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Most of the future and current trainees at Fried Frank that I have seen on LinkedIn all have had some paralegal experience. A few of them were paralegals for at least 2-3 years. I think these firms might expect to see professional or legal work experience in some form and it happens to be the most common one is to paralegal for several years. In your case you have multiple VS. If you also have other forms of work experience and employment, I think you would stand a chance for sure. To my knowledge, Fried Frank doesn’t have a VS. The only way to get a TC is through the DTC route. Paul Hastings have a summer work placement, but I think their TC recruitment is independent of it. Best of luck with your applications to these firms. 🙂
