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Avoid Misrepresentation During Law Firm Interviews

published January 10, 2013

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
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Fairly represent your status. Give emphasis only to the favorable aspects of your record. The creative use of your background and resume, are the linchpins of successful appearance. Embellishments are inevitable in aggressive presentation of your strengths. Salesmanship is part of the game.

Misrepresentation involves intent to mislead. Avoid it. The subject is pertinent because the competitive world you enter in law school produces comparison, and the people attending law school strive for recognition. Deliberate misrepresentation exists in your field because organizations so strongly emphasize grades and traditional marks of achievement like journal membership. Misrepresentation exists; it may surprise you, but expect it to appear, in false representation on resumes of positions on law reviews, representation of a class rank higher than true, even invention of undergraduate schools and graduate degrees. Law schools make little effort to curb misrepresentation, and firms some effort. Discovered misrepresentation can, however, lead predictably to dismissal and insurmountable stigma. If an organization requests a transcript of grades, and you would rather not display it, one solution is the withdrawal of your name from consideration.


Unfortunately misrepresentation is endemic to the law job hunt, especially during job shortages. It need not overwhelm you or ultimately damage your success chances. Rely on the criteria and approaches examined in this article series — appearance, aggressiveness, creativity, perseverance. Appearance is all-important; if you master the art of presentation you will have a share of success.

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Harrison is the founder of BCG Attorney Search and several companies in the legal employment space that collectively gets thousands of attorneys jobs each year. Harrison’s writings about attorney careers and placement attract millions of reads each year. Harrison is widely considered the most successful recruiter in the United States and personally places multiple attorneys most weeks. His articles on legal search and placement are read by attorneys, law students and others millions of times per year.

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published January 10, 2013

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
( 6 votes, average: 3.8 out of 5)
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