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Law School Applications / ITT: I sell out, or SPAM« on: February 14, 2009, 01:07:05 PM »
I imagine there are a few other posters around here who have received PMs about joining various college advising companies. Most offers are "give us money" referral/training scams, some are established advising companies paying $8 an hour, and the rest are upstart websites trying to give you a small cut of nonexistent income. I stopped investigating the offers after spending a summer at my firm and accepting my fate as a lawyer. I did some freelance work on the side, but nothing extreme.
In December, one of my former prelaws emailed asking if her uncle could call me about his new advising business. I told her when I was free and her uncle called me the next day. He was an NYC attorney and was amazed at how much his niece had paid for my services. (way below the market rate, but still pretty high) The uncle was investing in a blog network and had some novel ideas for bringing down the cost of law school advice using said network. We talked for a few hours and finally he asked if I was "in". I asked him what kind of compensation he was offering. Monthly salary equal to the fee his niece paid plus a small % of revenue, I'm expected to work about 5 hours a week. I told him I was in. The first two checks cleared so, starting Monday, I'm working for subtledig.com on the zeroL blog (zerolblog.com or prelawadvice.com). I'm writing the blog with a traditional prelaw counselor out of Atlanta and I'll be lead on the answer forum starting 3/2. Part of my employment contract limits my participation on lsd, so I won't be around as much. <3s 13
General Board / ITT: Biggest legal scam in history« on: February 12, 2009, 02:38:10 PM »
Secondary journals.
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General Board / ITT: i discuss midlaw« on: February 12, 2009, 01:31:57 PM »
For purposes of this thread, midlaw = any 10-70 attorney firm with greater than 50% of revenue coming from corporate practice groups (lit, trans).
Pros: Many pay market or near market Less formulaic hiring standards Many expect less hours than biglaw More responsibility Cons: Hiring standards are still quite high Lateral opportunities can be worse Bonuses are rare More responsibility How to find: If you are familiar with the area, you should be able to find the midlaw firms with minimal networking. If you aren't familiar with the area, look at martindale and local bar membership listings. NALP helps but isn't exhaustive. Rankings lists are useless. Applying: Few OCI. Personalized cover letters are key. You will be screened, don't suck on the phone. Some will make summer offers without a flyout. Flyout interviews are just like biglaw flyouts. In conclusion: Work there. 15
General Board / Possible to feel good after closed book, multiple choice law school exam?« on: December 17, 2008, 01:48:42 PM »
A. Yes
B. No C. Maybe D. A & C E. A & B F. None G. All 16
General Board / Bored...« on: December 01, 2008, 03:41:37 PM »
I don't know how to make it through 1.5 more years of this...
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Anecdotes from every 40-50 school - the hardest hit« on: November 04, 2008, 11:39:21 AM »
All from trustworthy friends...
Maryland - Two(!?) top 15% students unable to get market in NYC or Baltimore yet nabbed federal clerkships. One top 20%er unable to secure market in Baltimore or DC. Two filler 1Ls who grabbed market in Baltimore last year but completely struck out at OCI. Wake Forest - Three top 10% had easy time grabbing market in Charlotte/Research Triangle. Two 10-15%ers who had multiple local interviews/flyouts - no offers. Three 15-40%ers with science backgrounds nabbed local market with relative ease. Tulane - (obviously unfair for this list) Houston and Dallas tightened up significantly. Multiple top 20%ers without a Texas flyout. (Some top 50% flyouts last semester) NYC same as always - some top 10-25%ers nabbed NYC - some didn't. NOLA surprising strong - 40%ers nabbing market. Lots of ATL flyouts, don't know how those students did. Apparently off campus programs that happened in late summer were more successful than non-NOLA OCI - I think time period had a lot to do with that. Top 10% has market in Houston, Dallas, NOLA, NYC, Philly, and LA. UC Davis Four 20-33%ers with science background have market. OCI was almost exclusive to top 10% Social science backgrounds in bottom 90% having tough time. American Two top 10%ers able to get NYC market, but unable to DC market. Top 30%er unable to get an interview (three screeners though) BYU Comparatively kicking ass. Top 18-20%er with multiple V100 offers. Top 30%er with social science background with Dallas market. SMU Filler 1Ls are in the best shape. Multiple 25-30% fillers with 1L offer and not one OCI. Top 10 (not percent) student without a market offer. Science backgrounds dominating top third market offers. Lack of mobility hurting the school as Dallas gets super tight. UConn Connecticut (New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford) market available to top 20%. Two top 10%ers have NYC market. UFlorida Tighter, but not significantly so given the Florida legal market. Two top 15%ers with GT. 18
Law School Applications / ITT: The LSD Cycle, explained.« on: July 30, 2008, 02:06:51 PM »
Recently registered members: I hate you. Edit: As I obviously did not follow this cycle, I will propose the secondary LSD cycle - for those of us that are "special" enough to stick around.
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Law School Applications / ITT: How I lost, along with my scholarship, my love for Tulane ** Update **« on: June 24, 2008, 04:37:26 PM »
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / So...is it your dream job?« on: June 24, 2008, 09:56:31 AM »
As a recent ATL comment implied...
You spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars studying for the LSAT You spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars applying to a dozen or so law schools You spend countless hours and thousands of dollars picking your law school You spend countless (seriously this time) hours and tens (hundreds) of thousands of dollars attending law school You spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars searching for a job You spend countless hours and thousands of dollars studying for the bar Given the time, effort, and money spent - being a lawyer should be your dream job. Is it? |
