Yesterday was the first time I'd been to one of the on-campus career events. I arrived at 1 PM, so later in the event, but definitely still within the 11 - 2 window, and was unpleasantly surprised at how folks were starting to pack up. The College might want to do a better job of persuading attendees to stay until the end for those of us having to run PTO and commute onto campus...
But, on the flip side, it was also reassuring to speak with practicing attorneys who showed a genuine interest in me and my resume - it helped to shake the creeping anxiety of graduation and the job search. It's easy to get locked into that doom spiral if you don't have the occasional dose of reality (that we're entering a fairly tight knit and cordial profession) to yank you out of it.
I understand that experience as well. I had to show up late one time and almost half the tables had already packed up and left or were in the process of packing up. I was lucky that I was more going to chat with a few tables that I wanted to just check out rather than go in a professional setting with a resume, so even the more packed up tables and stuff I was able to still talk to. But I will never know about the tables that left early. So i think the law school should try and encourage the full time, but also its on the people coming as its a give and take benefit to them coming or not and stuff. So i would be curious how Stetson would get them to stay for the full amount without discouraging firm attendees from just coming as its to our benefit mostly.
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