NYU EIW Madness 2014 Forum

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NYU EIW 2013: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=211936
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Alright everyone, time for our own consolidated thread! Keeping with tradition, this thread will be discussion about bidlists, screener results, and callbacks. Bidlists are due on Symplicity under the OCI tab by June 30th 6:00 PM EST. Lets get it done NYU!

--Rust Cohle

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Checking in. Ready to get through EIW so that we can relax a little.

--the Golux

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down for this thread.. bout to crush EIW

--Billy B

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Throwing my hat into the ring.

-- Lincoln Lawyer

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This should be fun.

--Cochise

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Has anyone been in contact with Quinn or any other firm with an unusual recruiting strategy?

And has anyone heard back from OCS regarding their bid lists? When should we be anticipating these coming back?

--the Golux

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Has anyone been in contact with Quinn or any other firm with an unusual recruiting strategy?

And has anyone heard back from OCS regarding their bid lists? When should we be anticipating these coming back?

--the Golux

I just got a request to call OCS for my bidlist review

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I received an e-mail over a week ago to schedule a phone call to review the list, and reviewed my list this past week over the phone with them. Don't expect too much though - they clearly don't have the time to review each list in depth.

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I received an e-mail over a week ago to schedule a phone call to review the list, and reviewed my list this past week over the phone with them. Don't expect too much though - they clearly don't have the time to review each list in depth.

From what I've heard, you should listen to the little hints career services gives you. Since they aren't transparent with the bidding information like Columbia is, they'll try to tell you subtly.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't do your independent research though

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I received an e-mail over a week ago to schedule a phone call to review the list, and reviewed my list this past week over the phone with them. Don't expect too much though - they clearly don't have the time to review each list in depth.

From what I've heard, you should listen to the little hints career services gives you. Since they aren't transparent with the bidding information like Columbia is, they'll try to tell you subtly.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't do your independent research though

I'm the anon you quoted.

It may vary by counselor, but mine was very transparent when I asked questions. I just said that they hadn't reviewed each of my slots in depth, as some firms they recommended I add were already in there, etc.

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Checking in.

Still waiting for review of my OCS bidlist


Let's kill it this EIW


-The Antlers

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What's the consensus/strategy on bidding non-NY markets (specifically asking about LA and Chicago)?

Must they be in our top 10 or 5? Or can we get away with bidding lower?

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Is getting "conflicted out" something I should be worried about? My top 30 are pretty balanced between the 3 days but I'd hate to lose one of my latter ones because of a restrictive schedule put into place by my higher bids.

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Is getting "conflicted out" something I should be worried about? My top 30 are pretty balanced between the 3 days but I'd hate to lose one of my latter ones because of a restrictive schedule put into place by my higher bids.

It is an issue but not sure how much you should be worried. You should calll and ask

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What's the consensus/strategy on bidding non-NY markets (specifically asking about LA and Chicago)?

Must they be in our top 10 or 5? Or can we get away with bidding lower?

Allegedly the grade conscious LAs didnt fill all of their interview slots last year (GDC, Irell, MTO, Latham, etc)

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Anyone know when Paul Weiss, Kirkland, and Cahil cleared last year?

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My thread is over here: http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 3&t=232042

Can someone critique my list before deadline is over?

One last check before finalizing. Please let me know if this is too aggressive
Corporate only (with exception of the 1-2 IP). LA preferred

Firm Location Slots
1 Proskauer LA 58
2 Paul Hastings NY 58
3 Shearman NY 96
4 Clifford Chance NY 77
5 Kaye Scholer NY 58
6 Sheppard Mullin LA 21
7 Sidley Austin LA 21
8 Weil NY 77
9 White Case NY 77
10 Jones Day NY 77
11 Schulte Roth NY 115
12 Fried NY 115
13 Willkie Farr NY 134
14 Stroock NY 115
15 Dechert NY 134
16 Winston Strawn NY 39
17 Morgan Lewis NY 58
18 Cahill NY 96
19 Kramer NY 39
20 Skadden LA 21
21 Cadwalader NY 164
22 Pillsbury LA 21
23 Chadbourne NY 115
24 Milbank Tweed LA 21
25 McDermott NY 77
26 Bracewell NY 20
27 Manatt LA 21
28 Kirkland LA 11
29 OMM LA 21
30 Hughes HH NY 58
31 Katten NY 39
32 Cleary NY 192
33 Akin LA 21
34 Rutan Tucker OC 21
35 Wilmerhale LA 21
36 Latham LA (shared) 42
37 KL Gates NY 77
38 Goodwin NY 39
39 Greenberg Traurig NY 39
40 King Spalding NY 39
41 Mintz NY 20
42 Lowenstein NJ NJ 42
43 STB NY 154
44 Baker Botts IP NY 21
45 DPW NY 192
46 Debevoise NY 154
47 Gibson NY 97
48 Paul Weiss NY 173
49 duane morris NY 21
50 Cravath NY 134


Specifically looking to see if I have too many reaches and if there are wasted bids (I know some firms starting in late 35's are most likely not going to be empty. Any better options?)
Thanks

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bumpin'

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I realize I'm getting a bit ahead of myself but does anyone know how exactly the add/drop interview signup works after we get our lists? I'm already regretting some decisions in my rankings.

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Now I'm second guessing whether my bids saved, even though I know it does it automatically

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Now I'm second guessing whether my bids saved, even though I know it does it automatically

Go look... sorry, the day after bids were due that tab was still up and I was able to see that my bids had saved. Sorry

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I realize I'm getting a bit ahead of myself but does anyone know how exactly the add/drop interview signup works after we get our lists? I'm already regretting some decisions in my rankings.

In a similar boat, regretting some decisions as well. I'm assuming OCS will notify us about the procedure but I could be wrong about that.

Any knowledge from previous years about how many firms are available through waitlist/open signup?

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Now I'm second guessing whether my bids saved, even though I know it does it automatically

Go look... sorry, the day after bids were due that tab was still up and I was able to see that my bids had saved. Sorry

If you can't see the "OCI" tab that means your bids aren't saved.



...nah jk.
really though there are other more important things to worry about. Don't sweat the small stuff.

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Now I'm second guessing whether my bids saved, even though I know it does it automatically

Go look... sorry, the day after bids were due that tab was still up and I was able to see that my bids had saved. Sorry

If you can't see the "OCI" tab that means your bids aren't saved.



...nah jk.
really though there are other more important things to worry about. Don't sweat the small stuff.

You got me. Small heart attack. But yeah it's just anxiety - I know that it's okay

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I realize I'm getting a bit ahead of myself but does anyone know how exactly the add/drop interview signup works after we get our lists? I'm already regretting some decisions in my rankings.

waitlist: basically, for all of the firms you did NOT get interviews with, you can either click "opt in" or leave it as "opt out." I believe that you get assigned interviews based on original bid position, so if I bid White and Case at 10 initially and you bid them 11, I get the interview before you. These interviews come from a pool of dropped interviews.

Add/drop: it's a 10 minute free for all to pick any firm regardless of whether you bid them to begin with. There are a relatively good number of firms available, but they're often secondary market things and lesser bid NY firms (like non-V100 NY firms with class sizes under 5, and a number of Palo Alto firms). Another big issue is that you will often be conflicted out of interview slots. This might be a bit better this year because I think OCS did a better job of spreading out popular firms' interview days. Last year, it was common to have 11 interviews on each of the first two days, and only have 3-5 on the third day. I don't think it will be so lopsided this year.