This summer promises to be another buyers’ market. Though firms have been more conservative in summer hiring than last season, student demand for entry-level associate positions is again likely to outstrip supply. Consequently, hiring committees will be in the unfortunate position of rationing offers come Labor Day – not all summer associates who start the season will be welcomed back by their summer employers.
In counseling hundreds of law students from several schools over the past decade, I have encountered a relatively small but not insignificant number of 2Ls who fail to receive return offers from their summer employers. In sharing their stories with career services colleagues at other law schools, two common threads appear. First, the “no offer” decision almost always comes as a surprise to the candidate – legitimate surprise, not just denial. Second, the root cause of the problem rarely hinges on the lawyering skills or professional potential of the student involved; it is more often chalked up to an amorphous cause like “lack of fit” or “poor judgment” or “bad attitude.”
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