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Just Finished 1L- Mediocre grades |
| Message Name: |
resources |
| Date Posted: |
07/14/2001 |
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I just completed my first year at NYLS and my grades were not all that good. I even got a D. What the heck, I never got a D in all my life. I had 10 classes, ended up with 5 B's, 2C's, 2 C+ and a D. My GPA is about 2.5. Is there any hope for me or can I just start throwing in the towel? Can an excellent 2nd yr turn things around? It seem like On-Campus recruiters (you can't blame them) look for the top 10% and law review only. WHat's the strategy? And what happens if you do very well in your 2nd yr? Can you be on Law Review then? Hopefully there are others out there who can advise me. |
| Message: |
Your law school's website
www.nyls.edu contains information of a type which you can get in more detail from the career services office at your school. It looks as though in the good market of recent years, hiring has been good among grads of your school. The softening of the legal hiring market which seems to be setting in may make your task a bit more difficult. Why not contact the people at your school's career services office, as well as any recently graduated 3Ls you may have met, and try to determine where middle of the pack folks from your school got hired this year, to assist you with your assessment?
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