The offer came two weeks later, an email from Hargrove's Chicago office arriving while Ivy sat in her mostly-packed apartment, boxes stacked against the walls in preparation for her final year, her 2L summer internship wrapped and behind her.We are pleased to extend a contingent offer for a first-year associate position beginning next fall, upon your graduation and successful completion of the bar exam.Next fall. After her 3L year, after the bar. Ivy read it three times before calling Callum."I got it," she said. "Callum, I got the offer. It doesn't start until after graduation, obviously, I've still got a full year left and the bar to pass first, but I got it.""Ivy." His voice cracked with excitement. "That's incredible.""It happened because Renata believed in me, and because I actually worked for it," Ivy said. "You just happen to also be in the city where it's happening.""Best possible coincidence," Callum said.She called Diane next."Mom. I got the offer. Chicago. It's cont
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