Comments on: Law Professor Lateraling 101: Part 6 (The Waiting Game) http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/law_professor_l_5.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/law_professor_l_5.html/comment-page-1#comment-50366 Paul Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:39:39 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/02/law-professor-lateraling-101-part-6-the-waiting-game.html#comment-50366 Scott, it physically pains me to say this, but you are right that it may be better to take a job in some circumstances even if you are a second choice. Shoot, you may never be a first choice. But my larger point was don't go to a place where there is a lack of enthusiasm or there appears to be misgivings about you coming from the get-go. Scott, it physically pains me to say this, but you are right that it may be better to take a job in some circumstances even if you are a second choice. Shoot, you may never be a first choice. But my larger point was don’t go to a place where there is a lack of enthusiasm or there appears to be misgivings about you coming from the get-go.

]]> By: Scott Moss http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/law_professor_l_5.html/comment-page-1#comment-50365 Scott Moss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:07:55 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/02/law-professor-lateraling-101-part-6-the-waiting-game.html#comment-50365 Paul, just a brief quibble/question: is it really true that "You certainly don't want to go to school that has made it clear that you are not their first choice"? I've had 4 jobs in my 10 years since law school, and I know for a fact that I was a backup choice for (at least) three of those four. All four turned out to be exactlky the right job for me, and I didn't feel like a second-class citizen at any of them. I don't really disagree much with you, in that if you get a real sense there's only a tepid willingness to make you an offer, that could well be a problem. But it's often the case that a school will have, say, four candidates they love for two spots -- and often the first two offerees will be way out of the school's league, so the school will be quite happy to get #3 and #4. Paul, just a brief quibble/question: is it really true that “You certainly don’t want to go to school that has made it clear that you are not their first choice”? I’ve had 4 jobs in my 10 years since law school, and I know for a fact that I was a backup choice for (at least) three of those four. All four turned out to be exactlky the right job for me, and I didn’t feel like a second-class citizen at any of them.

I don’t really disagree much with you, in that if you get a real sense there’s only a tepid willingness to make you an offer, that could well be a problem. But it’s often the case that a school will have, say, four candidates they love for two spots — and often the first two offerees will be way out of the school’s league, so the school will be quite happy to get #3 and #4.

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