Military Q's
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:12 pm
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Welcome, Marine. Former Air Force here. I don't know enough about NU to answer your second question, but I wanted to respond to the first.Redfactor wrote:I have two questions that pertain to my Military background.
1) I know that me being a Marine combat veteran will be a quality soft. I feel especially so with my experiences as an engineer.
This summer I want to volunteer with an organization. I want to work with military returning from Afghanistan, but worry that my softs will appear too focued and not pertain to law.
Is this concern legit? Should I try and find a program to help vets with legal issues? (I'm sure a program like that exists.)
2) I know that Northwestern University prides itself on work experience for their incoming students. Do they have a certain viewpoint on military members who enlisted before doing their undergraduate work but haven't held a post-grad position? I am 26 and already possess the maturity and discipline that work experience is supposed to instill, but it's not my opinion that matters.
Thanks for the help,
Red
I would not worry about finding anything law related before starting school. Any job "law-related" is not going to be the same type of job you will be doing after 1L. Instead, I would focus on doing something you enjoy and where you can shine as a leader or independent worker.
Don't worry about the legal background. I had no legal background before law school and had zero trouble getting my top choices for 1L summer.
Edit: If I had to guess for NU, I would hope they would count prior service as WE even if it was before your bachelors. Military WE is different from civilian WE and I feel it should count as post-grad work even if all you had was a HS diploma.