To anyone that landed a job with BCG Attorney Search, what's the process like? Got an email along the lines of "you are one of the select 3% we want to represent" etc. and I was just curious about their success rate/possible outcomes.

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i still get emails from them and i haven't been a biglaw lawyer for ten years...

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Yes. Like asking permission to send my resume they have had on file since circa 2014. It is all automated I assume, but still ridiculous. You will never get off their email list.

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I've tried using them at various points in my career thus far. I've never been able to land a job through them. I have had recruiters reach out, but they ghosted me.

To be fair, their founder got in trouble a few years ago for openly stating that if you aren't un the top of your class at a T14 school you're trash. I don't fit that model, so they may not be particularly motivated to want to help me.

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