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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by encore1101 » Thu May 12, 2016 12:14 pm

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Anonymous User wrote:Can anyone speak about the benefits package, specifically vacation time, in the Bronx or anywhere else?
Free health insurance, not including prescription coverage. As a first year ADA you get 15 days vacation. Each year in the office you get 5 more days until a max of 25 days per year. You pretty much have to take a week in December around the holidays and a week in the summer unless you're saving them for some reason (baby on the way, honeymoon, etc). If you're starting in Criminal Court you get a comp day for every weekend that you work. These can be used any time. I'm not sure if this will continue once they finalize the transition to vertical prosecution. A lot is changing in the office.
Any idea whether free health insurance is something that ADAs at all the NYC offices enjoy, or is this just Bronx?
All ADA offices get health insurance as NYC employees. I'm unaware of any special arrangements that Bronx (or other offices) have. Of course, you can deduct more from your salary to get better coverage, but I'm certain that basic health insurance is available in each office.

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Fri May 13, 2016 2:28 pm

encore1101 wrote:
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Anonymous User wrote:Can anyone speak about the benefits package, specifically vacation time, in the Bronx or anywhere else?
Free health insurance, not including prescription coverage. As a first year ADA you get 15 days vacation. Each year in the office you get 5 more days until a max of 25 days per year. You pretty much have to take a week in December around the holidays and a week in the summer unless you're saving them for some reason (baby on the way, honeymoon, etc). If you're starting in Criminal Court you get a comp day for every weekend that you work. These can be used any time. I'm not sure if this will continue once they finalize the transition to vertical prosecution. A lot is changing in the office.
Any idea whether free health insurance is something that ADAs at all the NYC offices enjoy, or is this just Bronx?
All ADA offices get health insurance as NYC employees. I'm unaware of any special arrangements that Bronx (or other offices) have. Of course, you can deduct more from your salary to get better coverage, but I'm certain that basic health insurance is available in each office.
Second anon. Thanks for the reply. Since ADAs have modest salaries it's nice to know I won't be too burdened by health insurance.

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Fri May 13, 2016 7:43 pm

is more than half of DANY's class typically made up of t14ers? From the fb group + who I know that's not on fb, a whole lot of t14. i wonder if its just because this is a bigger class

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

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Anonymous User wrote:is more than half of DANY's class typically made up of t14ers? From the fb group + who I know that's not on fb, a whole lot of t14. i wonder if its just because this is a bigger class
DANY is snobby as shit. :lol:

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

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Anonymous User wrote:is more than half of DANY's class typically made up of t14ers? From the fb group + who I know that's not on fb, a whole lot of t14. i wonder if its just because this is a bigger class
I don't remember it being overwhelmingly T-14 when I interned there - I also got the distinct impression that no one cares where anyone else went to law school after the initial awkward small talk getting to know you questions.

The members of the FB group are also probably a function of people already knowing each other . . . one person from a T-14 joins, adds all the other people they know going there.

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Sat May 14, 2016 2:33 am

If anyone here's from Cook County please post

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Tue May 17, 2016 8:36 pm

Anonymous User wrote:If anyone here's from Cook County please post

Heard from ASAs that calls were going to go out last Friday, but to my knowledge nobody got the call. Does anyone know when calls are coming out?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Wed May 18, 2016 12:49 am

I haven't gotten a call or letter (or email, telegram, carrier pigeon) and I'm going insane...

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Wed May 18, 2016 2:42 pm

For my Bronx peeps, when have you made your appointments to come in? I've just finished 3L finals and need to gather paperwork for it (diploma? SSCard?). Been putting off calling HR until I get it all sorted. Am I the only one who hasn't reached out yet after getting my packet?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Wed May 18, 2016 3:45 pm

Anonymous User wrote:I haven't gotten a call or letter (or email, telegram, carrier pigeon) and I'm going insane...
same.....

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Wed May 18, 2016 3:49 pm

My friend just received the offer call from Cook County. The 1st assistant called him at about 2PM ET. He worked there both summers, from top 30 law school, strong connections in Chicago.

I'm still waiting...

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Bratty_60 » Wed May 18, 2016 4:40 pm

Anonymous User wrote:For my Bronx peeps, when have you made your appointments to come in? I've just finished 3L finals and need to gather paperwork for it (diploma? SSCard?). Been putting off calling HR until I get it all sorted. Am I the only one who hasn't reached out yet after getting my packet?
I did my paperwork last week! It didn't take half a day as indicated!

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Bratty_60 » Wed May 18, 2016 4:51 pm

Any FB Group for Incoming Bronx Class of 2016?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Wed May 18, 2016 7:42 pm

Bratty_60 wrote:Any FB Group for Incoming Bronx Class of 2016?
I called today and scheduled mine for next week.

Was it just filling out paperwork?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Wed May 18, 2016 8:14 pm

Anonymous User wrote:My friend just received the offer call from Cook County. The 1st assistant called him at about 2PM ET. He worked there both summers, from top 30 law school, strong connections in Chicago.

I'm still waiting...
Anyone else heard from Cook?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Thu May 19, 2016 11:28 am

Still no word from cook. My friend that interned all throughout LS posted on Facebook today that she got an offer. Ugh this feels bad, man.

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Thu May 19, 2016 11:52 am

Anonymous User wrote:Still no word from cook. My friend that interned all throughout LS posted on Facebook today that she got an offer. Ugh this feels bad, man.
do you think she got the call yesterday too or today when she posted?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Thu May 19, 2016 11:58 am

Honestly I have no idea.

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Thu May 19, 2016 1:22 pm

There were five offers extended to people I go to school with. All of us have clerked there for over a year. A buddy of mine, who also did not receive a call, heard from his boss that due to the budget impasse in IL, the CCSAO had to cut the ENTIRE child support enforcement division. If IL can get its shit together, things could open up. Plus with Anita Alvarez leaving the office, there could be a lot of openings from the exodus that happens when a new State's Attorney is elected. Maybe I'm just trying to stay positive but I'm hoping the waitlist moves along and that I am on it.

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Thu May 19, 2016 1:43 pm

Yeah I just hope I'm on the waitlist at this point... hopefully we'll get word about that soon???

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Sat May 21, 2016 2:56 pm

Dinged by Cook today... God damn it!

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Sat May 21, 2016 6:21 pm

Also dinged from cook county today :(
Did anyone get on the waitlist?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Sat May 21, 2016 11:56 pm

How did everyone hear that they were rejected from Cook County?

I haven't heard anything either way...

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Anonymous User » Mon May 23, 2016 12:43 pm

Anonymous User wrote:How did everyone hear that they were rejected from Cook County?

I haven't heard anything either way...


Anybody know how many people they are going to take off the waitlist?

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Re: District Attorney Offices 2016

Post by Record_Sealed » Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:37 pm

Any other incoming Brooklyn ADAs aware of a Facebook group, listserv, etc? It would be nice to get to know some of the incoming class before we start! Feel free to go ahead and PM me too!

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