1l Rejection letter... Mean more? Forum

[Anonymous User]

I received a ding letter from a firm today( which I really wanted to work for I've seen 20 ding letters so I know the standard language but this letter ended with for me to let the recruiting manger know if I would be in town this summer to get together to talk about summer program for 2l year. They also used my school name in the letter.. Does this necessarily mean anything more than just the standard have nice day

[09042014]

I received a ding letter from a firm today( which I really wanted to work for I've seen 20 ding letters so I know the standard language but this letter ended with for me to let the recruiting manger know if I would be in town this summer to get together to talk about summer program for 2l year. They also used my school name in the letter.. Does this necessarily mean anything more than just the standard have nice day

I'd follow up, but don't get your hopes up too much.

[mephistopheles]

I received a ding letter from a firm today( which I really wanted to work for I've seen 20 ding letters so I know the standard language but this letter ended with for me to let the recruiting manger know if I would be in town this summer to get together to talk about summer program for 2l year. They also used my school name in the letter.. Does this necessarily mean anything more than just the standard have nice day

yeah, not really, but it'd be a good look to stop by if you could.

[IAFG]

sounds like they're trying to feel you out for your interest in the market and avoid paying for your callback.

[Myself]

sounds like they're trying to feel you out for your interest in the market and avoid paying for your callback.

[Agent]

Sounds like a mail-merge form letter. Sorry.

I received a ding letter from a firm today( which I really wanted to work for I've seen 20 ding letters so I know the standard language but this letter ended with for me to let the recruiting manger know if I would be in town this summer to get together to talk about summer program for 2l year. They also used my school name in the letter.. Does this necessarily mean anything more than just the standard have nice day

[Anonymous User]

Assuming this firm is in Dallas, I believe I just got the same letter so I wouldn't read anything into it.

[IAFG]

Assuming this firm is in Dallas, I believe I just got the same letter so I wouldn't read anything into it.

You should absolutely "read in" a sincere invitation to stay in touch. JFC.

[Anonymous User]

I also got a rejection letter similar to OP from Cleary except it included more personal details, hoping I bid on them during OCI, & wants me to contact them over the summer for a tour of the office & to meet associates. Should I read more into this & reach out to them since I'll will be working in the same city this summer?

[Anonymous User]

Assuming this firm is in Dallas, I believe I just got the same letter so I wouldn't read anything into it.

You should absolutely "read in" a sincere invitation to stay in touch. JFC.

To clarify, OP should absolutely take them up on their offer if s/he is in town over the summer. It's a great way to show interest and make yourself stand out.
That being said, it's not a sincere invitation. Or, it's only a sincere invitation in the sense that every law firm wants every law student to stay in touch with them and bid them during OCI because then they have a larger pool of students to pick from and will know more about them prior to OCI. This is just a new twist on the form rejection letter. Firms utilize this strategy then in other ways as well. Haynes and Boone in Dallas would take any 1L out to lunch over winter break who was in town and had applied for the summer.

[Anonymous User]

Is the situation any different where you were given a callback for a 1L Diversity SA, dinged, and told to go straight-to-CB at OCI? Firm generally has a smallish class size, so I'm a bit lost as to how much will really change in the few months between CBs that would keep this from being another ding.

[anon168]

I received a ding letter from a firm today( which I really wanted to work for I've seen 20 ding letters so I know the standard language but this letter ended with for me to let the recruiting manger know if I would be in town this summer to get together to talk about summer program for 2l year. They also used my school name in the letter.. Does this necessarily mean anything more than just the standard have nice day

Means nothing.