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• Guide - Mechanics of OCI, Callbacks, etc consider reading this first!
• Guide - Mass Mailing
• Guide - The 1L Job Hunt: A Guide For 0Ls
• Guide - 2L Summer Job Hunt Timeline
• Guide - Mass Mailings & Finding Non-NLJ Firms (Resume Launchpad)
• Guide - Networking/Hustling for a Job
• Guide - OCI Advice for Marginal Candidates (and Dealing with Being a Bad Interviewer)
• Guide - Networking Part 1 (Matthies)
• Guide - Networking Part 2 (Matthies)
• Guide - Picking a Law Firm (TTT-LS)
• Guide - Men's Interview Clothing (Pufer)
• Guide - Dealing with Getting a No Offer (Support Thread)
• Guide - Personal Finance 101 for Young Lawyers
• List - Public Interest Fellowships

• Incomplete List of Legal Job Fairs
• External Resources for OCI Research
• NALP Perspectives on Fall 2012 Law Student Recruiting
• NALP Perspectives on Fall 2013 Law Student Recruiting
• Inside Look at S&C Recruitment Process (Above the Law)
• Compilation of Job Search Resources

• Q&A - Lawyers Talk About Their Day-to-Day
• Q&A - First Year Biglaw Associates 1
• Q&A - First Year Biglaw Associates 2
• Q&A - V15 Senior Associate/OCI Interviewer
• Q&A - 3rd Year Biglaw Litigator
• Q&A - V50 --> Boutique Patent Associate
• Q&A - SF Biglaw Associate
• Q&A - V5 1st Year Corporate Associate
• Q&A - Clerks and Former Clerks
• Q&A - Big City Prosecutor
• Q&A - Future Public Defender
• Q&A - Small Firm Lawyer
• Q&A - Associate at Top 5 Michigan Firm
• Q&A - V50 OCI/Callback Interviewer
• Q&A - 1st Year V100 Litigation Associate
• Q&A - 2nd Year NYC V5 Associate
• Q&A - Senior V20 IP Lit Associate
• Q&A - Central Valley (CA) Associate
• Q&A - Miami 2nd Year Attorney
• Q&A - Plaintiff's Lawyer
• Q&A - 1st Year V5 --> Federal Clerk --> 4th Year V5 --> Plaintiffs Firm
• Q&A - 5th Year --> In-House
• Q&A - 1st Year Biglaw Regional Office Associate
• Q&A - Kirkland (Houston) Junior Associates
• Q&A - Junior Biglaw Litigation Associate (NYC)
• Q&A - Senior White Collar Associate
• Q&A - VC/Startup Lawyer
• Q&A - Junior In-House Counsel
• Q&A - 4th Year In-House Counsel
• Q&A - Litigators
• Q&A - NYC Biglaw --> Philly Tech/Startup/Lit Solo
• Q&A - Biglaw Entertainment/Video Game Lawyer + OCI Interviewer --> Startup In-house/Bizdev --> Startup CEO (acquired) --> Startup Exec (threads here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Q&A - Finding a Job Outside OCI (Voyager)
• Q&A/Advice - 2nd Year Regional Midlaw Lit Associate
• Q&A - SEO Law Recruiter
• Advice - Headhunters, Legal Recruiters, Etc.
• Advice - Getting a BigLaw SA Post-OCI (keg411)
• Advice - Interviewing Tips from 1st Year Associate
• Advice - Get Your Bidlist Critiqued
• Advice - Stop Reading Tea Laves; Start Mass Mailing
• Advice - 3L Job Search (Support Thread)
• Advice - Men's Interview Clothing
• Advice - Women's Interview Clothing
• Advice - Prosecutor and Public Defender Jobs
• Advice - SEO 0L Biglaw Internship
• Discussion - Associates on Life in Biglaw
• Discussion - Biglaw and Happiness
• Discussion - Paying Student Loans/General Finances
• Discussion - Info on Public Interest/Human Rights Fellowships
• Discussion - Military Law

• Biglaw - General Litigation 1
• Biglaw - General Litigation 2
• Biglaw - Capital Markets
• Biglaw - M&A 1
• Biglaw - M&A 2
• Biglaw - Labor & Employment Law
• Biglaw - Venture Capital/Emerging Company/Startup Work
• Biglaw - Bankruptcy (junior)
• Biglaw - DE Local Bankruptcy Counsel
• Biglaw - Banking/Finance Transactions
• Biglaw - Shipping Finance (midlevel)
• Biglaw - DC Regulatory (Banking and Financial Services
• Biglaw - Tax (junior)
• Biglaw - Project Finance/Leveraged Finance
• Biglaw - T&E/Private Client (non-NYC junior)
• Biglaw - Employee Benefits/Executive Comp (2nd year)
• Biglaw - Healthcare (junior)
• Biglaw - International (regulatory/policy/advocacy) (DC)
• Biglaw - General Litigation (non-NYC junior)
• Biglaw - IP Litigation (SV)
• Biglaw - Litigation (third year V10 NYC)
• Biglaw - Commercial Litigation (junior, South)
• Big Boutique - Entertainment (mostly transactional) (LA/NYC)
• Midlaw - Flyover State
• Midlaw - Bankruptcy (Creditor)/Litigation (junior)
• Midlaw - IP Litigation (CA)
• Midlaw - Insurance Defense (West Coast)
• Small Boutique - Real Estate and Telecom
• Small Boutique - Tax & Estate Planning
• Small Firm - General Practice 1
• Small Firm - General Practice 2
• Small Firm - Oil/Gas Title Work
• Small Firm - Secondary Market Ps Work (2nd year associate)
• Small Firm - Immigration
• Small Firm - Commercial/General Civil Litigation/Transactional
• Small Firm - Litigation (secondary market)
• Small Firm - Litigation (FL)
• Law Firm - Patent Prosecution 1
• Law Firm - Patent Prosecution 2
• Law Firm - Smaller Market Litigation (second year associate)
• Law Firm - Antitrust (non-DC)
• Law Firm - Litigation 1
• Law Firm - Litigation 2
• Boutique - Complex Litigation
• REIT
• In-House - Bank
• In-House - Healthcare Transactions
• In-House - Tax
• In-House - Contract Manager (F100 Tech Company)
• In-House - Software Company (junior)
• In-House - Products (junior)
• In-House - Insurance Company
• In-House - Patent
• Criminal - AUSA
• Criminal - Prosecutor in US Territory
• Criminal - District Attorney (small county)
• Criminal - District Attorney (appeals unit)
• Criminal - City/County Attorney
• Criminal - County Prosecutor (moderate metro area)
• Criminal - ADA (large county)
• Criminal - Prosecutor (Traffic+Sex Crimes)
• Criminal - Prosecutor (Misdemeanors)
• Criminal - Prosecutor
• Criminal - State Public Defender 1
• Criminal - State Public Defender 2
• Criminal - Public Defender 1
• Criminal - Public Defender 2
• Criminal - Public Defender (small town)
• Criminal - Public Defender (large market)
• Criminal - Public Defender (junior + senior) (Philadelphia)
• Federal Agency - Regulatory
• Federal Agency - SSA
• Federal Agency - First Year Honors Attorney
• Federal Agency - Attorney-Adviser
• Federal Agency - Navy Office of General Counsel
• Federal Agency - DoJ Civil (first year)
• Judiciary - Federal District Court Law Clerk 1
• Judiciary - Federal District Court Law Clerk 2
• Judiciary - Federal District Court Law Clerk 3
• Judiciary - Federal Circuit Court Law Clerk
• Judiciary - State Appellate Court Staff Attorney 1
• Judiciary - State Appellate Court Staff Attorney 2
• Public Interest - Legal Aid
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• Public Interest - International Human Rights NGO
• Public Interest - Impact Litigation (Staff Attorney)
• Academic - Clinical Teaching Fellow

• Advice - San Francisco
• Advice - Atlanta
• Advice - New Jersey
• Advice - Los Angeles
• Advice - Nashville
• Advice - Miami
• Advice - Seattle

• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

• Stats - Fall 2014 2L OCI Results (Raw Data and Compiled)
• Stats - Fall 2013 2L OCI Results (Raw Data and Compiled)
• Stats - Fall 2012 2L OCI Results (Raw Data and Compiled)
• Stats - Fall 2011 2L OCI Results (Raw Data)
• Stats - Fall 2011 2L OCI Results (Compiled)
• Stats - 2012 SA Class Sizes and Breakdowns by School
• Stats - 2013 EIP Results
• Legal Salary Datapoints
• In-House Legal Salary Datapoints

Alyosha wrote:I've been reading TLS almost 2 years now, and I have learned so much about the legal profession, 1L study strategies, and job prospects from this site. As a way to give back, I thought I would post a compilation of all the OCI/job search advice threads I have collected. There is a ton of great advice about OCI and other job search strategies (particularly for clerkships) on the site, but it seems very spread out in different threads, and sometimes buried in threads that are otherwise unhelpful.

So, with this post I am going to link to all the OCI or other job search threads I have found useful. When there is a helpful post that is buried in a thread, I will point out where in the thread it is located.

My disclaimer: I am a rising 2L, so I have not been through 2L OCI. I am no expert on bidding strategy (at my school we have a preselect system so I really don't know much about this), OCI generally, or anything else posted here.

If there are threads I am missing, please post them and I will update the original thread.

Fall 2009 OCI callbacks thread:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... ci+results

Anecdotal info for school offer rates (% of class with an SA offer for summer 2010). Mostly T14 schools with a few T30 (UNC and Notre Dame specifically). This is mostly just speculation based on rumors at different schools:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 010+offers

OCI bidding strategy:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=110974 (choosing markets, using bids)

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =3&t=75027 (TTT-LS's posts begin on the first page about halfway down, but he or she also gives great advice later in the thread as well)

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =3&t=73240 (TTT-LS recommends some good sites for researching firms about halfway down first pg)

OCI general tips:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=100787

"Appropriate Bid list for top 1/3 at a top 10" targeting NY:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =3&t=80122 (Career services told him or her it was an appropriate list).

Interviewing advice for OCI:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=120103 (anonymous user about halfway down 1st page)

hiring partner blog

http://hiringpartneradvice.blogspot.com/ (not a TLS thread and I haven't read this extensively, but it looks super helpful)

Descriptions of law specialties, lawyer's taking questions threads:

Tax: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=117914 (NayBoer's post about halfway down 1st pg)

3rdyrLitigator's thread: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 23&t=82732 (lots of good advice here about firm life, work as an associate, etc)

securities/corporate law: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=116961 (see Kotchel's post about 2/3 of the way down pg 1)

Voyager's guide to finding a job beyond OCI:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=117187 (it appears he is at a top school and was deferred after the 2L SA, so this advice may work mostly for people at top schools)

How to handle personal connections with biglaw lawyers ("my dad knows someone in biglaw..."):

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=116402

Clerkship advice threads

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=116350

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=111846 (discusses off plan hiring as well)

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=111786

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=109007

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =3&t=81852 (discusses federal district clerkships)

Networking advice

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&t=115562 (Bettercallsaul's advice about halfway down, and there are some book recommendations in this thread as well)

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... r#p2868728 (matthies's advice on page 17. there is a part 1 and 2).

Discussion of the new NALP numbers on expected 2010 classes:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=113076

Succeeding as a summer associate:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=112916

Liberal law firms:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=115283

Advice for T14 OCI strikeouts who are interested in finance or consulting:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 23&t=86936

List of government jobs that hire JD's right out of school:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 23&t=83433

Suit advice:
see pg 2 of this thread, Pufer's quoted post

Lifestyle of a lawyer (work/life balance discussion, also discusses job prospects ITE):

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... =3&t=71439

2009 NLJ 250 data

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNL ... hbxlogin=1
Updates for 2012

Sealocust's OCI research thread:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=157633

Pufer on Men's Suit (updated, and direct link):
see pg 2 of this thread for the quoted post. I can't get the link to copy and past properly.

Mass Mailing non-NLJ250 firms (extremely useful how-to guide for finding contact info and mailing firms that are not listed on NALP)

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=178520

acdisagod wrote:I love how nice post has become the new "tag". That being said: nice post!

danidancer wrote:Thanks, OP!

NYC Law wrote:

danidancer wrote:Thanks, OP!

And thank you for reviving this. Never would have seen it.

NYC Law wrote:

danidancer wrote:Thanks, OP!

And thank you for reviving this. Never would have seen it.