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[quote=Anonymous]If she is serious about a DOJ career, she should ABSOLUTELY take the DOJ honors spot. She should also be applying for federal clerkships at the same time.

If she doesn’t get hired FT at DOJ after honors, there will definitely be firms willing to take her after her honors year (or a clerkship year). She should ask around more about this though.

It is CRUCIAL for her to understand that law students with a serious interest in a non-firm path MUST take advantage of post-grad opportunities to establish a foothold, like fellowships and honors years. When everyone else is taking the easy route (going to a firm and making $$$) it is harder to understand the alternative career path. Of course DOJ and other agencies take early career lawyers after some time at a firm, but it’s not a guarantee. And then you have to spend years at a firm instead of actually litigating for the govt.

A clerkship would also obviously be a way for a young litigator to start out. In fact I cannot imagine that she would be in the running for DOJ honors and not a clerkship. [/quote]

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