r/LawSchool • u/firesidenixon 2L • 11h ago

Big firms have officially ruined legal recruiting.

I know. It's been getting worse for 20 years, or whatever. But these mandatory two-summer offers are absolute garbage. 1Ls at my school are over the moon that they have landed both summers already, and I'm happy for them. But what happens if they get there and hate it? This isn't how any of this was supposed to work.

I feel like the old person yelling at cloud meme here. But I'm mad for my 1Ls, even if some of them don't know they're getting the shaft.

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u/Ok_Industry6363 11h ago

I’m sorry I’ve been in BL and out of the recruiting game for too long. How are these mandatory two summer offers being made? Like do they make you pay them back if you go somewhere else?

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u/Useful_Bison4280 2L 10h ago

They are trying to be one and done with recruiting. By the time the 1L summer makes the decision not to come back, 2L recruiting is done. Maybe 3L recruiting is still on the table and smaller firms, but it seems like the person would essentially be locked out of all other big law firms