Cornell OCI 2010 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything from the firms at this week's OCI?

CB from Ward Greenberg.

[Anonymous User]

Anybody hear from Howrey oCI?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from Finn Dixon?

[Anonymous User]

now that big law recruiting is winding down, i wanted to ask, was career services helpful? i didn't think they gave me any helpful advice, but i have some other friends who think otherwise.

[Anonymous User]

now that big law recruiting is winding down, i wanted to ask, was career services helpful? i didn't think they gave me any helpful advice, but i have some other friends who think otherwise.

i think dean derosa was extremely helpful ... but I think it is because I knew exactly what I was looking for, I put in a lot of work in researching and bidding for firms at OCI, and I made sure I met with him on a regular basis (to keep him updated on my progress; to ask about what to expect at the next callback, etc.).

[Anonymous User]

I think the ONLY thing beneficial about career services was Suzanne Hess's doom-and-gloom perspective. Her pessimism prompted me to bid pretty conservatively, and I believe conservative-bidding was critical to those outside the white shoe range.

[Anonymous User]

I found them to be overall pretty helpful. Though I will say that I think that their advice was a little too cookie-cutter. As somebody with an unusual background, I would have liked a little more personalized advice. It was not until I figured out what I was doing wrong on my own and tweaked my interview strategy that I started having success (0 callbacks from NY Job Fair, 5 afterwards . . . 4 from major markets). Anyway, I am really happy where I ended up, so I have no reason to complain, I just can't help but think I would have had more choices had I received different advice.

[Anonymous User]

any tips for 2Ls with no job at this point?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything from the firms at this week's OCI?

CB from Ward Greenberg.

Did they mention when they would be making decisions? Forgot to ask...

[Anonymous User]

Has anybody heard anything from any 2L government programs?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything from the firms at this week's OCI?

CB from Ward Greenberg.

Did they mention when they would be making decisions? Forgot to ask...

They said they're slow, usually takes them a few weeks. They also don't follow the NALP guidelines so if you get an offer you only have 2-3 weeks to make a decision.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from Finn Dixon?

Yes. CB, two days after OCI.

[Anonymous User]

Has anybody heard anything from any 2L government programs?

FTC (no decision yet). Any others?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from any of the recent biglaw resume drops with Hess (Kirkland, McDermott, etc.)

[Anonymous User]

What is the general ratio of callbacks to offers?

I think it would be really useful for everyone to post their number of CBs and an estimated GPA and we can see what the trend was like this year.

Up to now, we have:

4/ ~3.55
8/ ~3.55
6/ ~3.39
2/ ~3.35
2/ ~3.28
7/ ~3.5
2/ ~3.3


Who else? If you mentioned yours and it's not up here, repost.

[Anonymous User]

is oci over?

anyone have a clue how to get small firm jobs besides the stupid small law job book from career services?

[Anonymous User]

is oci over?

anyone have a clue how to get small firm jobs besides the stupid small law job book from career services?

Did you talk to career services directly? Mass mail, I'd think. Hell, go to the city you want to be in and knock on their doors with your resume, references, etc. Be dogged.

[Anonymous User]

What percent of people in OCI were able to get biglaw jobs? I feel like I am the only kid at median who didn't get a biglaw job.

[Anonymous User]

bump because I'm curious too.

[Anonymous User]

There are definitely others at and above median who didn't get biglaw.

I don't know why you'd expect anyone here to know the percentage that did get Biglaw at this stage in the game. Ask career services.