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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:29 am

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W&C is doing screeners. Same with MTO.
Would you mind sharing the application >> interview invitation timeline?
I'm not the OP but MTO LA invited me for an interview the day after I submitted my app. Anyone willing to share CB to offer or ding timeline for MTO LA/Susman LA/Irell/Hueston? It would be greatly appreciated.
Did you have a screener at MTO or was it straight to callback?

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:10 pm

Anyone else starting to worry about their applications?

Ive sent out about 75 applications to mostly v100 firms and have received a handful of rejections and 2 screeners. Not sure if it is just too early to start worrying or if I'm doing something wrong.

T6, above 3.5 GPA, district court clerk in flyover district.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:53 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:29 am
Anonymous User wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:33 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:29 am
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Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:54 pm
W&C is doing screeners. Same with MTO.
Would you mind sharing the application >> interview invitation timeline?
I'm not the OP but MTO LA invited me for an interview the day after I submitted my app. Anyone willing to share CB to offer or ding timeline for MTO LA/Susman LA/Irell/Hueston? It would be greatly appreciated.
Did you have a screener at MTO or was it straight to callback?
Straight to CB, same for a friend of mine who applied this cycle, but I wouldn't be surprised if they still do screeners with very qualified people who are a bit more "straight out of law school" (friend and i both had two clerkships and/or relevant work experience etc. so that may have been a factor).

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:48 am

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Anyone else starting to worry about their applications?

Ive sent out about 75 applications to mostly v100 firms and have received a handful of rejections and 2 screeners. Not sure if it is just too early to start worrying or if I'm doing something wrong.

T6, above 3.5 GPA, district court clerk in flyover district.
What market are you looking in?

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

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I'm looking in NYC.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

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I'm looking in NYC.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

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Got it. I think a lot of firms are still in the early stages of hiring. I was able to secure CBs (in the DC market) by networking with partners informally, so perhaps that could inform your application strategy going forward.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by JorgeMichael » Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:04 pm

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Got it. I think a lot of firms are still in the early stages of hiring. I was able to secure CBs (in the DC market) by networking with partners informally, so perhaps that could inform your application strategy going forward.
For a clerkship concluding in October, what do you all think is the general timeline for NYC biglaw applications? I feel like January is kind of early, but I don't have many data points to go off of.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:06 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:33 pm
Anonymous User wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:29 am
Anonymous User wrote:
Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:54 pm
W&C is doing screeners. Same with MTO.
Would you mind sharing the application >> interview invitation timeline?
I'm not the OP but MTO LA invited me for an interview the day after I submitted my app. Anyone willing to share CB to offer or ding timeline for MTO LA/Susman LA/Irell/Hueston? It would be greatly appreciated.
Not the original OP, but I had an MTO interview. It took a while to get the ding (several weeks). I would assume hearing earlier is better.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:20 pm

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Not the original OP, but I had an MTO interview. It took a while to get the ding (several weeks). I would assume hearing earlier is better.
Does it seem like, in general, firms are slower on the turnaround from CB to offer with clerkship hiring than lateral or even OCI hiring? Wondering if those who received offers anywhere can comment on the timeline.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:34 pm

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Not the original OP, but I had an MTO interview. It took a while to get the ding (several weeks). I would assume hearing earlier is better.
Does it seem like, in general, firms are slower on the turnaround from CB to offer with clerkship hiring than lateral or even OCI hiring? Wondering if those who received offers anywhere can comment on the timeline.
Not sure about others, but my CB-to-offer timing in DC biglaw was usually no more than a few days.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:09 pm

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Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:34 pm
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Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:20 pm
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Not the original OP, but I had an MTO interview. It took a while to get the ding (several weeks). I would assume hearing earlier is better.
Does it seem like, in general, firms are slower on the turnaround from CB to offer with clerkship hiring than lateral or even OCI hiring? Wondering if those who received offers anywhere can comment on the timeline.
Not sure about others, but my CB-to-offer timing in DC biglaw was usually no more than a few days.
I received an offer from MTO earlier in the fall. Their process takes longer because they have the firm approve all hiring decisions.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:10 pm

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Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:20 pm
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Not the original OP, but I had an MTO interview. It took a while to get the ding (several weeks). I would assume hearing earlier is better.
Does it seem like, in general, firms are slower on the turnaround from CB to offer with clerkship hiring than lateral or even OCI hiring? Wondering if those who received offers anywhere can comment on the timeline.
This was not my experience. Offer was next day.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:43 pm

Anyone heard anything from O'Melveny LA or Gibson LA?

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:55 am

How's the NYC market treating y'all?

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Feb 02, 2022 12:58 pm

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How's the NYC market treating y'all?
Non 2/9/DC COA clerk here. Mass Emailed V10 early last month. No response yet.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:41 pm

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How's the NYC market treating y'all?
Non-2/9/DC COA, SDNY/EDNY/DDC clerk. Lot of recent (as in the last week) movement for me with screeners/callbacks, but nothing for offers.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Feb 02, 2022 8:59 pm

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Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:41 pm
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Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:55 am
How's the NYC market treating y'all?
Non-2/9/DC COA, SDNY/EDNY/DDC clerk. Lot of recent (as in the last week) movement for me with screeners/callbacks, but nothing for offers.
Mind sharing which firms are actively hiring?

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:24 pm

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How's the NYC market treating y'all?
2/9/DC COA clerk, this week lots of screeners.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:11 pm

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How's the NYC market treating y'all?
2/9/DC COA clerk, this week lots of screeners.
If you don't want to out yourself, could you say Vault range or "boutique"?

Also, what's a screener in this context? Still half an hour with one partner/associate?

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:47 pm

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How's the NYC market treating y'all?
2/9/DC COA clerk, this week lots of screeners.
If you don't want to out yourself, could you say Vault range or "boutique"?

Also, what's a screener in this context? Still half an hour with one partner/associate?
First anon (double clerk). Boutiques have been moving (know Kaplan Hecker, Susman, Selendy definitely). And then everywhere from V10 to lower (higher?) within V100. Have gotten a few firms say they’re scaling back clerk hiring (GDC, Hogan most notably).

Screeners have been mostly 30 mins with partners. Some firms just go straight to 4 30 min interviews though.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:09 pm

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Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:11 pm
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Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:24 pm
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How's the NYC market treating y'all?
2/9/DC COA clerk, this week lots of screeners.
If you don't want to out yourself, could you say Vault range or "boutique"?

Also, what's a screener in this context? Still half an hour with one partner/associate?
second anon. mix of Vault and "boutique." just partners.

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:57 pm

Any movement from WLRK?

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Re: 2021-2022 Post-Clerkship Hiring

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Feb 03, 2022 4:55 pm

(Sorry having trouble quoting) but when did you apply re NYC?

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