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I have a couple of interviews coming up for a summer interns...
avocado brunch
  02/07/10
just wear a che guevera t-shirt
swashbuckling newt
  02/07/10
wear an ill-fitting suit and don't brush your hair. i hoap y...
Hot Lay
  02/07/10
Well judging by your name you must be a woman, and in that c...
amethyst hyperventilating cumskin degenerate
  02/07/10
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Razzmatazz base
  02/07/10
congratulations!
Razzmatazz base
  02/08/10
brioni /thread
Balding heaven organic girlfriend
  02/07/10
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transparent national doctorate
  02/08/10


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Date: February 7th, 2010 11:58 AM
Author: avocado brunch

I have a couple of interviews coming up for a summer internship with public interest organizations. What kind of suit should I wear, and how different will these interviews be from non-law interviews?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14041557)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 12:00 PM
Author: swashbuckling newt

just wear a che guevera t-shirt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14041571)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 12:07 PM
Author: Hot Lay

wear an ill-fitting suit and don't brush your hair. i hoap you haven't whitened your teeth or groomed your eyebrows because if so you will be FUCKED.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14041631)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 1:36 PM
Author: amethyst hyperventilating cumskin degenerate

Well judging by your name you must be a woman, and in that case WHO THE FUCK LET YOU OUT OF THE KITCHEN?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14042368)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 11:58 PM
Author: Razzmatazz base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14051162)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 12:10 AM
Author: Razzmatazz base
Subject: congratulations!

First, really, congratulations. And ignore all the pricks here.

Second, you need to wear what you'd wear to any other professional interview, or what you'd wear to court. That simple.

Third, unlike bullshit OCI firm interviews, you can expect substantive legal questions at your interview. I had a fellowship at one and did the hiring for our summer interns, meaning we did the interviews. We didn't fuck around. We asked substantive legal questions about our organization's pending litigation. Surprisingly, many candidates didn't know shit about it. So, go to your organizations' websites, read their current cases (or issues, if it's not a litigating org) and be very familiar with them. If you know who'll be interviewing you, westlaw them (or see what cases they've been on).

Fourth, be ready to talk and, forgive the bromide, be yourself. Do not freeze up--if you don't understand something, ask what they mean. It takes a bit of guts to do this (and I learned to do it @ the hardest time--during appellate arguments, to (at least) buy me time).

Fifth, unlike Big Laws, public interest organizations are distinct from each other. (ACLU does impact litigation; Legal Aid does direct client services.) So know who you're audience is.

good luck!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14051319)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 1:37 PM
Author: Balding heaven organic girlfriend

brioni

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14042374)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 1:55 AM
Author: transparent national doctorate
Subject: 155

What is a public interest fair? How d0es it c0mpare t0 OCI? Are they only held at TTTs? Tell me m0are. Prestigi0us FAIL.

T6 SECURE!



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1214922&forum_id=2#14052464)