Interview Horror Stories: How To Respond To A Raging Racist?
How should candidates respond when subjected to offensive behavior during the recruiting process?
11 Tips For The Biglaw Interview Day
What can you do to translate that interview into a job offer?
7 Key Trends In Law Firm Rate Negotiations
And how to navigate them in 2026.
‘Please Pretend To Care’ And Other On-Campus Interviewing Lessons
A look at the results of our OCI survey, including the firms rated most highly by student interviewees.
A Fall Recruiting Debacle: One Firm Decides To Go Explode Some Offers
Yikes! What would you do if put in such a situation?
How Do You Choose Which Law Firm Offer To Accept?
ATL editors share their musings on choosing a law firm to work for.
So How Was OCI?
If you participated in your school's on-campus interviewing process, please let us know how it went.
5 Tips For Proving Your Legal Department’s Value
Join our expert panel on March 3rd at 1pm ET to explore actionable, emerging ways you can gather and proactively share the data that demonstrates the impact of your work.
Some Thoughts About On-Campus Interviewing
Contrary to popular belief, law students ARE still getting jobs. Here are some helpful resources for 2Ls going through on-campus interviewing.
Quinn Emanuel Takes a New Approach to On-Campus Recruiting
Nobody has ever accused Quinn Emanuel of being too conventional. Now the firm is experimenting with a new approach to on-campus recruiting. What does John Quinn have up his sleeve?
Inside Straight: Tales From The Interview Crypt
Mark Herrmann wishes he could name names; he really does. But he works at the world's leading insurance broker for law firms, and he can't go around offending the clients (or potential clients). You'll just have to guess. All of these interviews actually took place. He swears it. He didn't say these stories were uplifting. He said only that they were true....
An Inside Look at Sullivan & Cromwell’s Recruiting Process
Be careful about what you place in the trash. Law firms have paper shredders for a reason; use them. Consider this your practice pointer for the day. Earlier this month, an ATL reader sent us a collection of documents relating to Sullivan & Cromwell's on-campus interviewing program. So, what was in these documents? The contents will be of interest to partners and associates at other firms, as well as law students going through the OCI process right now....
How LexisNexis State Net Uses Gen AI To Tame Gov’t Data
Its new features transform how you can track and analyze the more than 200,000 bills, regulations, and other measures set to be introduced this year.
Career Center: Event Etiquette for Dummies (or Sloppy 2Ls)
This fall you will be invited to attend pre-interview receptions, post-OCI dinners, and various meals and receptions during and after callback interviews. How you handle yourself during these events can have an impact on whether you receive an offer and your reputation in the firm. Follow these sensible rules, courtesy of Lateral Link’s Frank Kimball, […]
Students Making Fun of Biglaw Interviewer Overheard By MOST OF THE AIRPORT
Every couple of years, people need to be reminded not to have private conversations in public. Who could forget Acela Bob, the Pillsbury partner who talked about firing people on a crowded train? UVA Law students, that's who. We have another installment of: when popping your collar goes wrong....