STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

the first summer i was a research asst. for my property professor, i helped her write an article and prepared the syllabus for a class she taught in the fall.  i loved her and it was the beginning of an awesome friendship.  the pay was decent too, $25 an hour i think?  but the best part was i kept track of my own hours and she said 'be liberal'...so i was

the second summer i was a summer associate at a firm, remember feeling soo lucky since the economy tanked (the first day of on campus interviews was 9/11, can you believe i had to get through six interviews that day?  ).

anyway, i think the second summer matters much more than the first in terms of getting a job after graduation (unless you want to clerk, which is what i did, in which case apply early, like next fall) so i wouldn't sweat the summer too much at this stage--just work somewhere that looks good on your resume.

Not that I really know anything more than you, but I just finished my first year too. I'm spending the first 1/2 of the summer doing summer school and also working on a reasearch project for one of the University's departments related to consumer fraud and old people. I'm not interested in elder law but I figured doing the research will look good on my resume. The second 1/2 of the summer I'm continuing the research and also working for a federal judge. I really don't know what I'm doing work-wise for the judge... my uncle hooked me up with the him, who's his patient.  But that will also be a good resume builder.