowing down either.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Passing the Oct 1st deadline today... should there be more movement now? Or does it look like classes are filled up?
As a 3L, I've honestly been getting a lot of movement from August to now - I don't see it slowing down either.
Are you at a T-14 with a good GPA? I'm at T25 with average GPA ~ 3.4

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:48 pm

I am at a T14 with a 3.3 and I only got a handful of interviews so far, most of which happened late Sept

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:55 pm
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Passing the Oct 1st deadline today... should there be more movement now? Or does it look like classes are filled up?
As a 3L, I've honestly been getting a lot of movement from August to now - I don't see it slowing down either.
Are you at a T-14 with a good GPA? I'm at T25 with average GPA ~ 3.4
I'm at a T-14 with a 3.4! I've been massmailing & following up to literally every firm and location though

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Anyone without prior SA has gotten an offer so far? I'm starting to think this wave of 3Ls hiring is more for ppl with SA...
Data point: Just accepted an offer from a v10 and my cycle is over. Struck out at 2L OCI with only 1 callback and did not have a SA position. As a 3L, I had 11 screeners, 10 cb invites, 8 cbs, and 7 offers. The corporate/hiring market is so hot this year.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Anyone without prior SA has gotten an offer so far? I'm starting to think this wave of 3Ls hiring is more for ppl with SA...
Data point: Just accepted an offer from a v10 and my cycle is over. Struck out at 2L OCI with only 1 callback and did not have a SA position. As a 3L, I had 11 screeners, 10 cb invites, 8 cbs, and 7 offers. The corporate/hiring market is so hot this year.
So impressive -- congrats! Do you mind sharing your GPA/School stats?

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:45 am

Can also confirm market is insane right now. Had a dozen screeners, 8 callbacks, three offers. Received several other screeners and callback invitations these past two weeks but cancelled them all after I accepted. Top 25% at T20 with no SA.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

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Anonymous User wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:43 am
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Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:19 am
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Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:04 pm
Anyone without prior SA has gotten an offer so far? I'm starting to think this wave of 3Ls hiring is more for ppl with SA...
Data point: Just accepted an offer from a v10 and my cycle is over. Struck out at 2L OCI with only 1 callback and did not have a SA position. As a 3L, I had 11 screeners, 10 cb invites, 8 cbs, and 7 offers. The corporate/hiring market is so hot this year.
So impressive -- congrats! Do you mind sharing your GPA/School stats?
Thanks! Slightly below median at a T14.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:15 pm

Looks like Fenwick and Cooley still have some 3L spots open.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:20 pm

anyone have any updates / progress on 3L hiring?

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:15 pm

T14, 3.7, CB with ECVC focus/West Coast Native Firm, Screener->CB->Offer 5 days.

CBs (withdrawn) from multiple V5s and V10s. I hate using those terms, but the market seems pretty open right now. I realize my stats/school but at least they are hiring... keep your heads up.

During OCI I was dumb and only targeted V10s. The higher you go up the Vault ranking, the more neurotic the people are. Vault rankings suck, all my friends hate vault rankings—go off of chambers band rankings.

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:15 pm

After one of the most emotionally taxing years of my life, I am leaving the vale of tears. Keep at it 3Ls, you'll get there eventually.

Finally got a big law offer from a V20. Law school ranked in the 60s, top 15%, law review, 2L summer at boutique firm.

including the 2L job search, I've had 7 big law screeners, 5 CB, 1 offer.
Just as a 3L, 4 screeners, 3 CB, 1 offer.

We're all gonna make it, keep grinding

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:39 am

I have had three screeners, two CBs, and nothing. Also it seems like the firms are filled up that they have started recruiting 1Ls...

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Re: The Vale of Tears (3L Job Hunting) (No advice for 0/1/2Ls)

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:36 am

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I have had three screeners, two CBs, and nothing. Also it seems like the firms are filled up that they have started recruiting 1Ls...
just wondering, what are you stats? and which firms were you looking at? thanks!

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