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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College freshmen, very hard to get a summer intern.

Which one is better? A paid part time job in retail, 20hr/wk, but nothing to do with her major. Or an unpaid volunteer in circuit court, 40hr/wk. Will the later help law school application? [/quote]

Take the unpaid court internship, make money on weekends mowing lawns or other labor jobs, or be tutor for high school students for SAT, ACT, college apps. Both kids we know at HLS did similar their fresh and sophomore summers, building to prestigious judicial internship in DC after junior year. [/quote]

Are you talking about freshmen and sophomore years in law school or college? Never heard big firms hire college students not law student, even if intern.[/quote]
+1. "Prestigious judicial internship" for a college student isn't really a thing; one needs to be a law student for that.

OP, full time work experience after college would carry much more weight in law school admissions than a summer internship pushing paper in circuit court. I would also doubt that the circuit court internship would provide a decent view of what lawyers do.[/quote]

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