At what point can I decide that all my callbacks and screeners turned to dings and my mass mailing isn't producing anything anymore so I can throw in the towel for biglaw in a major market (DC/NY)?
End of September? Now? Soon?
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Re: When do you decide it is basically over?
Until youve received affirmative NOs you are still in
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Re: When do you decide it is basically over?
People have gotten biglaw as 3Ls. If you want biglaw, keep at it - it's not over 'til it's over.
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Re: When do you decide it is basically over?
I just got a biglaw screener invite today from a firm I mass mailed in June. I think firms are just starting to circle back after OCI, so keep mailing and follow up with any firms you haven’t heard from.
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Re: When do you decide it is basically over?
I had my callback and got my offer in the first week of October (NYC biglaw).
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Re: When do you decide it is basically over?
When summer comes. Seriously. I received my offer in APRIL, one month before the start date. It wasn’t a summer associate program, per se. only 3 law clerks. We got offers though
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Re: When do you decide it is basically over?
It's over when you get a job! Keep mass mailing and work your network now. It may lead to a SA, or you set yourself up to have a better chance as a 3L.
I'm a 3L, I didn't get a SA, but my network helped me get interviews this summer. I got an offer from a V20. Don't take your foot off the gas!
I'm a 3L, I didn't get a SA, but my network helped me get interviews this summer. I got an offer from a V20. Don't take your foot off the gas!
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Re: When do you decide it is basically over?
I definitely second this.hmmmbop wrote:It's over when you get a job! Keep mass mailing and work your network now. It may lead to a SA, or you set yourself up to have a better chance as a 3L.
I'm a 3L, I didn't get a SA, but my network helped me get interviews this summer. I got an offer from a V20. Don't take your foot off the gas!
I know how you feel. I struck out at OCI last year and kept slowly mass mailing all school year long. I didn't get a SA, but I did end up at an entertainment boutique that's reputable in its industry. I slowly networked (tbh, i only met a handful of people, but you should definitely aim to do more than that) all summer long (note: I was split between pursuing corp biglaw & doing entertainment so most of my networking was with entertainment people).
Then in late June, I got a text from a guy in my section saying that his V10 firm was looking for corp associates. Fast forward two months and I now have an offer. I definitely thought it was over two weeks after my CB when i hadn't heard anything but my career counselor kept prodding me to send follow-ups to get a definitive answer. After sending my second follow-up (and 6 weeks after CB) I got phone call extending an offer.
I felt awful all of 2L and reading this site definitely made me feel worse and made me doubt going to law school since it seems every thread is about how impossible your chances of biglaw are after striking out at OCI. (Not to mention, it absolutely sucks when everyone at school is talking about their offers & every conversation starts with "so what are you doing this summer." And then during the summer when every SA you know is going on fun summer trips with their biglaw $$$.) Just remember: Even if you do strike out, you're not the only one. There are definitely other students at your school who will strike out and many who have done so before in previous years. And if it happens, it's not the end of the world. You can still get biglaw in 3L. In fact, the V10 firm I got an offer from is leagues better than what I could've expected in OCI. I had a really great 2L spring semester and got a semester GPA that was 0.3-0.4 higher than I was getting in previous semesters and it helped raise my GPA to make me more competitive for firms I couldn't touch with a 10' pole in 2L.
