Working at a law firm prior to submitting application? Forum

[Cantlose]

I recently got a job at Suttle and Hammer P.S. a creditors rights law firm. I will be working as a negotiator, negotiating payment plans(and will actually have to follow/learn compliance and federal credit laws while doing this). If I will have worked this job for a total of 6 months before I apply to a T-14 law school, will it look good on my application? Or will it be treated like another legal assistant/intern position, or do law firms not care about wether you have exposed yourself to the legal field prior to law school in order to show interest?

Thanks!

[Cal Trask]

Work experience of any sort certainly can't hurt, but it's not going to make or break your application. It's not an incredible soft either way.

[kartelite]

I recently got a job at Suttle and Hammer P.S. a creditors rights law firm. I will be working as a negotiator, negotiating payment plans(and will actually have to follow/learn compliance and federal credit laws while doing this). If I will have worked this job for a total of 6 months before I apply to a T-14 law school, will it look good on my application? Or will it be treated like another legal assistant/intern position, or do law firms not care about wether you have exposed yourself to the legal field prior to law school in order to show interest?

Thanks!

For some reason, I think I'm more used to seeing the passive voice used in that context..

[Optimist Prime]

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[malleus discentium]

Mildly positive soft. Probably most useful in that it will give you something solid and legal related to talk about in your interviews when answering "Why Law".

Only positive in that it's not negative. The fact that it's law won't matter to adcoms. It may make a slight difference to employers down the road but it's unlikely to really matter.