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[quote=Anonymous]I work in law school career services and highly recommend he works for 2 years.

Peace Corps, Americorps, TFA, military service are great experience for any future career path.  The maturity and problem solving skills those students have is outstanding, and employers of all stripes seem attracted to these candidates.  They also seem to handle the stresses of law school well.

Paralegal at big firm is good, but really only helps in recruiting if combined with top grades.  For the student, they will gain good insight into whether they even want this type of career, but on the downside if they want these jobs and don't get them they feel crushed.

Wall Street/  financial services experience gives you a leg up in those fields.

If you are committed to public interest, go serve that population or work for that cause to demonstrate your commitment. You won't get hired to work on refugee issues easily if you aren't fluent in Spanish.

If you really want to work in the international arena, go work abroad and gain fluency in some in demand language.  It isn't a guarantee but it helps.

If you have no clue what you want to do, get any job where you get excellent research and writing experience and where you will come into contact with lawyers in some way. That will help with skill development and also give you some insight into what lawyers do.

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