<p>cartera,</p>
<p>We aren’t talking about jobs “of substance.” We’re talking ANY job. I would not want to be a 2L looking for a summer internship whose only position is an internship after the first year of law school–if that. </p>
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<p>I guarantee you that in at least 90% of cases there will be some sort of job, internship, or volunteer position. The other 10% will be kids who are “favors” --we hire a S or D of a partner at X firm and he’ll repay the favor --or have the potential to bring in business. (Dad is general counsel at BigCo and could steer work our way.)</p>
<p>Yes, after you do get a job “of substance” with a law firm, you stop putting those other things on your resume. That doesn’t mean that you didn’t need them to get a summer associate position.</p>
<p>I doubt very much that you have any input into hiring summer associates. The initial screening usually takes place during OCI. The interviewing attorneys from the firm get to decide who gets a “call back” for an interview at the firm. I am confident that at least some of them will not invite back someone who never worked or volunteered or held an internship in high school or college.</p>