Clerkship vs. Firm Summer Job for Future In-House? Forum

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Sorry, new poll option, only one person voted, should be able to re-vote... sorry.

[underdawg]

clerkships are after graduation and can be quite impressive

judicial internships are for the summer and are rarely impressive

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[underdawg]

big firm

in-house doesn't come that easy to newly minted JD's.

[BradyToMoss]

As underdawg already mentioned, in-house out of law school is pretty much unheard of. The most usual route is to spend 3-5 years doing transactional work in a big firm. The in-house counsels of big companies usually have high-stakes legal matters, and as such look to seek outside counsel from the best firms in America. A highly respected firm that has a practice group in the legal areas in which you are interested would give you the best exit options, so you should put your efforts towards landing a 2L Summer Associate position with one of these firms.

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[Renzo]

I'm just curious, how many of these offers do you actually have open? Because that could really narrow down your decision.

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[270910]

I'm just curious, how many of these offers do you actually have open? Because that could really narrow down your decision.

2 of them, didn't try for anything else, and I had already made that decision anyway. I'm really trying to gauge what to focus efforts on for my 2L summer.

You would be insane to try for anything other than a big firm SA as plan A.

[ToTransferOrNot]

2L SA = firm gig, unless you know for certain that you want to do PI, and even then, still probably firm gig. Certainly NOT a judicial internship--internships are great 1L summer jobs, not so great 2L

[JPeavy44]

2L SA = firm gig, unless you know for certain that you want to do PI, and even then, still probably firm gig. Certainly NOT a judicial internship--internships are great 1L summer jobs, not so great 2L

If you can't get a 2L SA gig, what's the next best thing? Try for any firm, big or small/local?

[Renzo]

2L SA = firm gig, unless you know for certain that you want to do PI, and even then, still probably firm gig. Certainly NOT a judicial internship--internships are great 1L summer jobs, not so great 2L

If you can't get a 2L SA gig, what's the next best thing? Try for any firm, big or small/local?

Whatever is most likely to result in a permanent offer. That would be my question anyplace I interviewed, "what are the chances you'd be able to hire me when I graduate if the summer goes well?"