Doing Too Much

[Law202301]

Do employers look negatively on doing "too many things", especially where you wouldn't actually have enough time to give all of them 100%

[Rashabon]

Yes. Are you impressed by someone that does a lot of stuff badly or less stuff well?

[PeachyGirl]

Yes - it often looks bad because it looks like someone is trying to add things into their resume instead of actually putting time and consideration into each project/whatever it is.

[Constantine]

I'd assume that if they saw someone with an excessive amount of things, with a low amount of time dedicated to each thing, then they would probably roll their eyes. Just like most colleagues would if you flexed these experiences on them. We all know at least someone who worked excessively hard to pad their resumes. 

But this is a subjective take. If you're proud of these experience why would you leave them out? 

Edited August 11, 2023 by Constantine

[Jaggers]

5 hours ago, Rashabon said:

Yes. Are you impressed by someone that does a lot of stuff badly or less stuff well?

This is a lesson that a lot of people need to take on early in their career. 

[PzabbytheLawyer]

There are certain niche practice areas that lend themselves very well to being generalists; beyond just the generalist model in a small town/center.

I agree that for private practice in large cities, specializing is necessary at this point for most practice areas (beyond just "litigation" or "solicitor" work, and beyond just "general commercial" if that's your jam).

[Cool_name]

As long as your resume is two pages with reasonable font size and spacing I wouldn’t worry. 
 

Unless of course the full list of law school clubs are attached as your extracurriculars.