3LOLCI (MMing): worth it to ask classmates to usher my materials?
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:55 pm
T6 rising 3L here, so there are plenty of classmates scattered across firms I'd like to apply to. As SAs who are vying for their probable if not guaranteed FT offers, are they likely to be able to put in a good word w/ associates/partners on the hiring committee?
On the other hand: 1) they don't know my work product at all, so they'd have little to no basis to speak to my potential. Or at least, much less of a basis than my current supervisors who were ex-biglaw themselves.
2) I'd be disclosing to friends the rough situation I'm in, a situation that shame & embarrassment have kept hidden for this long.
So if current classmates/SAs aren't the best people to network with in preparation for 3LOLCI, is there anything else I should be doing to find alums who are current/former associates/partners at these firms who'd be willing to go to bat for me?
Thanks
On the other hand: 1) they don't know my work product at all, so they'd have little to no basis to speak to my potential. Or at least, much less of a basis than my current supervisors who were ex-biglaw themselves.
2) I'd be disclosing to friends the rough situation I'm in, a situation that shame & embarrassment have kept hidden for this long.
So if current classmates/SAs aren't the best people to network with in preparation for 3LOLCI, is there anything else I should be doing to find alums who are current/former associates/partners at these firms who'd be willing to go to bat for me?
Thanks