OCI Bust at GULC Forum

[zan895]

I transferred to Georgetown this year from New York Law School with the hope of landing a job through Georgetown's OCI program. OCI was a total bust. Even with my 3.91 gpa from NYLS, legal work experience and federal judicial internship, I did not receive any callbacks. I've done some mass mailing, but that seems like a total crapshoot. Does anyone have any good advice for me, other than drop out now? In the interviews that I have had, the interviewers see that I transferred from NYLS, and act like I'm too stupid to work at their law firm. Also, is there a list of New York firms that I can mass mail? Is big law out of the picture? I appreciate your input.

[Ruffian Wizard]

NYLS puts people with similar numbers into BigLaw and fed government every year, and grade/school elitism is generally a pre-screener problem. Reach out to OCS and work on your interviewing.

[bk1]

You need to be mass mailing every firm in every market you would conceivably work and you need to do it yesterday.

Use NALP to find large firms: http://www.nalpdirectory.com/
Use Resume Launchpad to find smaller firms: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=178520

To be brutally honest, big law is unlikely but it was fairly unlikely prior to you going through OCI (being a transfer at GULC is just okay, and having NYLS as your 1L school can definitely hurt even with your high grades).

[bk1]

NYLS puts people with similar numbers into BigLaw and fed government every year, and grade/school elitism is generally a pre-screener problem. Reach out to OCS and work on your interviewing.

Considering that GULC is lottery, "grade/school elitism" can be definitely be a problem at the screener stage.

[lgleye]

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