Trading up 3L OCI with Midlaw Offer Forum

[Anonymous User]

If you secure a post-2L SA offer at an AmLaw 200, what are your chances of parlaying that into a v50 offer before/during 3L? Assume grades meet cutoffs.

Seems like having a "biglaw" offer gives you a chance, but what about a midlaw/regional biglaw offer?

[Anonymous User]

Bump.

[sparkytrainer]

3L oci isn't really a thing anymore. Summer classes are down 25% across the board. Firms just don't want to hire law students. If you think a midlaw firm is going to open up the way to a biglaw offer, you are really mistaken.

You need to start planning for the non-biglaw outcome.

[Anonymous User]

I tried that and failed, but then again, my grades were below median, so who knows. Good luck to you!

[2013]

It depends on a lot of factors (school, SA firm, v50 needs). If you’re at a t14, chances are decent. I’ve seen people go from midlaw to biglaw durin 3L oci but it wasn’t that common.

I wouldn’t count on it. You should go into your summer thinking that that is the firm you will be at instead of already thinking about trading up so you can make a few more bucks for 3-4 years before you’re shown the door.

[Anonymous User]

I got a v50 big law job the fall of my 3L without working at any law firm my 2L summer (worked at a bank instead). I am very middle of the pack grade-wise at a top 20 school that is strong in my market. I didn't get my job through 3L necessarily, but rather through a "super day" interview arranged directly by my school's career office and my firm. I honestly don't know that it matters that much whether or not you worked at a firm over the summer, but rather the work that you did (or how you spin the work that you did). I spun my experiences well and made a really good pitch for what I could add to the firm and why I'd rather be at this firm in this market rather than at the bank in another market.