retronotmetro
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My fiancee went through it and graduated 2 yrs ago. I gave her the same advice at the time.
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Then no offense, but you give terrible advice, unless given to someone who has made a deliberate decision never to work for a midlaw or biglaw firm. Your glib absolutism is not helpful to anyone else.
If you don't land a spot in a summer associate program, or one of the very few paid school-year clerk that firms might have for 2Ls or 3Ls, your chance of getting a full-time position through the front door at a firm will drop dramatically.
Not everyone wants to punch 2400 billable hours a year at Biglaw, but some people need the bucks to pay down loans or build a nest egg. If you want to go that route, there's no way around going for a paying gig while you are a student.