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Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:36 pm
by Anonymous User
How important is networking if you are below median?
For instance, if you are below median and you have networked with the important lawyers at the firm and they like you, will that be enough to pull you into the firm or it wont matter because your grades are too low?
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:38 pm
by MKC
1. How far below median?
2. What school or approximate rank?
3. What kind of firm?
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:47 pm
by rpupkin
Anonymous User wrote:How important is networking if you are below median?
For instance, if you are below median and you have networked with the important lawyers at the firm and they like you, will that be enough to pull you into the firm or it wont matter because your grades are too low?
Why do you think the answer will be anything other than "it depends"? You of course have to share more specifics if you want meaningful answers.
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:49 pm
by Johann
without knowing more, networking can make grades meaningless in small firms, govt and even mid sized firms. still important in biglaw but it has less pull.
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:49 pm
by jbagelboy
JohannDeMann wrote:without knowing more, networking can make grades meaningless in small firms, govt and even mid sized firms. still important in biglaw but it has less pull.
"Networking" won't save shit grades for government work (DOJ, SEC, DOS ect) in the least unless you're talking about joe-biden's-grandchildren's sort of networking.
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:35 pm
by Johann
yeah i was mostly referring to state and local govt which couldnt give any fucks about your gpa
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:42 pm
by Arad
I doubt it would hurt
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:57 pm
by Anonymous User
For me networking saved my ass. If it wasn't for 1 friend I had for years I'd have been in trouble. Instead I got a great outcome. Friendship is not only rewarding in itself, but is one of the most valuable assets a young person can have.
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:18 pm
by CanadianWolf
Internships & Externships are more rewarding than networking without the goods.
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:26 pm
by sims1
Anonymous User wrote:For me networking saved my ass. If it wasn't for 1 friend I had for years I'd have been in trouble. Instead I got a great outcome. Friendship is not only rewarding in itself, but is one of the most valuable assets a young person can have.
this comment made me warm and fuzzy inside.
Re: Will networking save you?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:37 pm
by A. Nony Mouse
CanadianWolf wrote:Internships & Externships are more rewarding than networking without the goods.
But internships and externships are also networking.