Yesterday,
the
realization
that
firms
already
consider
OCI
to
be
late
in
the
game
turned
a
few
heads.
What’s
next,
recruiting
people
from
undergrad?
Well,
yes
actually.
Above
the
Law
got
this
tip
from
an
insider
at
Am
Law
200
firm
Butler
Snow
about
a
new
partnership
with
HBCU
students:
Yesterday
we
sent
our
first
offer
letter
to
a
rising
senior
criminal
justice
major.
She
will
work
with
us
this
summer
in
Huntsville,
along
with
out
1L
and
2L
clerks.
Butler
Snow
has
let
me
know
they
are
going
to
expand
this
undergrad
internship
program
to
all
HBCUs
where
we
have
an
office
collocated
so
HBCU
undergraduate
students
can
get
exposure
to
the
workings
of
a
law
firm
before
they
commit
to
law
school.
Now
that’s
one
hell
of
an
internship!
I
was
lucky
enough
to
experience
something
similar
—
I
worked
as
a
paralegal
at
a
mid-sized
firm
in
New
Jersey
for
about
a
year
before
I
decided
to
apply
to
law
school.
Despite
graduating
with
honors,
the
thought
of
going
to
law
school
intimidated
me
a
bit
—
I
didn’t
have
any
immediate
family
who
were
attorneys
and
closest
thing
to
lawyering
I
experienced
up
to
that
point
had
been
Judge
Judy
re-runs.
The
routines
I
built
from
going
to
the
firm
and
spending
hours
in
Relativity
made
the
prospect
of
becoming
a
lawyer
a
lot
less
scary.
It
is
great
that
Butler
Snow
can
offer
similar
opportunities
to
people
that
are
thinking
about
becoming
lawyers,
especially
in
a
climate
where
so
many
law
firms
are
afraid
that
their
outreach
to
diverse
applicants
could
end
up
in
a
lawsuit.
Looking
at
you,
Blum.
The
intern’s
work
experience
will
be
similar
to
clerks
in
that
they’ll
do
all
of
the
fun
stuff
that
television
glamorizes
about
being
a
lawyer:
organizing
and
managing
legal
files,
scheduling
appointments
and
meetings,
proofreading
and
editing
legal
documents
and
the
like.
Plans
are
in
the
works
for
the
program
to
be
extended
to
several
other
Snow
offices:
Atlanta,
Baton
Rouge,
Birmingham,
Dallas,
Jacksonville,
Macon,
Memphis,
Montgomery,
Nashville,
New
Orleans,
Richmond,
Ridgeland,
Shreveport,
and
Washington
D.C.
Each
of
these
offices
will
have
a
full
time
rotation
of
paid
HBCU
interns
every
semester.
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.