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In many of the top law schools, a significant percentage of the student body has one or more years of post-college graduation, full-time work experience under their belts before entering law school. The effect on students who graduate from college young is that their classmates are generally older than they are, in many cases by more than a few years, and these older classmates may be perceived by employers who recruit at law schools as safer bets -- more seasoned, more worldly and more mature. Most law students obtain their summer and permanent first jobs through on campus interviewing/interviewing during law school. It has been my experience that younger law students are not taken as seriously, and are generally less likely to be wildly successful in the hiring process.
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