biglawrefuge - a website to track OCI for law students and lawyers Forum

[codeandcodes]

Hi guys, this is a cross post from the Legal Employment forum, but I just wanted to help get the word out about http://www.biglawrefuge.com to other law students who may not be seeking jobs at the time. Please check out the website and sign up! Thanks for helping our community of law students to grow.

- codeandcodes

Here's the post below:

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Dear TLS,

I'm a 2012 SLS grad and former biglaw associate. I was active on this forum a long time ago when I was applying for law schools, but stopped posting once law school and the 1L grind began. Since then, my career has taken a meandering path. Back in 2010 (when I was applying for summer associate positions), it seemed that everyday ATL would write a post about how another law firm was breaking layoff records and how offer rates and salaries were dropping. I was scared at the time that I wouldn't get a job, so I went with the safest bet (i.e. highest offer rate and PPP) out of the law firms from which I received offers. Ultimately, I ended up summering at a big NYC law firm and then working for that firm after graduation, but made it less than a year before I burnt out and quit.

To make a long story short, I left the law to go to a startup in silicon valley (one of the scariest decisions I've ever made). That startup (unlike many you hear about) didn't pan out, and I switched careers back to software engineering (my undergrad). Fast forward to today, and I'm gainfully employed again, albeit not in a legal respect. However, I still am passionate about the law, software engineering and the legal community, which is why I'm posting this.

I just launched a website called Biglawrefuge http://www.biglawrefuge.com. It's a website for law students and lawyers that lets them to put in anonymous employment stats (e.g. job applications, interview data) and law firm reviews. I then aggregate statistics so that over time, law students and lawyers alike will be able to discern things like the average GPA for students offered positions at law firm X, or what percentage of students at law school Y received offers from law firm X. My hope is that the site will be community-supported by users like you and that others will find the data useful in making a very big decision about what law firm to choose their 2L year and post-graduation.

As OCI approaches, I hope that many of you will sign up, post up and track your job applications as time goes on and that many will find the site useful.

Thanks,
codeandcodes

P.s. feel free to ask me any questions about the site or my background!