Trio Of Elite Law Schools Try Biglaw Early Interviews To Give Their Students Even More Of A Leg Up
More fallout from the changed NALP recruitment rules.
Picking A Law Firm: Prestige Versus Practice Area
Which factor matters more? A future summer associate seeks your advice.
Take The OCI Challenge
Do you really know how to nail the interview? Take our quiz to find out!
8 Tips For On-Campus Interviewing
If you're about to go through on-campus interviewing, check out this advice from Anonymous Recruitment Director.
Anonymous Recruitment Director Answers Your Email Questions (Part 1)
Have a question about getting a job in Biglaw? Anonymous Recruitment Director answers many of them here.
Master Class Douchery: 3L Gunner Schools Classmates in Interviewing
Sometimes the line between helpful and annoying is hard to see.
Decrypting Crypto, Digital Assets, And Web3
"Decrypting Crypto" is a go-to guide for understanding the technology and tools underlying Web3 and issues raised in the context of specific legal practice areas.
Columbia Asks Alumni for $1,000 to Help Pay for Biglaw Interviews
File this under: "reasons why the alumni office should clear everything with the PR department." Somebody at Columbia Law School sent out an email to recent alumni asking for a $1,000 donation (or twelve $85 monthly installments) to help current law students. A bunch of Columbia grads who aren't working in Biglaw were asked to... wait, let me get this language exactly right: "Give a student the chance at a dream job." Hilarity ensues....
Career Center: Ready, Set, Interview — Researching Your Way Into a Job Offer
In this week’s Career Center Tips Series, Lateral Link’s Frank Kimball, an expert recruiter and former Biglaw hiring partner, discusses the importance of research prior to on-campus interviewing. View the interview as an athletic contest that requires energy, preparation, and constant flexibility. You will turn the tables and impress the employer with your knowledge of […]
Quote of the Day: HARVARD LAW SECURE
While no one was immune from the economic downturn, over the past two years, graduate employment figures for Harvard law students have matched those over the prior twenty years. — Martha Minow, dean of Harvard Law School, in an email sent to the HLS class of 2012 (reprinted in full after the jump).
Career Center: Preparing for On-Campus Interviews — Know Your Strengths & Limitations
Now that the summer is almost over, the Career Center will be switching gears and posting tips and advice on the most magical time of the year for law students — On-Campus Interviews (OCI). In the next few weeks, law firms will be dropping down the chimneys of law schools across the country, giving summer […]
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Interview Season Will Start Even Earlier at Harvard Law School
If we all try really hard, maybe we can get 2L interviewing season to start immediately after 1L finals. For the second time in three years, Harvard Law School has decided to start it’s early interviewing program (EIP) earlier in the year. But this time they’ve also decided to push back the start of fall […]