Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair 2015 Forum

pdwannabe · Post by **pdwannabe** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:44 pm

and here's my final tally (3L - all public defender positions):

In: Texas RioGrande, Colorado, Orlando, Miami, Kentucky, Clark County, BDS, New Hampshire, Palm Beach

Out: Philadelphia, Legal Aid, Mecklenburg, San Diego, OPD, Georgia, NJ, Maryland

im also down for a meetup! I'm staying at the hotel thursday and friday night

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:22 pm

Meet up might be interesting.

Also I can't sign up for palm beach either. Accepted but get an error each time. Or no time slots available.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:51 pm

3L (all PD apps):

In: Bronx, Brooklyn, Philly, NJ
Out: Miami, Palm Beach, New Orleans, Mecklenburg, Georgia Capital, Maryland (but with an email to apply directly).

Good luck to everyone.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:13 pm

In:

Equal Justice Under Law
Public Justice, P.C.
The Legal Aid Society (NYC)

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:16 pm

In:

Philly PD
PA Legal Aid Network
Legal Aid of Southeastern PA

pdwannabe · Post by **pdwannabe** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:34 pm

still unable to sign up for palm beach. hopefully they'll fix this at some point

carmensandiego · Post by **carmensandiego** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:39 pm

I'm down for a meetup! Arlington or DC? I'm staying at an airbnb less than a mile from the hotel in Arlington, but I'd for sure be interested in meeting up sometime on Friday or Saturday. I'm flying in Thursday night because my first interview is at 8:30 am on Friday.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:29 pm

[I'm the one that said we should originally meet.]

I fly in Thursday night, and stay .02 miles from Crystal Getaway, at the Americana. I'm only there for one night, until Friday (but hope to be able to use the shuttle after I check out, and hope they can hold my luggage until that evening.

)

All 6 of my interviews are on Friday, and I hope to hit Table Talk on Friday as well.

I vote for a Thursday night or Friday meet up. Thoughts?

carmensandiego · Post by **carmensandiego** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:35 pm

Anonymous User wrote:[I'm the one that said we should originally meet.]

I fly in Thursday night, and stay .02 miles from Crystal Getaway, at the Americana. I'm only there for one night, until Friday (but hope to be able to use the shuttle after I check out, and hope they can hold my luggage until that evening. )

All 6 of my interviews are on Friday, and I hope to hit Table Talk on Friday as well.

I vote for a Thursday night or Friday meet up. Thoughts?

I vote for Friday! I don't fly into the area until Thursday night around 8:30-9:00 pm, I think. Also, where is everyone coming from? No need to state school, just general area/state. Coming from Chicago here.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:22 pm

West Coast here, in around 8pm on Thursday.

pdwannabe · Post by **pdwannabe** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:33 pm

anyone know who we could contact about fixing the palm beach interview signups?

also id be fine with meeting up either thurs or friday night, or both. ill be getting in thursday afternoon

raekaya · Post by **raekaya** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:06 pm

I'm taking a red-eye in from CA so I'll be there Friday morning. My vote is for a Friday meetup. Also, can anyone who has gone before describe the food situation? Is lunch on our own or provided?
Finally, people keep saying how previous years have been a "bloodbath." Is that referring to the amount of callbacks coming from the EJW screeners, the offer rate after those callbacks, or just getting the screeners initially?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:13 pm

3L here. Does anyone know about OPD - I got an interview with them at EJW - are they serious about hiring? I know about their budget crisis and have heard about a hiring freeze as of this summer. I would love to work there but am nervous to get my hopes up if the interview process is going to lead to sorry, we don't have money.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:41 am

3L email from NHPD about a phone interview even though I was selected at EJW

carmensandiego · Post by **carmensandiego** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:01 pm

Anonymous User wrote:3L email from NHPD about a phone interview even though I was selected at EJW

Haha, are you going to do both?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:13 pm

key typo: I WASN'T selected for EJW.

Yes, I will take an interview

carmensandiego · Post by **carmensandiego** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:18 pm

Anonymous User wrote:key typo: I WASN'T selected for EJW.

Yes, I will take an interview

Haha! Gotcha. That is super nice then! Quick question - did you apply to them after your ding from EJW or before?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:35 pm

carmensandiego wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:key typo: I WASN'T selected for EJW.

Yes, I will take an interview
Haha! Gotcha. That is super nice then! Quick question - did you apply to them after your ding from EJW or before?

I didn't apply to them separate from EJW.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:14 pm

I have to cancel one of my interviews, does anyone know how to do that? I looked around the website but couldn't find a "cancel" option. Thanks!

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:04 am

I went all the way to the last round with OPD..I enjoyed all of the interviews, the second one involved doing a motion..something of your own, thankfully I had a suppression motion in my clinic that week and I just took snippets of that. I really thought I was going to get opd but I didn't..and I think they ended up going with Gideon folks so money is a legitimate concern. I remember the last round interview talking about how little the pay is and how mentally I can handle this work. Pretty much everyone down there gets life, they were right, mentally idk how I could deal with all my clients going away for that long. Anyway, it worked out cuz I ended up getting Philly.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:49 pm

Anonymous User wrote:I have to cancel one of my interviews, does anyone know how to do that? I looked around the website but couldn't find a "cancel" option. Thanks!

Also looking for this!

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:59 pm

It's so soon, my friends! How shall we schedule a meet up? (OP re: meeting up here.)

carmensandiego · Post by **carmensandiego** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:04 pm

Anonymous User wrote:It's so soon, my friends! How shall we schedule a meet up? (OP re: meeting up here.)

Still interested in this too!

Also where is everyone staying? I was originally going to stay at the hotel where the conference is at, but I found an airbnb for 1/2th the price less than a mile down the road.

raekaya · Post by **raekaya** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:33 pm

carmensandiego wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:It's so soon, my friends! How shall we schedule a meet up? (OP re: meeting up here.)
Still interested in this too!

Also where is everyone staying? I was originally going to stay at the hotel where the conference is at, but I found an airbnb for 1/2th the price less than a mile down the road.

Drinks Friday evening? I assume the hotel has some sort of lounge? Or, does anyone who knows the area have any suggestions?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 8:36 pm

Anyone at the Americana tonight?

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