Law Students' Corner

• Jurisdiction: Kansas,United States
• Citation: Vol. 81 No. 5 Pg. 14
• Pages: 14
• Publication year: 2012

Law Students' Corner No. 81 J. Kan. Bar Assn 5, 14 (2012) Kansas Bar Journal May, 2012

Getting Involved in the "LLC" — But Not the Type We Learned About in Business Associations

By Brady Burdge, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, brady.burdge@washbum.edu

When I chose a Kansas law school, I knew there were some risks in going to a state where I had no connections to help me get a job after school. But I accepted Washburn with the plan of making Kansas my permanent home. Everything I was told about finding a good job after law school could be summed up in one word: "networking." I decided that to convince people that I desired to stay in Kansas required getting involved in the local legal community (LLC). Little did I know that the "LLC" was chock-full of such opportunities.

The first week of law school exposes students to many opportunities to get involved locally. While several people gave us advice about "networking," as I got out my sketchpad and magic markers to plan my networking strategy I suddenly realized that I had no idea what to do. Luckily, Washburn got the ball rolling through its first year mentoring program. That program paired me up with a recent graduate who...