'Marketing Assistant' at a Biglaw Firm Forum

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Got an offer for a 'Marketing Assistant' position at a V50, through a staffing agency. It is a temporary position that will last several months, after which I have other plans set up. I was looking mainly for legal assistant jobs, and so I was unfamiliar with this job and its duties before interviewing for it. I was told the basics - pitch binders, data-entry/cleanup, some research and compiling reports, and all sorts of administrative tasks related to business development and client relationships. But I have zero experience in all of that, and this is my first 'professional' job, let alone law related.

Anyone have more info on this position, or firsthand experience? I want to do well.

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What is the value of this position and the (rather limited) exposure I will be getting?

Will be entering a T14 in fall 2015, and hoping it will give me a nice little talking point at OCI. Will it?

Thanks for any advice.

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Got an offer for a 'Marketing Assistant' position at a V50, through a staffing agency. It is a temporary position that will last several months, after which I have other plans set up. I was looking mainly for legal assistant jobs, and so I was unfamiliar with this job and its duties before interviewing for it. I was told the basics - pitch binders, data-entry/cleanup, some research and compiling reports, and all sorts of administrative tasks related to business development and client relationships. But I have zero experience in all of that, and this is my first 'professional' job, let alone law related.

Anyone have more info on this position, or firsthand experience? I want to do well.

and

What is the value of this position and the (rather limited) exposure I will be getting?

Will be entering a T14 in fall 2015, and hoping it will give me a nice little talking point at OCI. Will it?

Thanks for any advice.

With legwork, I think this has the potential to be a very valuable experience.

Understanding how law firms operate can help you hit the ground running when you begin as a Summer Associate/Associate, and if you get to know key people well -- the Law Student Recruiter, the Hiring Partner, a few Hiring Committee Associates, etc. -- they can all give you some good insights into the firm's specific hiring processes, and general thoughts about legal hiring. (A good way to approach this is to ask an associate that your're friends with to review your resume -- she'll probably agree, and then offer to pass it along to relevant folks). If these relevant people like you (and you seem totally likable) they'll probably also give you the inside track during OCI (assuming you stay in touch during law school), just because they know you. You'll still need good credentials to get at an offer, which you should hopefully have coming out of a t14.