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I think that means August. No firm could possibly start in the month of bar exam.Devlin wrote:Why is August omitted?
What? Some states bar exams are in July.JAYINSD wrote:I think that means August. No firm could possibly start in the month of bar exam.Devlin wrote:Why is August omitted?
I think they were trying to say that they thought the poll meant to say August instead of July.Devlin wrote:What? Some states bar exams are in July.JAYINSD wrote:I think that means August. No firm could possibly start in the month of bar exam.Devlin wrote:Why is August omitted?
Just got the choices the other day. Seems like a fair number of people I know are still waiting. Maybe 50/50 right now.Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:Have people gotten the precise start date or are you waiting for it?
You have choices? I talked to the firm a month ago they told me a date but I haven't gotten a letter or anything formal.Tiago Splitter wrote:Just got the choices the other day. Seems like a fair number of people I know are still waiting. Maybe 50/50 right now.Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:Have people gotten the precise start date or are you waiting for it?
Offers come at the end of the summer, so Aug 1 or so.Anonymous User wrote:Somewhat unrelated, but what is the normal time period in which NYC firms finalize offers and one could expect to have an offer letter by? Does it matter if it's a 100% offer firm?
(Specifically, if I'm fortunate to be offered, when will I have an offer letter so that I can refinance a chunk of my loans?)
Most of the time you won't be able to refinance or consolidate your loans until you graduate.Anonymous User wrote:Somewhat unrelated, but what is the normal time period in which NYC firms finalize offers and one could expect to have an offer letter by? Does it matter if it's a 100% offer firm?
(Specifically, if I'm fortunate to be offered, when will I have an offer letter so that I can refinance a chunk of my loans?)
SoFi requires that you have been admitted to the bar.JasonSehorn wrote:Most of the time you won't be able to refinance or consolidate your loans until you graduate.Anonymous User wrote:Somewhat unrelated, but what is the normal time period in which NYC firms finalize offers and one could expect to have an offer letter by? Does it matter if it's a 100% offer firm?
(Specifically, if I'm fortunate to be offered, when will I have an offer letter so that I can refinance a chunk of my loans?)
...Why?Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:For incoming 1st years not starting in August: is anyone here doing legal work before starting at the firm? I'm thinking of asking the clinic director at my school if I can help him in the interim. Any other thoughts?
Married. And I have ~2 months from bar to work starting. So I'm planning to travel for 2 weeks but I would like to do something the rest of the time. Also considering working during bar prep.Danger Zone wrote:...Why?Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:For incoming 1st years not starting in August: is anyone here doing legal work before starting at the firm? I'm thinking of asking the clinic director at my school if I can help him in the interim. Any other thoughts?
Take a bar trip and never look back
This is ridiculous.Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:Married. And I have ~2 months from bar to work starting. So I'm planning to travel for 2 weeks but I would like to do something the rest of the time. Also considering working during bar prep.Danger Zone wrote:...Why?Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:For incoming 1st years not starting in August: is anyone here doing legal work before starting at the firm? I'm thinking of asking the clinic director at my school if I can help him in the interim. Any other thoughts?
Take a bar trip and never look back
Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:Married. And I have ~2 months from bar to work starting. So I'm planning to travel for 2 weeks but I would like to do something the rest of the time. Also considering working during bar prep.Danger Zone wrote:...Why?Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:For incoming 1st years not starting in August: is anyone here doing legal work before starting at the firm? I'm thinking of asking the clinic director at my school if I can help him in the interim. Any other thoughts?
Take a bar trip and never look back
Yep...Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:still waiting on start date. anyone else?
This seems like good advice to me. For similar reasons, I am taking Barbri (firm is paying, but this is income to me that is taxable) because it seems insane to roll the dice on passing the bar over $1,000.NonTradHealthLaw wrote:Working fulltime BL (billing 40-50/wk) while studying for the bar was one of the most miserable times of my life. Yes, it's doable, but the bar is nothing to gamble with. Is it worth risking your job and undercutting 3 years of hard work to start early? If finances/family circumstances/firm require both, at a minimum, request no work 2 weeks out.