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Which 1L summer internship is regarded as more prestigious ---a clerkship with a judge or clerking for a government agency (EPA, FDA, etc)? I want to go into health law.

kristttina wrote:Which 1L summer internship is regarded as more prestigious ---a clerkship with a judge or clerking for a government agency (EPA, FDA, etc)? I want to go into health law.

If you want serious answers, post in this forum:

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=23

You might get serious answers here.... or you might get pictures of Darth Vader scooping water out of the ocean.

paratactical wrote:

kristttina wrote:Which 1L summer internship is regarded as more prestigious ---a clerkship with a judge or clerking for a government agency (EPA, FDA, etc)? I want to go into health law.

If you want serious answers, post in this forum:

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=23

You might get serious answers here.... or you might get pictures of Darth Vader scooping water out of the ocean.

LOL - thank you, Para. I will move this thread to its appropriate home, kristtina.

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kristttina wrote:Which 1L summer internship is regarded as more prestigious ---a clerkship with a judge or clerking for a government agency (EPA, FDA, etc)? I want to go into health law.

I don't know this for sure, but I would say clerking for the government agency would be better for your interests.

I clerked for a judge 1L summer and found it essentially worthless.

paratactical wrote:

kristttina wrote:Which 1L summer internship is regarded as more prestigious ---a clerkship with a judge or clerking for a government agency (EPA, FDA, etc)? I want to go into health law.

If you want serious answers, post in this forum:

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=23

You might get serious answers here.... or you might get pictures of Darth Vader scooping water out of the ocean.

I'll do you one better.

But yeah OP, you should come join us in the 1L jobs/apathy thread.

hahaa i love that people stopped responding once the thread was moved!

thanks for moving it, im new to the site.

thanks for the suggestion lbeezy!

Relative to each other, most 1L internships aren't really considered more or less prestigious and consensus is that for OCI, it's more important to have a job in general (more specifically one that will give you good things to talk about in your interviews). If you're bent on health law, something that is related to that might be advantageous; however, from people I have spoken to, it seems that the best 1L internship (besides a paid one, which I would recommend 100% of the time) is interning with a judge. Out of this you get not only a good reference, but this also might be the only time you have an opportunity to view the chambers from the inside out. Plus, if you end up wanting to clerk after you finish school, most judges prefer people with judicial experience.

But all things considered, it's more important that you get a rewarding/interesting experience.

thanks for the advice!