re: A

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I was hoping for an ADA position out of law school. Do DA's even often hire people straight out of law school or no?

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Yeah, but honestly it varies so much by area that it's hard to give guidance. I know a couple of people who went straight to the DA's office out of law school, and a couple who moved over after 1-2 years.

For the suburban/affluent counties, those people finished well but not at the top of their class (top thirdish).

For those I know in the more urban counties, they're mostly minority students who didn't do very well GPA wise but had some advocacy accomplishments.

In sum, I don't think you should deviate from the general rule of going to the very best law school you can make work financially. Additional advice would be to do advocacy and try and make local public sector connections within the respective regions you'd be looking for a job.