University of Utah : S.J. Quinney College of Law

Firm Crawl Round-Up

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 by Kay Shelton

Tags: pdo lcs career brief 

Over 100 1L’s and transfer students attended the Firm Crawl last Thursday evening!  So far, the feedback PDO has received from attorneys at the participating law firms has been very positive.  PDO appreciates your professionalism and invites your feedback as well!  Let us know if you enjoyed the Crawl, have suggestions for us, or have concerns about anything that transpired.   A few thoughts from PDO follow: 

·  Remember that the Firm Crawl was explicitly not a recruiting event.  The participating attorneys were reminded of this fact prior to it.  You were not expected to know about practice areas, firm histories, etc.  

·  Some of you may have enjoyed hearing the wisdom of the participating attorneys on succeeding in law school, grades, and other topics.  Please consider any advice you received in light of other advice from professors, law school administrators, teaching assistants and other mentors. 

·  Reflect on what you saw and learned from the Crawl.  Consider whether it confirmed or changed any preconceptions about working in a large law firm!  The fact is, most of you will work for non-large law firm employers, including small firms, government agencies, public interest organizations, or private businesses.  So, be sure to take advantage of other upcoming PDO/student organization-sponsored programs which offer views of different practice areas.  One which, like the Firm Crawl, students cite as amongst the most helpful is the evening Public Interest/Government Crawl, which will take place on September 30 at the downtown Community Legal Center at 205 North 400 West.