<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=the-squeeze@pulpculture.org href="mailto:the-squeeze@pulpculture.org">Kelley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">Lame Brained Onanists</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 19, 2003 11:09 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] take my life, please</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>hate to break it to MT, but just by going into this profession, some folks <BR>would say he's regularly knee-deep in the most foul smelling sludge. :)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>and he's writing about evidence that "accidentally" dropped into the garbage.  he's a natural.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>R</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>ya gotta read this. it's a hoot. didn't anyone tell this kid that a lengthy <BR>cover letter was a bad idea?<BR><BR><A href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mstoll1.html">http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mstoll1.html</A><BR><BR>SEPTEMBER 18--Matthew Toll is in his final year at the Tulane University <BR>School of Law and, like many fellow students approaching graduation, is <BR>seeking an associate's position paying at least $70,000 per year. The <BR>25-year-old, though, has taken a unique approach to that hunt. Last month, <BR>he sent 20-30 law firms his resume and a five-page interview request <BR>drafted to resemble a legal filing (below you'll find the copy of Toll's <BR>pitch letter that went to the New Jersey firm Wolff & Samson). Noting that, <BR>"I am VERY hungry right now," Toll promised prospective employers that, "If <BR>my mother's funeral was the day of a key deposition, I would do the eulogy <BR>via teleconference after the deposition." And if his wedding was on the <BR>date of a key trial, "the wedding would be postponed. If the wife to be did <BR>not like it, I would inform her that work comes before EVERYTHING ELSE and <BR>that if she does not like this, she is free to find a competing husband." <BR>And, considering the tight job market, the kid is not afraid of getting his <BR>hands dirty: "If a piece of evidence was accidentally dropped into the <BR>garbage, I would have no problem going to the local dump and spending days <BR>covered knee-deep in the worst foul-smelling sludge imaginable to search <BR>for the evidence." When TSG caught up with him, Toll said he was not <BR>embarrassed by the letter and had good relationships with his mother and <BR>girlfriend, though Mom ribbed him, "So, you're not gonna come to my <BR>funeral?" As word of his letter ricocheted through the legal community this <BR>week, Toll began receiving phone messages and e-mails offering criticism <BR>and job interviews. While Toll said the "vast majority" of the feedback has <BR>been negative, "I don't care if everybody hates me, I only have to get one <BR>job." (5 pages)<BR>  <BR><BR>___________________________________<BR><A href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>