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Is it possible to get a 2L summer associate spot at a NY firm from a T50 school, or is NY pushing it...

Stressed but blessed wrote:Is it possible to get a 2L summer associate spot at a NY firm from a T50 school, or is NY pushing it...

You should really browse thru existing posts before you ask such a broad question with limited details. The short answer is yes, it's possible.

Yes. It's possible but you need to have something that will get you interviews.(top grades, something awesome on your resume, and/or connections)

You also will likely need to mass mail during your 1L summer unless you have a bunch of NY firms coming to your OCI.

I was at a ~t50. If you are eligible for patent law then I think top 1/3 to have a chance.

If not, I would say top 20% to have a chance top 10% to be safe for biglaw or almost market paying mid law. If your a hot girl maybe top 25-30%. Outside of top 1/3 you almost have 0 chance unless u are extremely connected.

Nothing is a guarantee. Fwiw, there were a small but size able amount of people who wanted biglaw and graduated in the top 10% that didn't get big law jobs.

Anonymous User wrote:I was at a ~t50. If you are eligible for patent law then I think top 1/3 to have a chance.

If not, I would say top 20% to have a chance top 10% to be safe for biglaw or almost market paying mid law. If your a hot girl maybe top 25-30%. Outside of top 1/3 you almost have 0 chance unless u are extremely connected.

Nothing is a guarantee. Fwiw, there were a small but size able amount of people who wanted biglaw and graduated in the top 10% that didn't get big law jobs.

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Anonymous User wrote:I was at a ~t50. If you are eligible for patent law then I think top 1/3 to have a chance.

If not, I would say top 20% to have a chance top 10% to be safe for biglaw or almost market paying mid law. If your a hot girl maybe top 25-30%. Outside of top 1/3 you almost have 0 chance unless u are extremely connected.

Nothing is a guarantee. Fwiw, there were a small but size able amount of people who wanted biglaw and graduated in the top 10% that didn't get big law jobs.

This all sounds about right, except patent law. I defer on the general percentage and hot chick percentage, but both sound reasonably correct, in my experience. I went to a school higher than the t50, but in IP. Ive had a lot of TTT colleagues from schools like Fordham, New york LS, etc comparable TTT and even worse. If you are patent law, honestly, good pre-LS credentials combined with at least average ish LS grades should land you a solid patent law gig. On the east coast, a PhD in bio would be better than a BSEE or similar, but there are still plenty of high tech jobs in North jersey/NY. Possibly a little hustle needed so get out there.