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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]no, biglawyer. [/quote]

If you are working at a firm, how do you know about federal agency hiring?  You can guess all you like, but working for the feds is a completely different world than biglaw.  I am a TTT grad working for a federal agency.  Almost all the attorneys in my office are TTT grads.  We have been hiring recently, and we are receiving hundreds of applications for GS12/13 positions.  Some of the applicants are from T14 schools, but most are not.  Where someone went to school is meaningless.  We also don't really care if you previously worked for some elite law firm.  We really just want attorneys that can demonstrate knowledge and desire for our practice area.  Our last hire went to some law school in Ohio I've never heard of before.

My advice to any new grad is try to get some experience.  Even if you have to volunteer, you will make connections and gain skills while you are volunteering.  Students should intern while they are in school to try to make connections.  Relying on the OCI process at lower-tier schools is not going to result to employment for most students from those schools.[/quote]

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