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yupster567

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If this doesn't work...I give up
« on: February 03, 2007, 04:31:23 PM »
I just sent out 180 resumes to Chicago-area law firms.  If I don't get at least a couple of interviews, I do not know what else to do.
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TDJD84

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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2007, 04:34:50 PM »
umm.. I think it might be too late to apply for big firms at this point since they all have their decisions made up at this point. If your targeting smaller firms than you should be in good shape because they don't usually make up their minds until March/April when they have a better idea what their needs are.
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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2007, 05:11:20 PM »
Yeah, I was applying to firms that were anywhere from 4 to 50 people.
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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2007, 10:30:41 PM »
1L or 2L?
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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2007, 10:54:19 PM »
1L

I just sent another 45 resumes to Cleveland firms

I am becoming desparate
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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2007, 09:21:34 AM »
Reality is most of these places won't pick 1L's until they solidify their 2Ls (if any), so expect to be waiting for a while... It's worse than stalking the mailbox waiting for law school acceptance letters.
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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2007, 10:19:05 AM »
Quote from: GA-fan on February 05, 2007, 09:21:34 AM
Reality is most of these places won't pick 1L's until they solidify their 2Ls (if any), so expect to be waiting for a while... It's worse than stalking the mailbox waiting for law school acceptance letters.


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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2007, 11:50:27 AM »
Networking generally will work better than a mail campaign.  I'm not knocking the mail campaign, but your best shot is going to be making direct contact with someone who can make an introduction for you.  Also, your 1l summer is a great time to try something different like working for the DA or city attorney, doing public interest, working for a professor, etc.  Good luck!

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tortfeasor111

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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2007, 01:39:01 PM »
Quote from: loyola09 on February 03, 2007, 04:31:23 PM
I just sent out 180 resumes to Chicago-area law firms.  If I don't get at least a couple of interviews, I do not know what else to do.

Good luck.  What's stange is as a college student I applied to some firms so I could get a better idea of what law school and law was all about and I had no trouble getting an internship, but as a 1L, it is much much harder.  I still haven't gotten any responses.  I don't know why this is, but its very annoying.
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Re: If this doesn't work...I give up
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2007, 02:48:54 PM »
Where to get a list of small firms?  NALP seems to have only large firms. 
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