While I rarely vent out, this time I feel annoyed, frustrated and depressed - so much so that I can't help but come here for some solace and guidance. I interned with a law firm (not SCAM) very recently and put in more than 10 hours of work almost every day. All the people I worked with gave very good feedback but alas, I still didn't get a callback. Why is this process so cruel that even after you're working till late nights and receive good feedback, you still can and will receive a rejection email. I understand I'm from t2 nlu and do not have a very good gpa but does this really matter? If not, then what do they need behind basic communication skills, attention to detail and the quality of work? What else? Because I, at least from the feedback received, did fine in most things.

I still can't stop crying thinking about the amount of time I wasted for their peanut stipend. It's a learning experience, you will earn once you learn, etc is what everyone says. This is all bulls**t. I don't even know what I am writing anymore but I just can't get over it. I still can't believe I did not get a callback. I thought my work was good.

Hi,

Every month, 2-3 interns are assigned to my team. That makes it roughly 30 for the year.

Almost 90% of the interns are pretty good - well read, hard working, etc

It’s not practical to offer jobs to all these interns.

We are then required to filter the best amongst equals. At one instance, we were required to chose between two highly motivated interns - the decision boiled down to which intern adopted the firm policy style in their work product.

The competition is really quite tough and the benchmark - very high.

The situation will worsen with the increase in decent number of law colleges.

Best of luck!