Maybe they didn't have any interest for the lower eastern shore so they are doing targeted recruitment?Anonymous User wrote:I hate to sound like a downer, but is anyone else starting to wonder if MD is even hiring anyone this time around? They recently posted an opening for an APD I for Lower Eastern Shore. I would've thought they'd choose someone from the people who applied for Fall Class. Just seems a little weird!
^no longer feeling so positiveAnonymous User wrote:Maybe they didn't have any interest for the lower eastern shore so they are doing targeted recruitment?Anonymous User wrote:I hate to sound like a downer, but is anyone else starting to wonder if MD is even hiring anyone this time around? They recently posted an opening for an APD I for Lower Eastern Shore. I would've thought they'd choose someone from the people who applied for Fall Class. Just seems a little weird!
Trying to think positive!
I didn't think that they did multiple panel interviews. Thanks for confirming though. Do you mind saying which office you interviewed with?Anonymous User wrote:I had a panel interview the week of 6/6, but haven't heard anything since. For those who have done panels in the past, did you do multiple interviews for different offices?
There's a posting now specifically for Western Maryland as well.Anonymous User wrote:I hate to sound like a downer, but is anyone else starting to wonder if MD is even hiring anyone this time around? They recently posted an opening for an APD I for Lower Eastern Shore. I would've thought they'd choose someone from the people who applied for Fall Class. Just seems a little weird!
Bump. Any movement with Maryland??Anonymous User wrote:Any offers coming out from Maryland?
PDS does all juvie and adult felonies, so I think there are court appointed attorneys for misdemeanors but those guys are probably the local criminal defense bar which may not be easy to break intoymmv88 wrote:Hey guys I have been a PD for just about a year now in a UBE state. My girlfriend recently started working at biglaw in NoVa and I am trying to avoid taking another bar exam. Other than PDS, what indigent defense counsel outfits are there in DC? I would prefer to continue doing criminal trial work but open to just about anything involving litigation for indigent clients.
Yep to Borhas. For civil lit on behalf of indigent clients in DC --> Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. They are currently hiring staff attorneys.Borhas wrote:PDS does all juvie and adult felonies, so I think there are court appointed attorneys for misdemeanors but those guys are probably the local criminal defense bar which may not be easy to break intoymmv88 wrote:Hey guys I have been a PD for just about a year now in a UBE state. My girlfriend recently started working at biglaw in NoVa and I am trying to avoid taking another bar exam. Other than PDS, what indigent defense counsel outfits are there in DC? I would prefer to continue doing criminal trial work but open to just about anything involving litigation for indigent clients.
I had my first interview with MD today. 4 people sat in and I sounded like an idiot. Don't lose hope just yet.Anonymous User wrote:Hate to beat a dead horse, but any Maryland updates?
Was this a screener since it your first interview? Can you say where the interviewers were from (Balt city, county, aa county, etc)?Anonymous User wrote:I had my first interview with MD today. 4 people sat in and I sounded like an idiot. Don't lose hope just yet.Anonymous User wrote:Hate to beat a dead horse, but any Maryland updates?
Yeah, this is the quintessential "We don't know how to hire people" behavior I learned to loathe when applying to PD jobs. It's nit hard to track your applicants and communicate with them when you've decided whether they have a shot or not.Anonymous User wrote:I literally give up with MD.
Right. At this point I'm just expecting to get a random letter some time in October saying I haven't been hired as if that isn't already abundantly clear -_-Tanicius wrote:Yeah, this is the quintessential "We don't know how to hire people" behavior I learned to loathe when applying to PD jobs. It's nit hard to track your applicants and communicate with them when you've decided whether they have a shot or not.Anonymous User wrote:I literally give up with MD.
Yea, I wouldn't mind moving out there, but honestly I'm not thinking they are calling back. I def was not expecting to walk in and have Johanna, Paul Dewolfe, and 2 other attorneys on a screener but who knows. I've heard so many stories now from people going through 3 and 4 interviews and then never hearing from them again. I also heard that the spring class was mostly laterals and no new attorneys but I have no way of confirming if that's true.Anonymous User wrote:Oh cool. Maybe they skipped the screener for you, because with four people, that definitely sounds like a panel interview. Is that where you want to be?
Anonymous User wrote:Right. At this point I'm just expecting to get a random letter some time in October saying I haven't been hired as if that isn't already abundantly clear -_-Tanicius wrote:Yeah, this is the quintessential "We don't know how to hire people" behavior I learned to loathe when applying to PD jobs. It's nit hard to track your applicants and communicate with them when you've decided whether they have a shot or not.Anonymous User wrote:I literally give up with MD.
This isn't my first time applying so I've learned to not take it personally anymore.... However, it's hard not to feel like submitting an application is simply a repetitive formality, with the hope that maybe one of these cycles you might fall on the right side of whatever arbitrary hiring equation they've got going on. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take though, right?Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Right. At this point I'm just expecting to get a random letter some time in October saying I haven't been hired as if that isn't already abundantly clear -_-Tanicius wrote:Yeah, this is the quintessential "We don't know how to hire people" behavior I learned to loathe when applying to PD jobs. It's nit hard to track your applicants and communicate with them when you've decided whether they have a shot or not.Anonymous User wrote:I literally give up with MD.
I'm expecting the same. I don't understand, if you won't respond to follow-ups the least you can do is send an automated e-mail rejection to people. Hell, have an intern do it. Have a heart and put us out of our misary as soon as possible, sheesh.
Yep.Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Right. At this point I'm just expecting to get a random letter some time in October saying I haven't been hired as if that isn't already abundantly clear -_-Tanicius wrote:Yeah, this is the quintessential "We don't know how to hire people" behavior I learned to loathe when applying to PD jobs. It's nit hard to track your applicants and communicate with them when you've decided whether they have a shot or not.Anonymous User wrote:I literally give up with MD.
I'm expecting the same. I don't understand, if you won't respond to follow-ups the least you can do is send an automated e-mail rejection to people. Hell, have an intern do it. Have a heart and put us out of our misary as soon as possible, sheesh.
If that's what they are looking for, then why even go through this process? If true, that's disheartening.Anonymous User wrote:also heard that the spring class was mostly laterals and no new attorneys but I have no way of confirming if that's true.
