Prestige/experience rank of a USAO position? Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:04 am

How do you guys think a USAO internship holds up against a federal judicial internship?

For sake of scale imagine the judicial externship is a 5/10. Assuming someone has already done the judicial internship and has an SA lined up, would this be a good step for the resume and experience?

gdane · Post by **gdane** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:59 pm

You're going to be watching a lot of trials and doing a lot of research and writing. It's not a huge resume boost or game changer.

Just do it for fun. Don't worry about "rank" or prestige dude.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:32 pm

gdane wrote:You're going to be watching a lot of trials and doing a lot of research and writing. It's not a huge resume boost or game changer.

Just do it for fun. Don't worry about "rank" or prestige dude.

Just trying to prioritize.

rad lulz · Post by **rad lulz** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:38 pm

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:02 pm

rad lulz wrote:No 1L summer jobs are prestigious

Huh

"Assuming someone has already done the judicial internship."

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:05 pm

How hard is it to land a 1L USAO job? I applied to a USAO office in the city where I went to undergrad if that makes any difference.

kay2016 · Post by **kay2016** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:07 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
rad lulz wrote:No 1L summer jobs are prestigious

Huh
"Assuming someone has already done the judicial internship."

I'm just a 1L but I don't think 1L summer judicial internships are especially prestigious... Clerking after graduation is but, that's different.

If you're interested in prosecution or DOJ, sure USAO is probably fine, but really try to do something along the lines of what you want to do after graduation or that gets you experience. That's going to probably matter more than "prestige"

OutCold · Post by **OutCold** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:32 pm

All that matters is that you can talk about an interesting assignment or two during an interview. Prestige is completely irrelevant to 1L summer jobs.

rad lulz · Post by **rad lulz** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:54 pm

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:26 pm

rad lulz wrote:Ah missed the part where this isn't a 1L jerb

Do USAO

You've already done judge stuff

Thanks, man. I honestly was planning on doing some type of 3-4 unit pass/fail anyway. Really do not want to extern or do a clinic again.

kalvano · Post by **kalvano** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:06 pm

Do USAO, I enjoyed the hell out of my time there.

sopranorleone · Post by **sopranorleone** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:14 pm

kalvano wrote:Do USAO, I enjoyed the hell out of my time there.

Quichelorraine · Post by **Quichelorraine** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:31 pm

Realize that taking any sort of prosecutorial position will pretty much eliminate going to any public-service defense position ever, though. I wish someone had told me that during 1L year.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:43 pm

Luckily, I have already gotten what I needed from this post, but to highlight, THIS IS NOT FOR A 1L.

This is for a 3L who already has done the judicial externship, has a summer associate gig lined up, et cetera.

This was just to figure out if the USAO was worth doing.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:46 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Luckily, I have already gotten what I needed from this post, but to highlight, THIS IS NOT FOR A 1L.

This is for a 3L who already has done the judicial externship, has a summer associate gig lined up, et cetera.

This was just to figure out if the USAO was worth doing.

If you can do it for credit and not take some classes...why not...

BlueLotus · Post by **BlueLotus** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:49 pm

Quichelorraine wrote:Realize that taking any sort of prosecutorial position will pretty much eliminate going to any public-service defense position ever, though. I wish someone had told me that during 1L year.

Even certain civil legal aid attorneys look askance at anyone with any sort of prosecutorial experience.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 2:45 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Luckily, I have already gotten what I needed from this post, but to highlight, THIS IS NOT FOR A 1L.

This is for a 3L who already has done the judicial externship, has a summer associate gig lined up, et cetera.

This was just to figure out if the USAO was worth doing.

If you can do it for credit and not take some classes...why not...

That is why I'm leaning towards it.

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