1L meeting with a senior associate at a big firm in a city/practice area that I'm interested in. I knew this person from a different job a while back, emailed a few times when I was picking a law school, and I recently got in touch to get coffee.
What are some good questions that I should ask outside of "what kind of cases are you working on?" I want to communicate my interest in the firm but not seem like I expect any favors. I'm not worried about keeping the conversation going, I just don't want to squander the opportunity or have them leave the meeting thinking that I wasted their time. It's also not like this is an interview.
Should I keep the conversation general? Or is it ok for me to ask questions about OCI, lifestyle, etc?
Thanks for helping out
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Re: Networking Meeting Advice
I think it's always best to keep the focus on them. So ask questions about what he/she is working on, how he/she picked their practice group, what advice they'd have for a 1L, etc. Basically, it's great if you can have them walk you through their life and how they got where they are. People love talking about themselves. And I think making a good impression is probably more important than gleaning any particularly useful information from them.
I'd avoid lifestyle. Sets off immediate red flags. Not fair, but that's how it is.
I'd avoid lifestyle. Sets off immediate red flags. Not fair, but that's how it is.
