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The Long, Hot Summer

I'd heard a rumor earlier this week that the CDO would be giving a gloom-and-doom summer job presentation to 1L's. I ended up sitting in the back of the room during one of those talks today, but I didn't find it particularly grim. In fact, the most intersting thing about the presentation was the timeline for Fall OCIP 2009, not the tone of the talk or the tenor of the market.

The next fall OCIP will be August 25, 2009, through September 09, 2009. That's right. August 25th. Because it kicks off so early, Boalt will conduct all fall "OCIP programming"* this spring, and work with students over the summer to make sure students are ready to participate.

Although perhaps not much earlier than last year, it still seems to me that August 25th is an incredibly early kickoff to the job marathon -- well, credibly early, I guess, particularly as the job market retracts -- but I understand why it has to be that way. Still, I feel for the class of 2011. B-Line is a terrible place to spend the month of August.

*Frankly, I'm not sure what the speaker meant by "programming." He couldn't have meant bidding, could he? My guess is he meant CV consolations, interview prep, etc.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on February 06, 2009 (boomark / email).