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Not the sort of serious reception at the firm office, but at a bar. Is it kosher to show up and just talk to people and make friends. I'm not longing for a job- just a big fan of the firm.

I'd tread lightly just because the usual icebreaker will tend to be "so, how are first-year courses treating ya?" But you know this already. It seems a bit corny, but I'll yield to others who may have done this, as I'm a 1L.

OP here, thanks for the input. How about I show up at the end of the event, pretend like I happened to be around the area( I actually live in the neighborhood) and just saying Hi- you know I don't want to get into a private event without rsvp them

Anonymous User wrote:Not the sort of serious reception at the firm office, but at a bar. Is it kosher to show up and just talk to people and make friends. I'm not longing for a job- just a big fan of the firm.

Are you a 2L that is about to work for this firm this summer and you're just really excited about it? Or are you just randomly asking if you can go meet lawyers that you have no connection to and you truly aren't looking to network for employment purposes?

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Anonymous User wrote:Not the sort of serious reception at the firm office, but at a bar. Is it kosher to show up and just talk to people and make friends. I'm not longing for a job- just a big fan of the firm.

Are you a 2L that is about to work for this firm this summer and you're just really excited about it? Or are you just randomly asking if you can go meet lawyers that you have no connection to and you truly aren't looking to network for employment purposes?

Yeah, I think we need some more context here. If you worked there your 1L summer (and especially if you're going back there this summer), I'd think they'd be happy to have you there, talking up the firm to the prospective 1L summers. But if that's that case, I also would have expected them to have actually invited you.

I see very few scenarios where this won't be slightly awkward or weird - but some context would help.