Academic

One Law Student's Extraordinary Summer Stipend

By Dan Filler

Every law school career planning office wants to help students find summer work.  For many 1L's, a summer internship - albeit unpaid - is a good choice.  So it was for Leo Wolpert,  law student at UVa.  He's doing a summer internship at the ACLU of Nevada.  But summer money is always a challenge for folks like Leo.  So rather than seeking out summer stipends from foundations or submitting a great essay to win the National Dairy Law Writing Competition, Leo borrowed a few grand from a friend and entered the World Series of Poker.  And a couple of days later he emerged a winner, with $650,000 in his pocket.  That's more money than a Wachtell summer associate.  Shoot.  That's more money than a Supreme Court clerk bonus!   Barely.  The next day, a little richer, he returned to his desk at the ACLU - driving his 2000 Toyota Camry.

And yes.  The news is on UVa's law school home page today.  Makes for some powerful recruiting!

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).