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On-Campus Interviews: a Bitter Lawyer Lowdown

November 23, 2018 by Bitter Staff 5 Comments

With on-campus interviews starting this week at most law schools, we go soft and pull out the bitter highlights of our advice for law students.

Filed Under: Best of Bitter Lawyer, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: applying for jobs, job interviews, OCI, OCI Hiring Partners

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A New Board Game for Law Students

October 17, 2011 by Albert Wang 1 Comment

Second Wind: A new board game for enterprising law students.

Filed Under: Comics, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: law students, OCI

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Avoiding OCI's Landmines

September 6, 2011 by Law Firm 10 5 Comments

In reliving all of the excruciating mistakes I made during on campus interviews, I realized that there were actual lessons to be learned.

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: applying for jobs, job interviews, OCI

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Clever Career Tips

September 5, 2011 by Albert Wang 1 Comment

Pro Tip: Charles didn’t proofread his resume carefully, and used an en dash where he should’ve used an em dash. When the recruiting coordinator–a former copy editor–saw that error, it triggered a violent PTSD episode that resulted in two deaths! Now Charles lives in a cardboard box. You don’t want to be like Charles, do…

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: job interviews, OCI, Resume

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And Mr. Smith Is Only a Second-Year

August 29, 2011 by Albert Wang Leave a Comment

Interviews move forward, and the job prospects continue to dry up. (Click the image to see the full comic.)

Filed Under: Comics, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: 2L, job interviews, OCI

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The On-Campus Interview Flowchart

August 22, 2011 by Albert Wang 5 Comments

The down and dirty of the law school OCI process. (Click the image to see the full comic.)

Filed Under: Comics, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: job interviews, OCI

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OCI Hiring Partners Tell All: Part 3

September 18, 2009 by Bitter Staff 19 Comments

The end of the road for Bitter Lawyer’s series on OCI, law school interview tips, and how to impress hiring partners.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: applying for jobs, bitter exclusive, Generally Bitter, job interviews, jobs, OCI, OCI Hiring Partners

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OCI Hiring Partners Tell All: Part 2

September 16, 2009 by Bitter Staff 25 Comments

The latest in our OCI/interview/job hunting series for law students with all the down and dirty details you want to know from hiring partners.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: applying for jobs, bitter exclusive, Generally Bitter, job interviews, OCI, OCI Hiring Partners

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OCI Hiring Partners Tell All: Part 1

September 14, 2009 by Bitter Staff 24 Comments

The OCI season is in full swing. And while we totally understand that all schools are at different points in the process (first rounds, callbacks, etc.), everyone is freaked out about interviewing well enough to receive a job offer. An offer to actually work as a lawyer and not a paralegal or building contractor. What’s standing between…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: bitter exclusive, careers, Generally Bitter, job interviews, jobs, OCI, OCI Hiring Partners

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Five Worst Kiss-Ass Questions Asked at OCI

September 22, 2008 by Bitter Staff 4 Comments

Bitter Lawyer has been inundated with reports, concerns and hilarious accounts of on-campus interviews over the past few weeks. Here is a list of the top five kiss-ass questions aspiring legal tools have allegedly asked. For those of you still looking for jobs, read this immediately—and make sure to never, ever ask any of these questions.…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Bitter by Numbers, job interviews, OCI

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