Slow Times

It's been awhile since my last post. I had a string of three days without any rejection letters. Not sure what that means... but I received some yesterday. With only three weeks left until I'm down to one semester remaining in law school and still no job offers, I'm extremely worried. Yesterday's rejectors?

Blank Rome (New York, NY)
Day Pitney (Morristown, NJ)
Barber & Wolen (San Francisco, CA)
Holland & Hart (Las Vegas, NV)
Ropes & Gray (New York, NY)

700 Club

Well, my list of rejections climbed over the 700 mark yesterday. 700. 700 firms have now rejected my application. Definitely not uplifting.

Yesterday's rejectors?

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (Washington, DC)
Troutman Sanders (Richmond, VA)
Kutak Rock (Denver, CO)

Another Option!

I scored an interview with a firm in Philadelphia! I'm excited about it! Of course, I also got some rejection letters this weekend.

K&L Gates (London, England)
Potter, Anderson & Corroon (Wilmington, DE)
Carrington Coleman (Dallas, TX)
Vinson & Elkins (Dallas, TX)
Thompson Coburn (St. Louis, MO)
Dean Mead Egerton Bloodworth Capouano & Bozarth (Orlando, FL)

It's been almost a month since my interview in New Orleans and still no word on an offer. It's currently the only option I have going for me right now, so I'm hoping it works out. Yet, the rejections continue to pile up. Yesterday's rejectors?

Reed Smith (Pittsburgh, PA)
Shearman & Sterling (Brussels, Belgium)

I Wonder If There Is A Record?

What is the world record for rejection letters in a three month span? I'm almost up to 700 now. Yesterday's rejectors?

Schiff Hardin (Chicago, IL)
Armstrong Teasdale (St. Louis, MO)
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Brussels, Belgium)
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson (Washington, DC)

It Doesn't End

As November now gets close to the half-way point, the rejections still continue to pile up and I'm still without any new leads or interviews. It's really worrysome. Yesterday's rejectors?

Mayer Brown (New York, NY)
Epstein Becker & Green (New York, NY)
Patton Boggs (Newark, NJ)
Murtha Cullina (Hartford, CT)

Networking Weekend

Just got back from a weekend wedding where I got to do some networking in Philadelphia. Hopefully one of those will pan out. As I then returned to a packed mailbox of letters. The rejectors?

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads (Philadelphia, PA)
Epstein Becker & Green (San Francisco, CA)
Dewey & LeBoeuf (Boston, MA)
Alston & Bird (New York, NY)
Shughart Thomson & Kilroy (Phoenix, AZ)
Drinker Biddle & Reath (Philadelphia, PA)
Bryan Cave (New York, NY)
Pierce Atwood (Portland, ME)
Reed Smith (Washington, DC)
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz (Atlanta, GA)

More Of The Same

First, I got an email from the firm in New Orleans letting me know that they're still in the process of making a decision. At least I haven't been ruled out yet! Of course, I also received some more rejection letters in the mail. The rejectors?

McGuireWoods (Richmond, VA)
Kelley Drye & Warren (Washington, DC)
Brooke, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard (Greensboro, NC)
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness (Seattle, WA)

Hopeful

We have a new President. No one is more hopeful than me that he can turn things around and help people find jobs. Of course, Election Day didn't mean my mailbox didn't bring bad news. Yesterday's rejectors?

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Paris, France)
Arnold & Porter (London, England)
Paul Hastings (San Diego, CA)
Paul Hastings (San Francisco, CA)

Not A Good Day

Yesterday was a rough one. Got rejected by the firm in Rockford that I really thought I would get an offer from. Then received another good chunk of rejection letters in the mail. The rejectors?

Hogan & Hartson (Washington, DC)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Washington, DC)
K&L Gates (Charlotte, NC)
Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett (San Diego, CA)
Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr (Dallas, TX)
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (New York, NY)
Murphy Hesse Toomey & Lehane (Boston, MA)

It Never Ends

I just received word (via email) from the firm in Rockford that I am not their man. That officially puts to an end any and all leads and/or interviews that I obtained through my school's oh-so productive On Campus Interview program. I'm now just waiting on word from the firm in New Orleans that I interviewed with a couple weeks ago. I feel like I'm down to my last strike.

New Month, More of the Same

It's now November. NOVEMBER. And I still have no offer and now no other interviews scheduled. And the rejections continue to pile up. This weekend's rejectors?

Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston, TX)
King & Spalding (Houston, TX)
O'Melveny & Myers (Newport Beach, CA)
Cozen O'Connor (New York, NY)
Baker & Daniels (Indianapolis, IN)