<p>Anybody knew about internship opportunities in Wachtell, Lipton, Rozen&Katz? Do they have opportunities for Undergraduate international students who studying in the US? I knew it was an arguably prestigious firm and they do offer some sorts of intern position. </p>
<p>Besides, please inform me if any of you guys know about internship opportunities in any other firms in NYC.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>You do realize they are a law firm?
Law firms typically look for lawyers/people going to law school.
They recruit at the top 6 law schools as well as Upenn and Berkeley for summer associate programs. </p>
<p>If you’re a minority, you can apply for the SEO corporate law program which gives students who are about to enter law school a chance to intern at a top law firm.
This program, however, is purely for people who have been accepted into law school and have already graduated from undergrad. </p>
<p>Why would you even want to intern at a law firm as an undergrad?</p>
<p>Well its pretty easy to see why one would want to intern at a prestigious law firm, undergrad or not. 99% of the problem here is that they actually have to get in … :P</p>
<p>you mean you have to get admitted before having the internship opportunity??
I want to study law after college.</p>
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<p>Not really, I don’t see the benefit at all.
I doubt it’d help you get into law school. I’m sure any type of internship would be unpaid.
There’s no way you’d be doing meaningful work.
I can’t even imagine it would be helpful for getting a job later in law as it would more than likely fall into the weird category (basically the equivalent of doing an internship in high school).</p>
<p>The only real benefit would be the exposure to what life is like at a law firm, but it hardly seems worth it. </p>
<p>@Mia1994 If you’re interested in working at a firm like Wachtell in the future, why not do a summer internship in investment banking? It will give you exposure to M&A, albeit from the finance side. It will also show you can work hard and handle long hours. The pay isn’t great compared to a summer associate gig at a law firm, but at least you’ll be doing something meaningful.</p>
<p>thanks so much by your suggestions, which were very helpful and inspiring. Actually I am thinking about investment bank, too.</p>
<p>I disagree. </p>
<p>Working at a law firm for a summer would be an excellent experience before you take 175k in debt and three years of your life and take the plunge into the grueling life of corporate law. </p>
<p>Angryelf ignores all the intangibles that comes with experience in the field - you discover your passions, you learn the professional environment and lingo, and you can really speak as to why you want to work in law during your interviews. These are absolutely key to your first job out of college and will set you apart.</p>