Aug 17, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 12 segments
This episode features a conversation with Daniela Valladares. Daniela is a summer associate in Foley’s Chicago office focused on litigation. In this discussion, Daniela reflects on growing up in…
Daniela ValladaresGuest
Alexis RobertsonHost
So I think this is a good place to give some advice for anyone looking for it and thinking of going into law school.
There's nothing more... there's not a better way to get more opportunities than just knowing about the opportunity.
It's like knowing about when you need to apply for jobs because that was the biggest determining factor for me and something that for my 1Ls, I found very difficult because I didn't know.
So if you don't have a career center that's on the top of their game and like pushing you to do things, it was for my case, then you need to figure it out on your own and just make sure you get those opportunities.
Because if you don't know about the opportunities, you're not going to get them.
As you're well aware, you lived at this ever-shifting timeline for law firm recruiting, everything moving up.
I think as of, say, now, like this year, most law school career services, they're on it.
But I would say a couple of years ago, which is right around when you were looking into this, It really varied.
I feel like they missed out on opportunities because the sand was like shifting under their feet and nobody knew what was going on.
And I think because no one knew about the shift and no one like it was the first year that this kind of shift was happening.
After you get good grades your first semester, then we will figure it out.
Both of my best friends that I mentioned previously, Marielle, my high school best friend, and Sophia, my college best friend, they're both working in big law.
So I think this is a good place to give some advice for anyone looking for it and thinking of going into law school.
There's nothing more... there's not a better way to get more opportunities than just knowing about the opportunity.
It's like knowing about when you need to apply for jobs because that was the biggest determining factor for me and something that for my 1Ls, I found very difficult because I didn't know.
So if you don't have a career center that's on the top of their game and like pushing you to do things, it was for my case, then you need to figure it out on your own and just make sure you get those opportunities.
Because if you don't know about the opportunities, you're not going to get them.
As you're well aware, you lived at this ever-shifting timeline for law firm recruiting, everything moving up.
I think as of, say, now, like this year, most law school career services, they're on it.
But I would say a couple of years ago, which is right around when you were looking into this, It really varied.
I feel like they missed out on opportunities because the sand was like shifting under their feet and nobody knew what was going on.
And I think because no one knew about the shift and no one like it was the first year that this kind of shift was happening.
After you get good grades your first semester, then we will figure it out.
Both of my best friends that I mentioned previously, Marielle, my high school best friend, and Sophia, my college best friend, they're both working in big law.
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