Hillbilly Elegy

right people, ensure that we have
opportunities, and impart valuable
information. Without them, we’re going
it alone.
I learned this the hard way during
one of my final interviews of the
marathon FIP week. At that point, the
interviews were like a broken record.
People asked about my interests, my
favorite classes, my expected legal
specialty. Then they asked if I had any
questions. After a dozen tries, my
answers were polished, and my
questions made me sound like a
seasoned consumer of law firm
information. The truth was that I had no
idea what I wanted to do and no idea