BigLaw from University of Texas Forum

[thecilent]

IMO, if you're a 22 yr old right out of ugrad....take the year off regardless.

TITCR, not so much in terms of getting INTO law schools, but i guess for maturity and experience

...unless you're Asian, then dont because your parents will love you less

ITE, what good will this really do??

[DoubleChecks]

nooo kalvano's post disappeared before i could quote it

well, in response i was going to say:

truf, im wearing my Texas Longhorns cap the first day i start law school (after orientations)

[DoubleChecks]

IMO, if you're a 22 yr old right out of ugrad....take the year off regardless.

TITCR, not so much in terms of getting INTO law schools, but i guess for maturity and experience

...unless you're Asian, then dont because your parents will love you less

ITE, what good will this really do??

[thecilent]

nooo kalvano's post disappeared before i could quote it

well, in response i was going to say:

truf, im wearing my Texas Longhorns cap the first day i start law school (after orientations)

Why did that disappear?

[kalvano]

nooo kalvano's post disappeared before i could quote it

I didn't want to delve into that argument yet again.

[thecilent]

IMO, if you're a 22 yr old right out of ugrad....take the year off regardless.

TITCR, not so much in terms of getting INTO law schools, but i guess for maturity and experience

...unless you're Asian, then dont because your parents will love you less

ITE, what good will this really do??

Experience doing what is my point

[DoubleChecks]

nooo kalvano's post disappeared before i could quote it

I didn't want to delve into that argument yet again.

haha i thought the exact same thing

[DoubleChecks]

Experience doing what is my point

life experience

[thecilent]

Experience doing what is my point

life experience

haha Gotya. How did Kalvano delete a post like that?

[Pearalegal]

IMO, if you're a 22 yr old right out of ugrad....take the year off regardless.

TITCR, not so much in terms of getting INTO law schools, but i guess for maturity and experience

...unless you're Asian, then dont because your parents will love you less

ITE, what good will this really do??

if you want an answer that goes beyond the obvious personal reasons...employers ITE look for resumes with real work experience that shows a newly minted JD won't fall apart when he or she has to play grown up for the first time ever.

[thecilent]

IMO, if you're a 22 yr old right out of ugrad....take the year off regardless.

TITCR, not so much in terms of getting INTO law schools, but i guess for maturity and experience

...unless you're Asian, then dont because your parents will love you less

ITE, what good will this really do??

if you want an answer that goes beyond the obvious personal reasons...employers ITE look for resumes with real work experience that shows a newly minted JD won't fall apart when he or she has to play grown up for the first time ever.

True. Makes sense

[NYAssociate]

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[DoubleChecks]

Experience doing what is my point

life experience

haha Gotya. How did Kalvano delete a post like that?

special admin powers

or you know, the delete button

haha yeah, once someone posts after you, your post can only be edited and no longer deleted

[NYAssociate]

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[thecilent]

Experience doing what is my point

life experience

haha Gotya. How did Kalvano delete a post like that?

special admin powers

or you know, the delete button

haha yeah, once someone posts after you, your post can only be edited and no longer deleted

lol I didn't know that's how it worked wooops

[kalvano]

Experience doing what is my point

life experience

haha Gotya. How did Kalvano delete a post like that?

I sacrificed a chicken and inscribed mystical symbols in blood on the side of my computer.

[thecilent]

Experience doing what is my point

life experience

haha Gotya. How did Kalvano delete a post like that?

I sacrificed a chicken and inscribed mystical symbols in blood on the side of my computer.

Was thinking something along these lines..

[kalvano]

employers ITE look for resumes with real work experience that shows a newly minted JD won't fall apart when he or she has to play grown up for the first time ever.

Honestly, it's not a big deal. If you have substantive WE from during UG, you're fine. No need to take a year off for employment purposes. Plenty of reason if you need time to reflect, grow, etc.

No need to, but I can't imagine it hurts when you go to interview if you know how to interview, have experience in the real world supporting yourself, etc.

[thecilent]

I sometimes wonder whether it would have made more economic sense to go for BigTex law.

And then I realize I love NYC too much.

This will prob be exactly what I wonder and realize in a few years

[NYAssociate]

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[NYAssociate]

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[thecilent]

I sometimes wonder whether it would have made more economic sense to go for BigTex law.

And then I realize I love NYC too much.

This will prob be exactly what I wonder and realize in a few years

Aren't you making a lot of assumptions? I.e., that you'll get offers from at least one of the two markets?

I just meant in choosing schools..

"go for BigTex law" = ut

"love NYC" = CN

[kalvano]

employers ITE look for resumes with real work experience that shows a newly minted JD won't fall apart when he or she has to play grown up for the first time ever.

Honestly, it's not a big deal. If you have substantive WE from during UG, you're fine. No need to take a year off for employment purposes. Plenty of reason if you need time to reflect, grow, etc.

No need to, but I can't imagine it hurts when you go to interview if you know how to interview, have experience in the real world supporting yourself, etc.

Just do practice interviews then. Big deal.

Because that's exactly the same thing as when you're being questioned by the person who holds your future in his / her hands.

[NYAssociate]

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[kalvano]

Because that's exactly the same thing as when you're being questioned by the person who holds your future in his / her hands.

I like that you sarcastically dismiss my posts or give these pithy, definitive rejections. It makes it seem like you're working in biglaw, and I'm the uneducated, speculating 0L. Oh wait.

If you really think that the only way to prepare for interviews is actually to have those interviews (which is false, by the way), then go and grab some interviews in the summer before OCI. It's not hard. People will interview you. Whether they'll give you an offer is another question. But it can't hurt to put yourself through the paces.

I sarcastically dismiss everybody. You're not special.

The only way to really know how to interview is to do it. All the practice interviews in the world can't compare to actually interviewing for a real job that you want / need.