1L Internship With Federal Judge: Question(?)
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1L Internship With Federal Judge: Question(?)
Obviously, I think this is completely ridiculous. Those who have done internships with federal district judges as a 1L: Did you perform poorly or was there even a problem that you faced having not taken con law or evidence?
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P.S. Im top of my class.
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1L interns in federal district court are very, very, very common. I myself was one during my 1L summer; and my judge gave his interns work more substantive than most (habeas opinions, insurance opinions, etc etc).
All your work is going to be vetted by the law clerk before it ever reaches the judge's desk, so if it's off base, he will make that known to you and you can change it.
Then the judge will check it, the clerk will check it, etc. Even if you are nervous about not having con law experience, you could write an opinion saying "LoLZ law suckzorz!"; it doesn't matter because the clerks will end up editing accordingly.
Finally, many federal or state judges are handing out internships due to the economy to help out young potential attorneys because they too realize how bad the market is and they are willing to help out. It is folly to turn down a good internship.
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Every other school encourages these for the opposite reason. In fact, every other law school's CSO would probably tell you that you HAVE to ACCEPT the offer. Rejecting, not accepting, makes the school look bad. Maybe you misheard him and he said you have to accept it.bilboteabaggins wrote:I was told to not accept the position because I would "make the school look bad." I want to get as much support for my position as possible, so anyone who has done an internship in the past, please comment.
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This.keg411 wrote:WTF? Take the position and apply for a transfer out of your school.
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Wow. what kind of school do you go to? Time to transfer.bilboteabaggins wrote:I recently was offered and accepted an internship with a federal judge. I go to a TTT in the midwest. I was told by someone connected with career services and holding a lot of weight at the school, that I should not take this position. He told me that because Im a 1L I will probably do a poor job because I haven't taken evidence or con law.
Obviously, I think this is completely ridiculous. Those who have done internships with federal district judges as a 1L: Did you perform poorly or was there even a problem that you faced having not taken con law or evidence?
Thanks.
P.S. Im top of my class.
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Already applied EA to GULC.lawschooliseasy wrote:This.keg411 wrote:WTF? Take the position and apply for a transfer out of your school.
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No, he told me I should consider reneging. I heard him loud and clear.lawloser22 wrote:Every other school encourages these for the opposite reason. In fact, every other law school's CSO would probably tell you that you HAVE to ACCEPT the offer. Rejecting, not accepting, makes the school look bad. Maybe you misheard him and he said you have to accept it.bilboteabaggins wrote:I was told to not accept the position because I would "make the school look bad." I want to get as much support for my position as possible, so anyone who has done an internship in the past, please comment.
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If it is true, your career services person ought to be fired immediately. Still, that doesn't mean you should transfer. If we had to transfer every time we found an asshole, we'd run out of schools in a hurry.
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The professor runs all the public interest programs and clinics at the school.ggocat wrote:What is "connected with career services and holding a lot of weight at the school"? I don't understand.
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Can you at least tell him that he needs to resign from his position, for the sake of the school's reputation?bilboteabaggins wrote:can't out the school now. ill strongly consider it later this summer/ next year though and do a write-up about my experience.
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