234: How Will Transferring Law Schools Impact the Job Search? (w/Sadie Jones)
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Show Notes
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have ex-BigLaw recruiter Sadie Jones here with us to talk about the career aspects of transferring law schools.
In this episode we discuss:
- Will transferring help you get a better job for 2L summer and later on?
- How the OCI process might work at the new school
- Formulating your reasons for transferring in preparation for job interviews
- Do firms look at the original school or only the graduation school?
- Are there any downsides to transferring from a job search point of view?
- Types of career-enhancing options available to transfer students
- Overall, is transferring seen as a positive or more of a negative?
Resources:
- CareerDicta (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/careerdicta/)
- Podcast Episode 3: Mastering the On-Campus Interviewing (OCI) Process (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-3-mastering-campus-interviewing-oci-process/)
- Podcast Episode 122: How to Transfer Law Schools (with Mihal Ansik) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-122-transfer-law-schools-mihal-ansik/)
- Podcast Episode 140: OCI Strategy (w/Sadie Jones) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-140-oci-strategy-w-sadie-jones/)
- Ahead of the Curve: So You Want to Transfer Law Schools… (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/ahead-of-the-curve-so-you-want-to-transfer-law-schools/)
- Transferring Law Schools: Three Things You Need to Know (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/transferring-law-schools-three-things-you-need-to-know/)
- Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Transfer Students in Law School (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire-transfer-students-in-law-school/)
- How to Prepare for OCI Interviews (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/prepare-oci-interviews/)
- Tips for Applying to Internships and Externships (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/tips-applying-internships-externships/)
- Networking as a 1L – Start Early! (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/networking-as-a-1l-start-early/)
Download the Transcript (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-234-how-will-transferring-law-schools-impact-the-job-search-w-sadie-jones/)
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