Law students,
Looking back, if I could tell my younger self one thing to focus time on in law school it would be this:
Building a network.
Most law students assume that by doing well in school and getting their JD they will be sought after as empolyees. This is an understandable fallacy.
The reality of most law jobs is that they are hidden. And, like most hidden things, you need help making the discovery. Your network opens the hidden jobs to you. Your network gets you known. Your network allows others to know who you are. Your network becmes your
community.
Law school teaches you that all that matters is your LSAT score, your grades, your accolades - the trappings of academia. The practice of law, which is where the overwhelming majority of legal jobs exist, isn't academia.
My younger self wouldn't have taken my advice. He was a fool. Don't be a fool.
#talabalarga_maslahatlar
© Miller Leonard - Assistant District Attorney General - Trial attorney handling criminal cases.
@shmirzayevofficialblog
Looking back, if I could tell my younger self one thing to focus time on in law school it would be this:
Building a network.
Most law students assume that by doing well in school and getting their JD they will be sought after as empolyees. This is an understandable fallacy.
The reality of most law jobs is that they are hidden. And, like most hidden things, you need help making the discovery. Your network opens the hidden jobs to you. Your network gets you known. Your network allows others to know who you are. Your network becmes your
community.
Law school teaches you that all that matters is your LSAT score, your grades, your accolades - the trappings of academia. The practice of law, which is where the overwhelming majority of legal jobs exist, isn't academia.
My younger self wouldn't have taken my advice. He was a fool. Don't be a fool.
#talabalarga_maslahatlar
© Miller Leonard - Assistant District Attorney General - Trial attorney handling criminal cases.
@shmirzayevofficialblog