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From the OCIP Spin Room

Anonymous said . . .

Off topic, but how about a post on the 2L/3L job market, from a Boalt perspective???

Like the one here: [ ATL Link 1; Link 2].

I had part of that conversation last night with a friend, who wondered whether the recent economic events will affect job prospects for Boalt's class of 2011.

On one hand, I'm hardly in a position to know; I've never been to Boalt before, nor have I ever chased a high end professional job -- with or without a downturn. On the other hand, I do suspect Boalties are more insulated than most law students in this country.   If law firms are indeed tightening the belts, they are probably hiring less deeply into the curve, or forging hiring at some schools altogether. Babble on the internets suggests that what happened here with Thelen happened at other schools on a larger scale.  I realize that all of what I just said is heavy on pontification and light on substance, but hey, I'm a law student. It's become my forté.

Incidentally, a count of "+" marks in OCI threads from previous years suggests that Boalt actually landed callbacks from more firms this year than last, although how they may have been distributed across the class is anyone's guess.  

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on October 08, 2008 (boomark / email).