Harrison explains why having student loans, mortgages, and families to support can be beneficial when applying for jobs at law firms.
Law firms prefer candidates who need them, and having financial responsibilities indicates that.
Although people generally avoid talking about student loans and mortgages, it's okay to bring them up if asked.
Having a family shows that you have other priorities and can't take career risks, which can be advantageous in the eyes of law firms.
It's not necessary to volunteer this information, but it's acceptable to discuss if prompted.
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Law firms love it when you have lots of student loans, mortgages, and families to support. The reason they love that is because that means that you need them and the more of that kind of stuff you have, the better. So you don't want to talk about student loans. People don't typically talk about that, but it's okay to maybe bring it up. You don't want to talk about mortgages, but they'll figure it out if they know. Having a family, it makes you someone that has to work and can't take a risk with their career and has other priorities outside yourself. People that don't have these things can just pick up and go to go on safaris and stuff, which people do.
So having these things is good. And so you can talk about these now. You don't wanna volunteer this information, but if they ask you, then you certainly can talk about.
