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<v ->I went to law school with people</v>

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who majored in all different types of things.

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I majored in history which was certainly helpful

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but if I had a to do over with I would have majored

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in history because that's what I enjoy,

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that's what I was passionate about

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but I probably would have minored in business.

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It's amazing how much I've had to learn over the years

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in what you need to know about business

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and that can certainly never hurt you.

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What really set me up for what I'm doing now

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is between my second and third year of law school,

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I was a law clerk at the firm I work at now

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and I had the opportunity to do a lot of work

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with the employment law group and ended up falling

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in love with that practice area,

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applied and got an offer from that firm

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into their employment law group

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and that's where I've worked ever since.

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From a law school perspective,

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we like to see writing on some journal.

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Law schools have journals that you can write onto.

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They have a law review that either you can grade onto

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or some law schools require you to write onto it

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but that's certainly something I look at

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but clinics, pro bono clinics that people are involved in,

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what type of internship opportunities

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have you involved yourself in.

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When I was in law school, I applied

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and I got to be an intern my last year of law school

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with the federal judge and actually write opinions.

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So, looking for really a well-rounded person

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who not only has the academics,

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but what other things have you done in law school:

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Trial team, journals, and so forth.

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The other thing that I would find of interest

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is what do you want to do outside

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of your professional career to make the community better?

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How are gonna involve yourself in non profit organizations

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or somehow involve yourself in the community

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to make this community better

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so investment in the community

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is a very strong factor for me.