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When is the ideal time to start applying for summer associate positions and when is it too late?

Anonymous User wrote:When is the ideal time to start applying for summer associate positions and when is it too late?

1L? 2L? 3L?

1L: Dec 1 through grades release depending on the firm.
2L: Staggered from the second week of July to the first week of August.
3L: First week of August through first week of September.

2L and 3L. This semester is my first semester of my second year so I will have one more summer in addition to this one. So begin the application process around the end of the summer prior to the one you are hoping to land a summer associate position?

Anonymous User wrote:2L and 3L. This semester is my first semester of my second year so I will have one more summer in addition to this one. So begin the application process around the end of the summer prior to the one you are hoping to land a summer associate position?

Why is this the first semester of second year? Are you a 2E or are you somehow on a five semester plan?

I go to a school that accepts incoming 1Ls in the spring and I was one of those students.

Anonymous User wrote:I go to a school that accepts incoming 1Ls in the spring and I was one of those students.

Good luck explaining that to firms. I was on an unusual path and had a friend on an off-cycle like you. Firms straight up told us that they couldn't understand a non-3 year program and wouldn't hire people without May 20xx dates that aligned with their plans.

LawIdiot86 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I go to a school that accepts incoming 1Ls in the spring and I was one of those students.

Good luck explaining that to firms. I was on an unusual path and had a friend on an off-cycle like you. Firms straight up told us that they couldn't understand a non-3 year program and wouldn't hire people without May 20xx dates that aligned with their plans.

Ya, I figured as much. Even though this is still a 3 year program?

Anonymous User wrote:

LawIdiot86 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I go to a school that accepts incoming 1Ls in the spring and I was one of those students.

Good luck explaining that to firms. I was on an unusual path and had a friend on an off-cycle like you. Firms straight up told us that they couldn't understand a non-3 year program and wouldn't hire people without May 20xx dates that aligned with their plans.

Ya, I figured as much. Even though this is still a 3 year program?

How did you and your friend approach the situation?