As the OCI merry-go-round continues to spin at law school campuses across the country, it looks like some law firms are getting a little sloppy. Sure, some rejection letters are deserved, but others are being sent to students who never even interviewed with the firm in the first place.
Take, for example, this rejection letter that a very confused law student received:
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Here’s what our tipster says of the rejection letter that was sent for no reason:
I was never selected to interview with the firm for OCI in the first place, yet they still sent me the boiler plate denial of a second interview that other people received who did interview with them. I just thought, “I get it, you don’t want me.”
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Staci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.