Weekend Woes

Another weekend of lots of rejections. However, I did get a promising email from a firm in Sacramento, of which I now have a phone interview on Wednesday! I'm not holding my breathe at this point, but we'll see.

The weekend's rejectors?

Morgan Lewis & Bockius (Chicago, IL)
Gallagher & Kennedy (Phoenix, AZ)
White & Williams (Philadelphia, PA)
Cairncross & Hempelmann (Seattle, WA)
Stites & Harbison (Atlanta, GA)
Holland & Knight (Miami, FL)
Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston, TX)
Baker & Hostetler (Houston, TX)
Quinn Emanuel (Los Angeles, CA)
Munger, Tolles & Olson (Los Angeles, CA)

Running Out of Time

I'm not a believer in miracles, but I really need one now. January is almost over and I'm still without even an interview lined up. Graduation is not going to be something to celebrate if I'm without a job.

Yesterday's rejectors?

Bryan Cave (Kansas City, MO)
Weil Gotshal & Manges (Miami, FL)
Mills Meyers Swartling (Seattle, WA)

Obama: Day One = More Of The Same

Yesterday, our new President was sworn in. I'm optimistic that he'll improve our country's economic conditions (meaning I'll actually be able to find a job!). However, Day 1 led to the following list of rejectors in my mailbox. It was a LARGE mail day.

King & Spalding (Houston, TX)
Osborn Maledon (Phoenix, AZ)
Lewis & Roca (Phoenix, AZ)
Leonard, Street & Deinard (Minneapolis, MN)
Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin (Philadelphia, PA)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Los Angeles, CA)
Kutak Rock (Denver, CO)
Mayer Brown (Los Angeles, CA)
Nutter McClennen & Fish (Boston, MA)
Dechert (Charlotte, NC)
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (Philadelphia, PA)
Dean Mead Egerton Bloodworth Capouano & Bozarth (Orlando, FL)
Baker Botts (Houston, TX)
Gibbs & Bruns (Houston, TX)
Barnes & Thornburg (Indianapolis, IN)
Fredrikson & Byron (Minneapolis, MN)
Shughart Thomson & Kilroy (Kansas City, MO)
Gilmore & Bell (Kansas City, MO)
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney (Philadelphia, PA)
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Los Angeles, CA)
O'Melveny & Myers (San Francisco, CA)
DLA Piper (Seattle, WA)
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman (Seattle, WA)
Moore & Van Allen (Charlotte, NC)
Bryan Cave (Phoenix, AZ)
Gammage & Burnham (Phoenix, AZ)
Morrison & Foerster (Los Angeles, CA)
Faegre & Benson (Denver, CO)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Washington, DC)
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (Denver, CO)

Weekend of Woe

It's another weekend with no good news. Several days of jammed mailboxes of rejections. No positive emails. No positive phone calls. I finished one of my successful semester, raised the GPA, and yet it isn't appearing to be making a difference.

This weekend's rejectors?

Davis Wright Tremaine (Seattle, WA)
Littler Mendelson (San Francisco, CA)
Hill, Farrer & Burrill (Los Angeles, CA)
DLA Piper (San Diego, CA)
Baker & Hostetler (Denver, CO)
Dann, Pecar, Newman & Kleiman (Indianapolis, IN)
Foster Pepper (Seattle, WA)
Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland (Seattle, WA)
Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson (Minneapolis, MN)
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck (Denver, CO)
Montgomery McCracken, Walker & Rhoads (Philadelphia, PA)
Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Holley & Thompson (Las Vegas, NV)
Cooley Godward & Kronish (San Diego, CA)
Kilpatrick Stockton (Atlanta, GA)
Goodwin Procter (San Francisco, CA)
Warden Triplett Grier (Kansas City, MO)
Lewis Rice & Fingersh (Kansas City, MO)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Houston, TX)
Alston & Bird (Atlanta, GA)
Snell & Wilmer (Phoenix, AZ)
Kolesar & Leatham (Las Vegas, NV)

Fear

It's really getting close to the point where I'm out of options. It's now mid-January. I have no interviews lined up. And, at this point, only one potential offer floating out there. But I'm going to have to decide at some point where I'm going to be taking the bar exam. And that decision has to be made before I graduate. I really hope something positive happens soon. Of course, the rejections keep coming.

Recent rejectors?

Akerman Senterfitt (Miami, FL)
Sidley Austin (San Francisco, CA)
Hunton & Williams (Miami, FL)
Burke Costanza & Cuppy (Indianapolis, IN)
DLA Piper (San Francisco, CA)
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney (Pittsburgh, PA)
Bilzin Sumberg (Miami, FL)
Baker & Daniels (Indianapolis, IN)
Fox Rothschild (Philadelphia, PA)
Miller & Martin (Atlanta, GA)
Jones Day (Atlanta, GA)

New Year? Seems Like More Of The Same

I spent the past week in a trial practice intensive course. While in the class, I was FLOODED with rejections. I'm now into my last semester of law school. I have no job lined up. No interviews lined up. I've sent out thousands of resumes and cover letters. Law school is looking like it's possibly been one of the biggest mistakes I could have made.

Last week's rejectors?

Holland & Knight (Los Angeles, CA)
Nossaman (Los Angeles, CA)
Hogan & Hartson (Miami, FL)
Covington & Burling (San Francisco, CA)
Winston & Strawn (San Francisco, CA)
Keker & Van Nest (San Francisco, CA)
DuaneMorris (Atlanta, GA)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (San Francisco, CA)
WolfBlock (Philadelphia, PA)
Morgan Lewis & Bockius (Pittsburgh, PA)
Davis Kuelthau (Milwaukee, WI)
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge (Boston, MA)
Latham & Watkins (Los Angeles, CA)
Kirkland & Ellis (Los Angeles, CA)
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin (San Francisco, CA)
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (San Francisco, CA)
Morrison & Foerster (San Diego, CA)
Foley & Lardner (Tampa, FL)
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz (Atlanta, GA)
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan (Atlanta, GA)
King & Spalding (Atlanta, GA)
Fulbright & Jaworski (Los Angeles, CA)
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker (Atlanta, GA)
Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley (Atlanta, GA)
Latham & Watkins (San Diego, CA)
Bryan Cave (Los Angeles, CA)
Lane Powell (Seattle, WA)
Holland & Knight (Tampa, FL)
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed (Orlando, FL)
Epstein Becker & Green (Atlanta, GA)
Kilpatrick Stockton (Atlanta, GA)
Shutts & Bowen (Miami, FL)
Hanson Bridgett (San Francisco, CA)
Folger Levin & Kahn (San Francisco, CA)
Squire Sanders & Dempsey (San Francisco, CA)
Mintz Levin Cohen Ferris Glovsky and Popeo (Boston, MA)
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (Boston, MA)
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner (Atlanta, GA)
Blank Rome (Philadelphia, PA)
Sidley Austin (Los Angeles, CA)
Irell & Manella (Los Angeles, CA)
Kenny Nachwalter (Miami, FL)
Dilworth Paxson (Philadelphia, PA)
Cooper, White & Cooper (San Francisco, CA)
Holland & Knight (Orlando, FL)
Bingham McHale (Indianapolis, IN)
DLA Piper (Tampa, FL)
Fowler White Boggs (Tampa, FL)
DLA Piper (San Diego, CA)
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton (San Francisco, CA)
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi (Boston, MA)
Greenberg Traurig (Miami, FL)
Manatt Phelps & Phillips (Los Angeles, CA)
Holland & Knight (Boston, MA)
Jorden Burt (Miami, FL)
Morrison & Foerster (San Francisco, CA)
Haynes and Boone (Dallas, TX)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Los Angeles, CA)
Altshuler Berzon (San Francisco, CA)
Greenberg Traurig (Chicago, IL)
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek (Milwaukee, WI)
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein (Charlotte, NC)
King & Spalding (Charlotte, NC)
O'Melveny & Myers (Los Angeles, CA)
Weaver Austin Villeneuve Sampson (Oakland, CA)
Alston & Bird (Charlotte, NC)
Squire Sanders & Dempsey (Miami, FL)
Latham & Watkins (San Francisco, CA)
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hmapton (Los Angeles, CA)
Foley Hoag (Boston, MA)
Fish & Richardson (Boston, MA)
Hughes Hubbard & Reed (Los Angeles, CA)
DLA Piper (Atlanta, GA)
Arnall Golden Gregory (Atlanta, GA)
Morris Manning & Martin (Atlanta, GA)
Hunton & Williams (Charlotte, NC)
Reed Smith (Los Angeles, CA)

New Year, New Hope

Well, 2008 has come and gone. It started with me scrambling in the hope of finding a summer associate position. It didn't work out. It ended with me scrambling to find an associate position for after school. So far, that too didn't work out. Here's hoping I find what I'm looking for in 2009.

The end of the 2008 year rejectors?

Bowditch & Dewey (Boston, MA)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (San Francisco, CA)
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney (Chicago, IL)