This direct hire process will likely be filling about 50% of our class, at least. Were we to wait for traditional OCI and lean only on traditional OCI, we feel like we would be missing out on some of the talent that's getting picked up earlier in the process.
Weil Gotshal & Manges has already opened applications for its 2025 summer program, allowing first-year law students to apply directly-a process dubbed 'pre-OCI'.
Prominent firms like Jones Day, Milbank LLP, Paul Hastings, and Davis Polk & Wardwell now open direct applications as early as mid-April for jobs starting after the second year of school is completed. MoFo is launching an advanced consideration application system for first-year students starting May 1.
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