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100% of our 1L and 2L Summer Associate candidates landed jobs at BigLaw firms and in-house. See where!

"The support Donna provided was far more thorough than any help I received from career services and ultimately helped me get multiple firm offers as a 1L. I parlayed the skills I learned from interacting with Donna as a 1L to help me secure a 2L position at my top choice firm. Working with Donna was one of the best decisions I made!"

• University of Michigan Law Student, 1L Morgan Lewis & 2L Hogan Lovells

"Donna, Founder of D&D Consulting, has a wealth of knowledge about the Big Law application process. She provided me with key insights during a very hectic time of my 1L year. Knowing I had this added layer of support, I tackled my law firm application process confident that I was covering all of my bases. D&D Consulting was prepared to provide recommendations for every step of my process -- from crafting my narrative for written statements to interview prep."

• University of Michigan Law Student, 1L and 2L Ropes & Gray

"Donna has been one of the best kept secrets at Michigan Law, especially for students of color. Many of us were totally lost when it comes to the world of law school and the greater legal field, and her experience matched with her kindness and empathetic nature helped me a ton. She was instrumental in helping me prepare my resume, and offered great tips for boldly reaching out to recruiters, preparing for interviews, and hushing the feelings of imposter syndrome that many POC students feel in these environments. She's been a huge help to me both personally and professionally, and I enthusiastically recommend working with her."

• University of Michigan Law School, 1L Dykema & 2L Jenner & Block

"D&D helped me craft a diversity statement that effectively highlighted important parts of my narrative such as being first gen, a racial minority, and an immigrant in a way that was compelling to the Big Law firms I applied to in Chicago & New York. I was lucky enough to receive two offers as a 1L, with less than stellar grades, making the 2L OCI process much more manageable."

• University of Michigan Law Student, 1L Jenner & Block

"D&D Consulting has been an absolute pleasure to work with. Not only did I learn a ton about writing targeted statements for law firms, how to interview well, and securing a summer associateship at a top law firm, but the knowledge given to me has helped me significantly in securing my "BigLaw" job for my 2L summer as well. If it were not for D&D's help, I would not have outperformed my law school numbers for OCI/EIW. For my 1L year, specifically, the advice on how to create and leverage my network, interview well, and craft an effective resume and cover letter for my 1L firm job (and job search in general) search gave me interviews and callbacks in the two digits with the most prestigious global law firms in their New York City, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco offices, all of the markets I was targeting. I received offers to work on Capitol Hill, one of the largest investment companies, and at a top agency for government misconduct lawsuits all in markets I had absolutely no ties to (D.C. and Boston). I cannot recommend D&D highly enough. It is well worth the price. You will get a bang for your buck as D&D increases the odds of success tenfold with their personalized advice and strategies."

• University of Michigan Law School, 1L Fidelity Investments & 2L Foley Hoag

“Donna helped me with discussing strategy for job applications, reviewing application materials, prepping for interviews, and follow-up with firms from various networking events. With her support, I went into each of my job interviews feeling extremely confident. As a 1L, Donna supported me in securing 9 callback interviews with firms in the DC, LA, and Chicago market.

Networking with Firms

I consider myself to be a pretty social person but I always get really nervous at professional networking events. I was especially nervous because I assumed I would not have anything in common with the attorneys or be able to hold conversations with them. Donna helped me brainstorm topics where I would likely have commonalities with people. She also helped me craft follow-up emails and calls to the people I connected with at these events. I truly attribute her support in this area with helping me secure the firm I ultimately chose to work at as a 1L.

Job Applications

Career Services personnel helped me determine what markets to apply to and provided edits for my resume, cover letters, and diversity statements. However, I worked with Donna to establish my timeline for submitting applications and appropriate follow-up on those applications. She also provided a second read for each of my application materials.

Interview Prep

I did one interview prep session with career services but that was only a 30-minute meeting with them asking me really generic questions that were not tailored to any of the specific firms I was applying to, and furthermore, I had to instruct them on things that I thought were glaring red flags on my resume. All my previous work experience was in public interest so I knew that would be a point of contention for firms. I met with Donna for multiple hours and received her help in crafting a narrative to highlight my public interest experience as a positive and explain my transition from public interest into big law. She asked me questions that were specific to the firms and markets I was considering.

Follow-Up with Firms

Post-interview emails can be a bit cumbersome and overwhelming. I completed 6 interviews in one week (and I interviewed with 4-6 people at each firm). I needed to send follow-up emails to each person I interviewed with as well as recruiters. I sent Donna drafts of each email and she red-lined each of my emails.”

• University of Michigan Law Student, 1L Morgan Lewis & 2L Hogan Lovells (continued from above)