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What Does It Mean To 'Look Out For Yourself, First'
[00:00:00] I'm a law student at a T14. I accepted an offer from a smaller firm this summer but I'm interested in seeing what's out there with larger firms. Is it inappropriate to interview with other firms or apply, even though I've already committed to my summer firm?
If you feel like you can get a better job or something, that's a better fit for you I don't know what that "commitment" means or what you should talk to your school about, and you might want to ask them but I do know lots of people accept offers and do interviews. And I just don't want to say anything unethical that may or may, from whatever your school does. But if you feel like you could work at a better firm or you freely could work at a firm where you're going to get a better experience, I think you need to look out for yourself and all of that.
One of the things I say to all of our candidates that I work with is, you need to put yourself, first. If I give you an offer and you don't think it's a good offer for you, then, don't care who cares if you know the company doesn't place you, in this place.
You have to do what's best for you. If you feel like you can't go on practicing law anymore because you're going insane. You can't listen to your parents or whatever you have to
[00:01:00] do what's best for you. So you need to look out for yourself first. And the idea is what is going to make you happy.
What I can tell you is in, 75% of the cases, the best firm you'll ever get a job at is the first one.
Not always, but 75%, the best firm on your resume is something you'll always remember.
So if you go to a top 14 law school and you had a job this summer, you could get a job probably at a larger firm. And so is it something you want to do? I don't know. You have to ask yourself, but it's an option for you.
And something I would think about if it's ethical for you to do that and I don't know.
