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<blockquote data-quote="fortysix" data-source="post: 1045294" data-attributes="member: 2970">I'm a corporate associate at a small firm. I got the job by reaching out to one of the partners during 1L (he practiced in a niche I wanted to work in), and then again throughout 2L. I ended up clerking here in the summer, and then eventually got an offer to come back after law school. I was mainly hired because I'm fluent in a language that a number of the firm's biggest clients prefer to communicate in. It was very uncomfortable telling everyone at the firm that I didn't pass the bar, but thankfully they let me stay on to try a second time, and then, thank god, I passed. All-in-all I enjoy the work and working with my colleagues. I'm not sure what I would have done if I didn't get this job - I would likely mass-mail every firm and take every associate and parter out to lunch that I could.If I could go back in time I would have tried to get hired at a bigger firm or maybe gone into PI. I make good money but nowhere near that mass-tort money. I am considering in-house, but haven't gotten any attractive offers yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fortysix, post: 1045294, member: 2970"] I'm a corporate associate at a small firm. I got the job by reaching out to one of the partners during 1L (he practiced in a niche I wanted to work in), and then again throughout 2L. I ended up clerking here in the summer, and then eventually got an offer to come back after law school. I was mainly hired because I'm fluent in a language that a number of the firm's biggest clients prefer to communicate in. It was very uncomfortable telling everyone at the firm that I didn't pass the bar, but thankfully they let me stay on to try a second time, and then, thank god, I passed. All-in-all I enjoy the work and working with my colleagues. I'm not sure what I would have done if I didn't get this job - I would likely mass-mail every firm and take every associate and parter out to lunch that I could. If I could go back in time I would have tried to get hired at a bigger firm or maybe gone into PI. I make good money but nowhere near that mass-tort money. I am considering in-house, but haven't gotten any attractive offers yet. [/QUOTE]

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