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I've been offered a position at a well-respected firm in the area that I intend to work in after my graduation. I go to a T2 school and am in approximately the top 33% of my class. That being said, my grandfather was a partner at this approximately thirty years ago and his name is still included in the firm's title.

My concern is whether future employers will look on my 1L summer employment at this firm as a negative during the hiring process. Would I be better suited finding work elsewhere? The firm focuses in what I want to specialize in and is in the area I intend to work. Additionally, it is a very well-respected firm that could hopefully connect me with other firms I could potentially work at 2L summer.

GuyMontag wrote:I've been offered a position at a well-respected firm in the area that I intend to work in after my graduation. I go to a T2 school and am in approximately the top 33% of my class. That being said, my grandfather was a partner at this approximately thirty years ago and his name is still included in the firm's title.

My concern is whether future employers will look on my 1L summer employment at this firm as a negative during the hiring process. Would I be better suited finding work elsewhere? The firm focuses in what I want to specialize in and is in the area I intend to work. Additionally, it is a very well-respected firm that could hopefully connect me with other firms I could potentially work at 2L summer.

Take it. I doubt many people will put it together and might only ask you in a joking manner. If they do, there's nothing wrong with admitting it and spinning it in a positive way about how it was a good experience.