Student Loudly Schedules Her Multiple Callbacks in Law School Common Area

With OCI [on-campus interviews] in full swing, students are beginning to hear back from firms offering callbacks, second round interviews located at the office where the applicant desires to receive a summer offer. Since this process is quite competitive and has the potential to engender considerable jealously and hurt feelings, most second year students handle their interview scheduling discreetly, responding to firms when they return home or in a secluded space at school. Duke 2L Tiffany Shah, however, has taken a different approach, loudly scheduling her multiple callbacks in the school's main common area.

Numerous students have witnessed Shah's behavior and been quite taken aback by the display.

"There is nothing wrong with discretely arranging your callbacks in Star Commons, after all people are on the phone there all the time," remarked fellow 2L Daniel Tripp. "However, I don't think it's acceptable to schedule your second round interviews with such high volume that ear drums within a 10 foot radius start to bleed."

Students speculate that Shah's unnecessary loudness is one of the many tactics she uses to make sure that everyone around her knows how many amazing firms she's interviewing with.

"It's incredible the way that girl name drops when calling back those recruiters," observed 3L Jason Harriman. "A typical conversation goes something like this: 'Hello. Is this SULLIVAN AND CROMWELL? Yes, SULLIVAN? Great! I have an OFFER to come back and I'd LOVE to schedule an interview.' And not only does she place emphasis on the firm name but she turns around and looks at the whole freakin' room while doing it. I'd give organs just to slap that shit-eating grin right off her white shoe-loving face."

In addition to underscoring the firm name and speaking loudly, the 2L has been seen making multiple calls in the common area to highlight the range of top quality firms she's received callbacks from. Sources report that during one 15 minute stretch Shah inconspicuously contacted Williams and Connolly, Covington & Burling, Davis Polk, Cravath and Simpson Thatcher. She also called Wachtel Lipton, reportedly the most prestigious firm in the country, to inquire about her submitted resume and convey her thoughts on the "simple, yet elegant website."

According to Tripp, Harriman and other students, Shah's routine is particularly unbearable because of the shameless braggadocio exhibited during conversations. For instance, the 2L consistently mentions to potential employers that she already has numerous callbacks and that her schedule is "positively packed" but that she'll find a way to fit that firm in.

Trip added: "During one phone call I remember Tiffany unabashedly proclaiming to the recruiting coordinator that she 'absolutely loved' the dinner at Magnolia and that [Hiring Partner] Marty [Levinstein]'s story about a recent litigation matter was 'simply side-splitting.' I hope that girls gets no offers or at least gets herpes."

Shah was spotted in the Star Commons and asked for a comment but responded that she had no time to speak to a reporter. She remarked that she still had numerous rejection calls to make and that she only speaks to "prestigious satire publications."