Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
I also disagree with your interpretation of the data re: internships. I tend to think that most industrial internships are mostly about identifying those people who: a) will work for nothing (or nearly so), b) have no sense of their own worth or human dignity, and c) have a high pain/tedium tolerance.

BigLaw internships were always the precise opposite of what you set forth here.

You get paid a ton of money (about $3K a week these days), endure firm receptions, various sporting events, and parties in your honor, and don't have any true responsibility.

I still have my Ritz-Carlton squishy ball from one of my summer interview flyback interviews.

I should find that squishy ball and sit here and squish it in my office.

I should also mention that the summer associate experience has no relationship to the actual practice of law.