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Leonardo DiCaprio

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are LoRs from 1L profs required for biglaw/govt jobs?

Post by Leonardo DiCaprio » Sat Sep 05, 2015 2:21 pm

should i be kissing ass and schmoozing
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Re: are LoRs from 1L profs required for biglaw/govt jobs?

Post by mylifeis24 » Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:30 pm

Leonardo DiCaprio wrote:should i be kissing ass and schmoozing
No, references at most, and those are much more likely required for gov't than biglaw.
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Re: are LoRs from 1L profs required for biglaw/govt jobs?

Post by Leonardo DiCaprio » Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:02 pm

mylifeis24 wrote:
Leonardo DiCaprio wrote:should i be kissing ass and schmoozing
No, references at most, and those are much more likely required for gov't than biglaw.
ok cool. I'm not really actively participating in class or office hours so i don't think i will be able to build any meaningful rapport with my profs
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