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

[Anonymous User]

Has anybody heard from Cooley recently? Had an interview for a 3L position with them last week, recruiting said I should hear by Friday but was a little wishy-washy on that. Really want this offer lol

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

[Anonymous User]

Has anybody heard from Cooley recently? Had an interview for a 3L position with them last week, recruiting said I should hear by Friday but was a little wishy-washy on that. Really want this offer lol

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

NY corporate, but they said I was like the last 3L they were interviewing

[Anonymous User]

Has anybody heard from Cooley recently? Had an interview for a 3L position with them last week, recruiting said I should hear by Friday but was a little wishy-washy on that. Really want this offer lol

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

NY corporate, but they said I was like the last 3L they were interviewing

Thanks for this. Can you please share your stats? I'm at T14 but below median and radio silence. Starting to lose hope because of my grades.

[Anonymous User]

Has anybody heard from Cooley recently? Had an interview for a 3L position with them last week, recruiting said I should hear by Friday but was a little wishy-washy on that. Really want this offer lol

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

NY corporate, but they said I was like the last 3L they were interviewing

Thanks for this. Can you please share your stats? I'm at T14 but below median and radio silence. Starting to lose hope because of my grades.

Lower T14, smidge above median.

[Anonymous User]

Has anybody heard from Cooley recently? Had an interview for a 3L position with them last week, recruiting said I should hear by Friday but was a little wishy-washy on that. Really want this offer lol

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

NY corporate, but they said I was like the last 3L they were interviewing

Thanks for this. Can you please share your stats? I'm at T14 but below median and radio silence. Starting to lose hope because of my grades.

Lower T14, smidge above median.

Got the gig. Woohoo!

[alhookem2020]

Has anybody heard from Cooley recently? Had an interview for a 3L position with them last week, recruiting said I should hear by Friday but was a little wishy-washy on that. Really want this offer lol

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

NY corporate, but they said I was like the last 3L they were interviewing

Thanks for this. Can you please share your stats? I'm at T14 but below median and radio silence. Starting to lose hope because of my grades.

Lower T14, smidge above median.

Got the gig. Woohoo!

Congrats!! That's awesome and gives me some hope. I know you said you're right above median, but do you mind sharing or pm'ing your GPA? Also, do you put top 50% on your resume or just your gpa? I'm in the same spot but have only been putting gpa

[Wubbles]

Has anybody heard from Cooley recently? Had an interview for a 3L position with them last week, recruiting said I should hear by Friday but was a little wishy-washy on that. Really want this offer lol

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

NY corporate, but they said I was like the last 3L they were interviewing

Thanks for this. Can you please share your stats? I'm at T14 but below median and radio silence. Starting to lose hope because of my grades.

Lower T14, smidge above median.

Got the gig. Woohoo!

Congrats!! That's awesome and gives me some hope. I know you said you're right above median, but do you mind sharing or pm'ing your GPA? Also, do you put top 50% on your resume or just your gpa? I'm in the same spot but have only been putting gpa

Not OP but don't put top 50% unless you have something from the school saying such.

[alhookem2020]

Do you mind sharing what city and practice group was this for?

NY corporate, but they said I was like the last 3L they were interviewing

Thanks for this. Can you please share your stats? I'm at T14 but below median and radio silence. Starting to lose hope because of my grades.

Lower T14, smidge above median.

Got the gig. Woohoo!

Congrats!! That's awesome and gives me some hope. I know you said you're right above median, but do you mind sharing or pm'ing your GPA? Also, do you put top 50% on your resume or just your gpa? I'm in the same spot but have only been putting gpa

Not OP but don't put top 50% unless you have something from the school saying such.

lol I know that. Was just wondering if it helps to even put it since top 50% isn't exactly what BL firms prefer

[Anonymous User]

People who’ve gotten biglaw offers as 3Ls - do offers come shortly after callbacks? Or is everything slower for 3Ls

When I traded up this year, I skipped screeners and went straight to CBs. Offers took longer to arrive (~2-3 weeks) than in 2L OCI.

Did you trade up after you accepted the 2L firm return offer? How do you tell them?

[Anonymous User]

People who’ve gotten biglaw offers as 3Ls - do offers come shortly after callbacks? Or is everything slower for 3Ls

When I traded up this year, I skipped screeners and went straight to CBs. Offers took longer to arrive (~2-3 weeks) than in 2L OCI.

Did you trade up after you accepted the 2L firm return offer? How do you tell them?

Yes. The 3L offer was in a different market, but all I did was tell my 2L firm in a professional way that I wouldn’t be returning.

[Anonymous User]

People who’ve gotten biglaw offers as 3Ls - do offers come shortly after callbacks? Or is everything slower for 3Ls

When I traded up this year, I skipped screeners and went straight to CBs. Offers took longer to arrive (~2-3 weeks) than in 2L OCI.

Did you trade up after you accepted the 2L firm return offer? How do you tell them?

Yes. The 3L offer was in a different market, but all I did was tell my 2L firm in a professional way that I wouldn’t be returning.

Did you have any issues with your law school's career services office? Is there any basis for worrying about reneging on an acceptance in the same market as the new firm?

[Anonymous User]

People who’ve gotten biglaw offers as 3Ls - do offers come shortly after callbacks? Or is everything slower for 3Ls

When I traded up this year, I skipped screeners and went straight to CBs. Offers took longer to arrive (~2-3 weeks) than in 2L OCI.

Did you trade up after you accepted the 2L firm return offer? How do you tell them?

Yes. The 3L offer was in a different market, but all I did was tell my 2L firm in a professional way that I wouldn’t be returning.

Did you have any issues with your law school's career services office? Is there any basis for worrying about reneging on an acceptance in the same market as the new firm?

I didn’t tell my school. Frankly, I didn’t want to deal with career services, and I knew that my 2L firm would still recruit at my school regardless. There will always be some degree of risk (recruiters talk), even more so when shopping in the same market, though my experience was firms understood and kept the application process confidential. If you renege, do it in a timely and professional fashion.

[Anonymous User]

Just to chime in, the 3L screeners I've gotten (all Texas) have all three come from cold-emailing recruiters directly. That is not to say emailing partners would not also work, but thought I'd mention I am having some success on that front.

Quoted anon here. To the poster asking which firms, you posted anon so I cannot dm as far as I know. The 3 screeners were all from v10s, which gives a pretty clear idea of who it was.

Summary of my experience: Cold-emailed essentially every v100 in Texas, but only got screeners from v10. 1 cb. 1 offer.

[Anonymous User]

Keep getting rejected or ghosted despite doing all the things i'm supposed to be doing i'm seriously thinking about applying for two different unpaid experiences b/c at least they're relevant to what I want to do...

[Anonymous User]

Keep getting rejected or ghosted despite doing all the things i'm supposed to be doing i'm seriously thinking about applying for two different unpaid experiences b/c at least they're relevant to what I want to do...

Same and it's depressing as hell. I've sent out over 150 apps. I'm median at a top 25 so just really confused how I can't land anything at all. And yes before anyone asks, my cover letters and resumes have been looked up many times. They are fine.

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone get an offer after being radio silenced? I'm curious how long it would take to hear back after a callback?

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone get an offer after being radio silenced? I'm curious how long it would take to hear back after a callback?

Yes! My offer came 12 days post callback from a firm typically known for quick turnarounds (then again, this was a very late 3L hire). I also had a screener that led to a CB and offer where the screener did not come for nearly three weeks after I cold-emailed recruiting.

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone get an offer after being radio silenced? I'm curious how long it would take to hear back after a callback?

Yes! My offer came 12 days post callback from a firm typically known for quick turnarounds (then again, this was a very late 3L hire). I also had a screener that led to a CB and offer where the screener did not come for nearly three weeks after I cold-emailed recruiting.

Congrats! Was it this year? How did you feel after the callback? Did you have a good feeling after the callback with the firm you got an offer from?

[Anonymous User]

Congrats! Was it this year? How did you feel after the callback? Did you have a good feeling after the callback with the firm you got an offer from?

Yes, both offers came in 2021 (but, for those reading this in the future, keep in mind this was on the COVID-delayed timeline and the corporate market is crazy busy).

I had mixed feelings after the callbacks I did. I ended up doing three. The one I felt the worst about I got an offer from and the other two I felt really good about. Only one of the two I felt good about turned into an offer, and the other was a next day rejection.

Happy to answer more questions by PM if helpful.

[corgiterrier17]

Congrats! Was it this year? How did you feel after the callback? Did you have a good feeling after the callback with the firm you got an offer from?

Yes, both offers came in 2021 (but, for those reading this in the future, keep in mind this was on the COVID-delayed timeline and the corporate market is crazy busy).

I had mixed feelings after the callbacks I did. I ended up doing three. The one I felt the worst about I got an offer from and the other two I felt really good about. Only one of the two I felt good about turned into an offer, and the other was a next day rejection.

Happy to answer more questions by PM if helpful.

Hi, do you mind if I ask some questions by PM? Thanks!

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard back from the firms (NY) recently?

[thewoodsman]

I applied to an opening and one of the firm's recruiters looked at my linkedin page, but that's it.

[Anonymous User]

I applied to an opening and one of the firm's recruiters looked at my linkedin page, but that's it.

About to change my privacy settings to public so I can see who views mine haha. But also crickets on the NY front.

[Anonymous User]

I applied to an opening and one of the firm's recruiters looked at my linkedin page, but that's it.

About to change my privacy settings to public so I can see who views mine haha. But also crickets on the NY front.

which firms did you interview with?

[Anonymous User]

I applied to an opening and one of the firm's recruiters looked at my linkedin page, but that's it.

About to change my privacy settings to public so I can see who views mine haha. But also crickets on the NY front.

which firms did you interview with?

None, only applied.