Bottom of my class at HLS Forum
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Bottom of my class at HLS
Not to give away too much personal information, but I just finished my 1L year at HLS. I got straight Ps my first semester and there's no reason to think I did any better this semester. What does this mean for me in terms of jobs, clerkships, etc.?
- kellyfrost
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
Wouldn't the bottom of the class be someone with some LPs mixed in?
Either way, bottom of the class at Harvard is way better than top 1/3 at most other law schools in the United States. You will be fine. Network, practice interviewing and network some more.
Getting a job won't be difficult for you. It will be more difficult to pass the bar exam. And without a license to practice law, you won't have a job (at least for long)!
Either way, bottom of the class at Harvard is way better than top 1/3 at most other law schools in the United States. You will be fine. Network, practice interviewing and network some more.
Getting a job won't be difficult for you. It will be more difficult to pass the bar exam. And without a license to practice law, you won't have a job (at least for long)!
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
In terms of clerkships I assume you're out of luck, at least federally.
- heythatslife
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
If the goal is NYC biglaw, you'll probably still land on your feet. Bid conservatively for EIP and work on your interviews. It's fairly common to hear of people with 0 or 1 H landing V10 or V20 from HLS. The more competitive or prestigious gigs (DC firms, fed clerkships, etc.) are out of the question, though.
- Single-Malt-Liquor
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
And for the love of god, run your bid list past OCS. The people who come close to striking out are often the ones who made like 10 bids at highly selective firms and like 2 safety bids. Now if you'll excuse me, there's a bomb threat at the school.heythatslife wrote:If the goal is NYC biglaw, you'll probably still land on your feet. Bid conservatively for EIP and work on your interviews. It's fairly common to hear of people with 0 or 1 H landing V10 or V20 from HLS. The more competitive or prestigious gigs (DC firms, fed clerkships, etc.) are out of the question, though.
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- gamerish
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... p?t=225109
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/s ... sf=msgonly
And you can search every recent HLS EIP thread for '+straight +ps' and you'll get a ton of results. It's been discussed a shit ton.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/s ... sf=msgonly
And you can search every recent HLS EIP thread for '+straight +ps' and you'll get a ton of results. It's been discussed a shit ton.
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
Thank you all! Knowing that it has worked out before assuages some of my fears. As a matter of curiosity, is it actually easier to get a public interest job with lower grades (like people seem to think), or is it really just as competitive as EIP?
- foxes
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
some pi work is just as grade sensitive, but i think the bigger prob here is that, with pi, you really have to show commitment ime. unless you already have stuff on your resume such that you can tell a compelling story about why you want x pi job, this is not going to be a successful strategyfranticthrowaway wrote:Thank you all! Knowing that it has worked out before assuages some of my fears. As a matter of curiosity, is it actually easier to get a public interest job with lower grades (like people seem to think), or is it really just as competitive as EIP?
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
This.heythatslife wrote:If the goal is NYC biglaw, you'll probably still land on your feet. Bid conservatively for EIP and work on your interviews. It's fairly common to hear of people with 0 or 1 H landing V10 or V20 from HLS. The more competitive or prestigious gigs (DC firms, fed clerkships, etc.) are out of the question, though.
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
Depends a lot on what type of public interest job it is. Fed gov't is generally more grade sensitive.franticthrowaway wrote:Thank you all! Knowing that it has worked out before assuages some of my fears. As a matter of curiosity, is it actually easier to get a public interest job with lower grades (like people seem to think), or is it really just as competitive as EIP?
- jbagelboy
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
Bid heavily on non-selective firms across the V50 with strong chambers bands in your areas of interrst and mix in a handful of mildly selective ones popped in there just in case (the Kirkland's, the Simpson's, the Paul Weiss's). There are folks that strike out in your position but its never just because of P's, and always careless bidding, awkwardness, or terrible luck.
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Re: Bottom of my class at HLS
I know an SLS student with straight Ps that got a federal clerkship. Don't know how different an HLS student is at that rank, but with broad applications, it could be possible, if remote.FascinatedWanderer wrote:In terms of clerkships I assume you're out of luck, at least federally.
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