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Employers offering positions for the following summer to candidates not previously employed bythem should leave those offers open for at least 28 days following the date of the offer letter oruntil December 30, whichever comes first. Candidates should reaffirm these offers within 14 daysfrom the date of the offer letter. Employers may retract any offer that is not reaffirmed within the14-day period. Offers made after December 15 for the following summer should remain open forat least two weeks after the date of the offer letter.

Candidates may request that an employer extend the deadline to accept the employer’s offer untilas late as April 1 if the candidate is actively pursuing positions with public interest or governmentorganizations. Candidates may hold open only one offer in such circumstances. Employers areencouraged to grant such requests.

Employers offering positions for the following summer to candidates previously employed bythem should leave those offers open until at least October 1, provided that such offersare made prior to or on September 2. Candidates should reaffirm these offers within thirty daysfrom the date of the offer letter. Employers may retract any offer that is not reaffirmed within the30 day period. After September 2, employers offering positions for the following summer tocandidates previously employed by them should leave those offers open for at least 28 daysfollowing the date of the offer letter.

Employers offering candidates positions for the following summer and having a total of 40attorneys or fewer in all offices are exempted from Paragraphs 1-3 of this Section. Instead, offersmade on or before December 15 should remain open for at least three weeks following the date ofthe offer letter or until December 30, whichever comes first, and offers made after December 15should remain open for at least two weeks.

shadowofjazz wrote:To add to this, I don't see it anywhere in the NALP documents but my CSO has told us that if you are given a 2L SA offer from a firm you haven't summered at before on-campus recruiting starts, the offer should give you 28 days to decide from the start of on-campus recruiting.

Anonymous User wrote:

shadowofjazz wrote:To add to this, I don't see it anywhere in the NALP documents but my CSO has told us that if you are given a 2L SA offer from a firm you haven't summered at before on-campus recruiting starts, the offer should give you 28 days to decide from the start of on-campus recruiting.

Would you have to reaffirm two weeks after the first day of OCI then?

goldeneye wrote:Instead of November 1, you now have until Oct 1 to accept.

And I believe you have to reaffirm 2L offers within 14 days.

gnuwheels wrote:

goldeneye wrote:Instead of November 1, you now have until Oct 1 to accept.

And I believe you have to reaffirm 2L offers within 14 days.

Doesn't the 14 days reaffirmation period only apply to "candidates not previously employed" by employers offering positions?

So if I had a 2L SA, was given an offer on X date, shouldn't I have X+30 days?