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I don't know that you need to have your next job lined up if you have 100k savings, but you should at least know what you want it to be.

On old TLS there was some discussion of DHS being considered an unpleasant place to work and having high turnover, but I don't know details on that.

You normally get the CoA loans around when class starts, which can be a pain for getting books.

The tuition loans will be applied to your tuition when the tuition is due.

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Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:13 pm

Does NALP provide a list of firms that usually cold offer sunmers?

The entire premise of a cold offer is that no one outside the firm knows about it, because the person is technically given an offer.

I don't have an exact answer for you, and I didn't bid on Hogan (Edit: Actually I just remembered that I bid on them, but didn't get them in the lottery. A lot of people bid them because they had a higher interview-callback ratio than other DC firms), but my impression from my classmates is that the...

It's also worth noting that Fed Gov still has an actual pension plan, and you qualify for some payments after just 10 years. That helps somewhat with the lack of salary.

In your districts have ties to the area (through clerkships, work history, ect) been important, or do you take people from everywhere? How did they look on federal non-doj lawyers vs biglaw refugees vs ADAs? How much does the office culture and work change when the US Attorney changes? How long do p...

On team don't care about the door thing, but please don't hand me things in the bathroom.

Fluency or near fluency in Spanish and French (Portuguese is nice but less so) is a huge boost at my firm (DC BigLaw) Lots of pro bono immigration cases with v little Spanish-speaking attorneys or paralegals + lots of international arbitration with v little French-speaking attorneys or paralegals =...

I'm fairly certain no one on here has done this, because it's a baffling thing to do in almost all circumstances. I know a few people who did masters at Oxford before law school. It may given them a soft for admissions purposes, but I don't notice any difference in terms of what they're doing post LS.

Hello, folks at Spivey. In your experience, does so-called "yield protection" exist? That is, would someone with a 4.0/180 be disadvantaged at lower T14 school because those schools believe the applicant is unlikely to attend? FWIW, I had similar stats, and got into HY quickly, but had a lot of pro...

I know people who were excited to go to NYC biglaw and regret their decision. I don't know anyone who was as unsure as you are who thinks they made a good decision after. The people I know are pretty junior though. Maybe it becomes worth it once you exit.

Do you really not understand how not all things you do are imputed to your firm? If you get divorced, and represent yourself, do you believe your firm is representing you, and you have the right to use support staff and resources for that?

I'm glad we've reached TLS levels of trolling so soon after this site was created.

I have multiple friends getting married this summer. I would ideally like to go to these, but am looking at missing around 1-1.5 weeks of bar prep. Are the schedules tight enough that this is an awful idea, or is it totally workable?

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Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:42 pm

We do some civil rights stuff. I can't give too much without outing myself but the partner was involved in a super high profile civil rights case, so we get quite a few calls. Very few actually have legs, but I would love to do more of this stuff.

1983, L&E discrimination or something else?

Transactional folk - resume question for you: How specific do you get with your resume bullets, especially for deals you've worked on? If high specificity is expected, are certain deals more noteworthy than others? Let's say you worked on one WSJ-noted deal and a bunch of smaller acquisitions. Do y...

Do you and Slippin Jimmy need to fight now?

I summered at a race/sex discrimination and whistleblowing firm that also did some voting rights work, and am happy to answer general questions about that work, although I obviously can't speak personally to the associate experience.

Do you want to make income partner? If that's something you care about a lot, that's obviously a huge advantage at your current firm. If you plan to go in-house or government lit or something in a few years it doesn't matter at all.

I've been trying to figure out where the July D.C. exam will be to book a hotel. Is there no info about this out at all yet?

They become partners at the firm, partners at another firm, associates at another firm, in house, in fedgov, in stategovm at boutiques, ect.

Edit: and a good percentage just hate it, and quit law to do something else.

In retrospect, are you glad you did biglaw?

Under the section asking if you have any condition or impairment that impacts your ability to practice law ethically and professionally, would ADHD and OCD need to be disclosed if they're being managed by medication and don't impair me?

In direct services there are major advantages to knowing languages spoken by the population you are serving. I've seen a lot of French in places with North-African populations, and it can be useful in a pinch with Haitian populations (in my clinic we've managed to get by with French speakers). Is th...