How to Break Into Big Law

This is part one in a series on “Big Law” firms from the perspective of a former Big Law associate. <a href="https://medium.com/@adampascarella/how-to-succeed-as-a-big-law-summer-associate-c1d99efc7acd" rel="noopener">Part two</a> discusses how to succeed as a Big Law summer associate. <a href="https://medium.com/@adampascarella/how-to-succeed-as-a-first-year-attorney-at-a-big-law-firm-6dfd25d33f45" rel="noopener">Part three</a> discusses how to succeed as a first-year Big Law associate. Notwithstanding the lawsuits and vocal critics on the Internet, ambitious college students and recent college grads continue to apply to law school. Law school applications have <a href="http://abovethelaw.com/2017/02/are-law-school-applications-bottoming-out-one-school-sees-a-remarkable-rise/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">slowly begun to emerge from their nadir</a> several years ago. Some even speculate that there has been a <a href="http://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2017/03/20/the-trump-bump-for-law-schools-is-kind-of-a-thing/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">“Trump Bump”</a> in the legal education market. Future trends are unclear, but it’s likely that law school will remain an attractive option for a good number of intelligent people. <a href="https://medium.com/@adampascarella/how-to-break-into-big-law-1d905d242a3b">Learn More</a>