The company I worked for has an office in DC. They probably pay $25-$30/hour there. I can reach out to my contact for you if you like.
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The company I worked for has an office in DC. They probably pay $25-$30/hour there. I can reach out to my contact for you if you like.
Pollux
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kkaabboomm are you practicing back in KY?
brucewaynegretzky
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Yep, no problem. Just pm a dropbox link to your resume if you want.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yes. It is awesome.
ZackieChan
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Had the same thing happen with a sweet paid internship with a big car manufacturer this summer. Would have paid great, but they cancelled it (after making me go through a two hour interview...).
Also, is anyone on here in the Los Angeles area?
RandomDancing
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At least in my area they are all over the careerbuilder and monster.com type sites. I don't know how reputable the postings are since I haven't had to look too much into them (yet).
brucewaynegretzky
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Weren't you interviewing for a gig not that long ago Random? No luck there? If worse comes to worse we can spend a few months commiserating about how stupid people are in the shit they say in their corporate e-mail accounts. When I was doing FOIAs I was always amazed at the shit people said in e-mails that had their job title in the signature.
PS I'm getting drunk tonight. On the way there. This seems like a good decision. Maybe I'll drop in later. I'll probably start telling girls at the bar they don't warrant strict scrutiny.
RandomDancing
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Kind of similar story: I was interviewing for a 1 year position as an associate at a firm - basically they weren't drowning in extra income and needed someone to handle the doc review kind of stuff for a few big cases but they didn't want to be obligated to keep them after a year. Anyway after a few interviews they let me know they decided to just hire part-time work on an as-needed basis instead. I thought they might have said that just to make me feel better about not getting the job, but yesterday they posted on my school's job site looking for law students available for doc review for a complex case going to trial in mid-August, so I guess it was true. I dealt with the rejection in a similar fashion to what you're planning tonight.
At the moment I've got a few small things that are possibilities but I'm trying my best to focus on passing the bar and convincing myself that my area's market will have more opportunities starting around September.
At the moment I've got a few small things that are possibilities but I'm trying my best to focus on passing the bar and convincing myself that my area's market will have more opportunities starting around September.
brucewaynegretzky
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Sorry to hear that. Hope things work out.
Last night was a definitely a solid plan. I'm done with being angry now. Back to studying and harassing contacts. The major problem with all of this is it's hard to stay motivated to keep working when you don't feel like anything ever comes of it. The way I put it to my one friend is no one should ever be this busy/stressed with things to do and unemployed at the same time. It just makes no damn sense.
O and good luck zmoney! This shouldn't affect the transfer though right?
Pollux
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Final grades? Yea they're pretty important lol. But if I can get a year GPA of above a 3.00, with good recommendations and a good LSAT score, then I should be competitive for all the schools I applied to except Indiana. Indiana was the one I applied to on the off chance I somehow pulled straight A's this semester haha.
Can someone please tell me why the LSAT score matters at all in the transfer process?
kkaabboomm
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private practice, corporate litigation, down in Atlanta.
I know how rare that is, especially now a days. In another year, I'm gonna try to make the switch to a small boutique firm doing Trusts and Estates, which is my real interest. No one in this entire city would talk to me without 2 years experience, but they all said they loved my interest and to give them a call after 2 years. So we'll see.
I know how rare that is, especially now a days. In another year, I'm gonna try to make the switch to a small boutique firm doing Trusts and Estates, which is my real interest. No one in this entire city would talk to me without 2 years experience, but they all said they loved my interest and to give them a call after 2 years. So we'll see.
You've never gone through an interview?
Pollux
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Wear a suit and make sure the color of the tie is appropriate. No solid red ties since that's a power color so stick with blues, grays, purples, etc.
But most importantly wear a damn suit. The number of people in my law class who wore "business casual" to interviews at law firms or internships makes me want to scream. Not to mention that it seems nobody under the age of 25 or so knows what business casual means.
Well, good luck!
brucewaynegretzky
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Ok I was confused where you were in the process. I thought you had already gotten in somewhere. I hope things work out!
Did people seriously go to interviews in something other than a suit? Colleges need to start offering courses in professionalism.
Pollux
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Thanks!
And, yes. Not only was he not in slacks and a button shirt which loose "business casual" he was rocking a pair of jeans and a button shirt. I really wanted to slap him. As far as I'm aware, and what I've always been told, is that "business casual" just means a suit without the tie and the top button unbuttoned. Granted the definition of business casual changes depending on the industry you're in, but from what I've seen at the firms I've worked at...my definition seems to be appropriate. And that way you're never the one that's too casual. Better to be overdressed than underdressed for any occasion.
We're business casual in the office, and that includes khakis most days and jeans on Fridays. But never for an interview.
Byakuya769
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Finished barely over the median. Fuck this shit.
brucewaynegretzky
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You did better than MOST. Could certainly be worse. I know it sucks, but try and keep perspective.
Great job!
I finished my first year around that. Ended up in the Coif. I took the lessons I learned the first year to heart, and I did great from then on.
Lol we have the same gpas!
I always forget you're in ls- and no worries, you did way better than me.
Byakuya769
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Yea, but you're in one of the feeder schools for NYC corporate practice. I'm a couple of ranks back.
what are you doing this summer, if you don't mind me asking?
Byakuya769
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No problem. Working as a RA right now, and then I have a month long internship at a v100. I'll definitely be busting my ass there.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Contact your career services office and do a mock interview.
Interviews are my biggest strength. I've never not gotten an offer after the interview. Work hard at getting good at them.
SerArthurDayne
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What? I would think recording would almost always be a bad thing. Just get a notepad for the important stuff.
Byakuya769
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So I had a meeting with career services and that was pretty affirming. Obviously some of my "dream firms" have led to a cold water bath, but there are still some really good places I might have a shot at.
So I can just continue networking and polishing my interview skills. Then I hope for the best.
So I can just continue networking and polishing my interview skills. Then I hope for the best.
No, I don't record anything.
We record everything, transcribe it, and post it on the firm's blog.
Man, that's just one of those "crap-shoot" scenarios. I think I recall that kind of thing happening to a classmate, but the interviewer was a rebel, disagreed with the "business casual" provision, and still wanted people to wear suits. Those kinds of things just happen sometimes.
brucewaynegretzky
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That would violate confidentiality!
brucewaynegretzky
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There is no way you're going to pass the bar.
brucewaynegretzky
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I continue to find odd how much bar prep resembles the five stages of grief.
You did great. Y'all stress about grades too much.
Studying for the VA bar and starting to crack just a little.... I've become very tense and argumentative. This morning at breakfast (on Saturdays I go to breakfast at a greasy spoon in the ghetto with my uncles - think the Greeks from the Wire) I blasted at one of the for his bullshit conservative opinions and went into a rant about gay marriage. Just now at dinner (I'm living at home whilst I study) my dad was mouthing off about "international law is useless", and I tried to correct him, but he kept on so I stood up said, "I don't have time to waste on this nonsense" and got up and went back to my desk. Girlfriend is about to become ex-girlfriend too...
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