Any job search process can be stressful and tiring, and the fall recruiting season for 2Ls is particularly intense. As a 2L, you will be busy researching employers, preparing for interviews, possibly traveling for callback interviews, and ultimately meeting and talking with a lot of different people through the process, including many attorneys and recruiting professionals at multiple employers. 

It’s important to keep in mind that in addition to the brass ring at the end of the job search process—a job—there is another very valuable outcome from your search: the beginning of your long-term, professional network. Even if you don’t end up working for their firm, agency, or organization, you will likely cross paths again in the future with a good number of the people you meet through your job search. You might encounter them working on a case or a deal in the future. You might encounter them on a bar committee or through another professional organization. Or you might meet them again through a future job search.  

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