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Appellate v. District v. BigLaw (1st Year)
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:49 pm
by Anonymous User
I was fortunate enough to finish my first semester at the top 5% (possibly #1 and likely #1-3) of my class at a lower t14. I have a few BigLaw interviews lined up. I was curious if I should also apply for Appellate and District Ct. internships or stick with BigLaw, assuming I get an offer.
End Goal: BigLaw => Partner
Re: Appellate v. District v. BigLaw (1st Year)
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:55 pm
by zot1
Go biglaw. Why forgo the summer money?
If you want to do a clerkship, do one postgrad after getting a biglaw offer from a firm that is cool with you going to a clerkship before starting.
Re: Appellate v. District v. BigLaw (1st Year)
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:55 pm
by bk1
Anonymous User wrote:I was fortunate enough to finish my first semester at the top 5% (possibly #1 and likely #1-3) of my class at a lower t14. I have a few BigLaw interviews lined up. I was curious if I should also apply for Appellate and District Ct. internships or stick with BigLaw, assuming I get an offer.
End Goal: BigLaw => Partner
1. You should apply to other jobs in case your 1L SA interviews do not turn into offers. Whether that's a judicial internship or something else is irrelevant. You should almost assuredly take the 1L SA over anything else because it is paid and has the chance to turn into a full-time post-grad job.
2. What you do your 1L summer isn't going to matter for making partner and you should also realize that making partner at a large firm is a pipe dream.