-: I went to law school with people
who majored in all different types of things.
I majored in history which was certainly helpful
but if I had a to do over with I would have majored
in history because that's what I enjoy,
that's what I was passionate about
but I probably would have minored in business.
It's amazing how much I've had to learn over the years
in what you need to know about business
and that can certainly never hurt you.
What really set me up for what I'm doing now
is between my second and third year of law school,
I was a law clerk at the firm I work at now
and I had the opportunity to do a lot of work
with the employment law group and ended up falling
in love with that practice area,
applied and got an offer from that firm
into their employment law group
and that's where I've worked ever since.
From a law school perspective,
we like to see writing on some journal.
Law schools have journals that you can write onto.
They have a law review that either you can grade onto
or some law schools require you to write onto it
but that's certainly something I look at
but clinics, pro bono clinics that people are involved in,
what type of internship opportunities
have you involved yourself in.
When I was in law school, I applied
and I got to be an intern my last year of law school
with the federal judge and actually write opinions.
So, looking for really a well-rounded person
who not only has the academics,
but what other things have you done in law school:
Trial team, journals, and so forth.
The other thing that I would find of interest
is what do you want to do outside
of your professional career to make the community better?
How are gonna involve yourself in non profit organizations
or somehow involve yourself in the community
to make this community better
so investment in the community
is a very strong factor for me.