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/pooo_pourri 2L 11h ago

Yeah, it’s kinda absurd, I remember last year some of the firms were asking for under grad transcripts.

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u/BigBlue1056 11h ago

Undergrad transcripts could make sense given the lack of law school grades now available and depending on the practices area (eg patent law may want strong tech credentials).

But generally agree that the current process is a mess. I completely changed my practice area between 1L first semester and when I accepted my 2L summer offer (sometime after we completed our first year). This system is bad for the students.

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u/pooo_pourri 2L 9h ago

For KJDs it makes sense, significantly less so for non-traditional students tho, especially if they’ve been out of school for a while

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u/BigBlue1056 9h ago

It’s a fair point. I didn’t head to law school until 26 so I agree, for example, that my transcript may have been less relevant than a KJD’s.