Everything You Need To Know About Fall Recruiting Season (Part III: Callbacks)
You've survived the biggest culling of the candidate herd. What happens next?
Interview Horror Stories: How To Respond To A Raging Racist?
How should candidates respond when subjected to offensive behavior during the recruiting process?
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Uh-Oh! Hackers Screw Up Biglaw Callbacks At T14 Law School
Which law school experienced a hack that could've put students' careers in jeopardy?
11 Tips For The Biglaw Interview Day
What can you do to translate that interview into a job offer?
‘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 Time Tracking And Passive Tracking Tools Are Helping Law Firms Capture More Revenue
Discover how passive time-tracking tools help law firms boost revenue, reduce billing errors, and save time—featuring insights from the 2025 MyCase Legal Industry Report.
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.
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?
How LexisNexis CourtLink And Lexis Snapshot Deliver Business Wins
These tools demonstrate that information is power.
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....
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....
Future Lawyer of the Day: Law Student Rescues Orphaned Baby
Here at Above the Law, we frequently publish stories about law students who have been accused of doing pretty bad things. We thought we'd change it up a little bit and bring you a story about a law student who did something good. Actually, this particular law student did something great. On August 31, a law student rescued an orphaned baby. Who is this remarkable heroine and where does she go to school?
Career Center: Assessing the OCI Interview Process
With OCI coming to an end at most law schools, now is the time to sit back and assess the interview process. While you may be tempted to tune out until you receive an offer (or rejection), don’t. In addition to reviewing your performance in the interview, you should critique the performance of the law […]