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Surely there must be some teams looking for A0s?
I have had a few club memberships in college, no notable moots and decent publications. A few publications are also awaiting approval at reputed sites. Will it be make or break? I have good internships and good work on my CV. Will it really affect my chances at tier 1 firms? College is Tier 10 at best. It’s absolute shit but I have done my homework and prepared myself on my practice area. Please help
2. Publications
3. Internship
4. Moot
Even if you aspire to be a litigator.
1. Winning a moot
2. Good grades
3. Actual knowledge acquired at internships
4. Participating in moots/publications.
2. Internships
3. Moots/Publications are the same level.
Having gone through the hoops at Day Zero, unfortunately, grades are paramount for T-1 Firms, the only exception being if you have interned with that firm before and the associates you worked with gave great feedback for you (couldn't get call back due to scheduling issues). On the basis of your grades, batch ranks are calculated which are always the first parameter used to shortlist. Grades although are not fair and exhaustive criteria, T-1s don't understand that as they provide a base for determining your comparative standpoint.
If you have above-average grades (outside top 10% but better than 50%), then internships become an important factor. If you are claiming an interest in a particular area of law, you are expected to have at least 2-3 internship experiences in it, and if you're going for a General profile role , then a diversified experience would do.
Moots and publications are usually used to further your interest practice area or demonstrate your flexibility and range of research, based on what you are claiming. This was explained to me by an HR of a T-2 firm, when I was trying to get my CV reviewed.
To summarize, grades make recruiters open your CV, and a combination of internships with moots/publications makes them shortlist or take you seriously.
Moots/ADR Competitions
Publications
Grades.
On this scale, most important being '1' and Least important being '4.' You may use '2' and '3' as well.