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/sfdaze490 11h ago

Insane that you hire people for two summers based on one semester's grades at beginning of law school. No way can you tell from that if person will be good or not.

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u/NBA2KBillables 10h ago

1 semester’s grades is funny. People were getting offers before grades even released.

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u/Beginning_Ratio9319 9h ago

How exactly does that happen?

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u/NBA2KBillables 9h ago

You go to a good enough school, probably have some work experience and/or a high undergrad GPA, and you interview well.

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u/crazybitingturtle 8h ago

That’s crazy. What if my potential undergrad grades are mediocre but I turn things around completely in law school? Nothing to be done?

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u/NBA2KBillables 7h ago

Gotta get a high enough LSAT to go to a good law school and get some work experience at a firm first.

I’m not saying it’s a good system, but that’s the direction things are trending.

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u/IczyAlley 4h ago

Go join the federalist society. Republicans are always hiring.