On Applying for 1L Summer Jobs
I really and truly meant to have this up prior to December 1st but trials happen so here we are. During orientation, the career services office of my law school told our class that they regularly have to turn employers away because all of their students have 1L summer positions. That was probably the best news I received during 1L. That is probably not the case at most law schools. Nonetheless, I am going to share how I prepared my first semester, the process I went through in deciding where and when to apply, and how everything shook out in the end. When I entered law school, I thought post-grad I might want to clerk and then work in a big firm because I love money and also those are Respectable.T14.Outcomes. (Twist: although I am currently clerking, I'd rather run through barbed wire and then bathe in rubbing alcohol before I'd work at a big law firm). Originally, I thought I would attempt to find a judicial internship in a large city to which I had...