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[Anonymous User]

Thanks for all the advice offered, will email the firm.

[PvblivsScipio]

I am badly in need of some TLS wisdom here.
I have a job offer will be expired in two days and it is my only offer so far. The firm is a small size boutique but the pay is quiet good (around 150k but billable hours are way lower than big law), however it is really not my top choice and I don't like the location where I have no tie nor interest.
Most of my callbacks are last week and this week, so I am waiting to hear back from 5 call backs and still have two more call backs left to do.
On my offer letter it only gave me 14 days to accept it and also because it is not in NALP so the career center people told me the firm don't need to follow the 28days guideline .
I already told firms I interviewed last and this week the deadline of my current offer. I haven't tried to ask the firm to give me an extension, since I don't know how and also am not sure if it would work.
Any advice at this point is welcome, thanks a lot!

I think I found your next step.

[Anonymous User]

I am badly in need of some TLS wisdom here.
I have a job offer will be expired in two days and it is my only offer so far. The firm is a small size boutique but the pay is quiet good (around 150k but billable hours are way lower than big law), however it is really not my top choice and I don't like the location where I have no tie nor interest.
Most of my callbacks are last week and this week, so I am waiting to hear back from 5 call backs and still have two more call backs left to do.
On my offer letter it only gave me 14 days to accept it and also because it is not in NALP so the career center people told me the firm don't need to follow the 28days guideline .
I already told firms I interviewed last and this week the deadline of my current offer. I haven't tried to ask the firm to give me an extension, since I don't know how and also am not sure if it would work.
Any advice at this point is welcome, thanks a lot!

I think I found your next step.

I don't know what is the best way to ask them, since they don't need to follow the 28days rule, and no matter what I am gonna to say to them it will sound like 'hey I am still deciding other firms and obviously you are not my top choice, so can you give me more time to consider, if no one else wants me I will come back.'

[PvblivsScipio]

I am badly in need of some TLS wisdom here.
I have a job offer will be expired in two days and it is my only offer so far. The firm is a small size boutique but the pay is quiet good (around 150k but billable hours are way lower than big law), however it is really not my top choice and I don't like the location where I have no tie nor interest.
Most of my callbacks are last week and this week, so I am waiting to hear back from 5 call backs and still have two more call backs left to do.
On my offer letter it only gave me 14 days to accept it and also because it is not in NALP so the career center people told me the firm don't need to follow the 28days guideline .
I already told firms I interviewed last and this week the deadline of my current offer. I haven't tried to ask the firm to give me an extension, since I don't know how and also am not sure if it would work.
Any advice at this point is welcome, thanks a lot!

I think I found your next step.

...What?

Ask for a freaking extension.

[jdb2013]

I am badly in need of some TLS wisdom here.
I have a job offer will be expired in two days and it is my only offer so far. The firm is a small size boutique but the pay is quiet good (around 150k but billable hours are way lower than big law), however it is really not my top choice and I don't like the location where I have no tie nor interest.
Most of my callbacks are last week and this week, so I am waiting to hear back from 5 call backs and still have two more call backs left to do.
On my offer letter it only gave me 14 days to accept it and also because it is not in NALP so the career center people told me the firm don't need to follow the 28days guideline .
I already told firms I interviewed last and this week the deadline of my current offer. I haven't tried to ask the firm to give me an extension, since I don't know how and also am not sure if it would work.
Any advice at this point is welcome, thanks a lot!

I think I found your next step.

I don't know what is the best way to ask them, since they don't need to follow the 28days rule, and no matter what I am gonna to say to them it will sound like 'hey I am still deciding other firms and obviously you are not my top choice, so can you give me more time to consider, if no one else wants me I will come back.'

the best way to ask them is to come out and ask them plain and simple. They already know you are interviewing with and interested in other firms, this won't be news. They may say yes, they may say no - yes puts you in a better position than you are in now, no leaves you in the exact same position. This means you are in a situation where you have something to win, and nothing to lose. Stop making excuses and ask for an extension, its not complicated.

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[cookiejar1]

OP, you should definitely ask for an offer extension.


Also, your original post is filled with myriad grammatical and spelling errors. No matter which firm you end up working for, please be sure to proofread anything you submit to senior associates, partners, etc...

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