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Lost & Found – Rebooted

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Now that I’ve officially sat for the bar, I find myself with a fair bit of time on my hands. But, as my lovely readers know – it’s not “free time.” Unless you translate “free time” to mean “time to search for jobs.” Therefore, I’ve gotten back on the horse. Below are this week’s finds:

Internship

Entry Level (0-1)

Junior (1-3) 

Mid (3-5)

Senior (5-10) 

Partner (10+)

Academic

Contract

Lost & Found (Afternoon Edition)

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Internships:

Entry Level (0-1):

Junior (1-3):

Mid Level (3-5):

Senior (5+):

Partner (7-10+):

Contract:

JD Preferred:

Lost & Found

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Sunday Spoils:

Internships:

Entry Level (0-1):

Junior (1-3):

Mid (3-5):

Senior (5+):

Partner (7-10+):

Contract:

JD Preferred:

Lost & Found

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Internships:

Clerkships:

Entry Level (0-1):

Junior (1-3):

Mid Level (3-5):

Senior (5+):

Contract:

JD Preferred:

Lost & Found

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A little late, but it’s finally up.

This Monday’s edition of Lost & Found feels a bit heavy on the mid-senior level positions. I would love any tips in regards to internships and entry level jobs. I know it’s slim pickings this close to summer, but any ideas on where to look are appreciated!

Internships:

Judicial Clerkships:

Entry-Level (0-1):

Junior (1-3):

Mid-Level (3-5):

Senior (5+):

Contract:

JD Preferred:

Graduation: AKA My Impending Doom

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The only time, I repeat – ONLY – time that I’m excited to be graduating law school is when I’m on Facebook late at night and I see what my high school and undergraduate classmates are up to. Then, for approximately 30 seconds, I contemplate posting something like “Guess who’s about to graduate lawwwwwww schoool? Yeah, that’s right, me. Suck it bitches.” But, I never ever go through with it.

For one, my victory dance would be terribly short-lived. The follow-up “congratulations”  would be overshadowed by the dreaded “what are you plans for afterwards?”

Well, uh, as I’m unemployed and my current plans involve taking the bar exam and becoming a vagabond on the national mall I don’t really want to talk about it.

“But you went to law school” They’ll say. “Don’t you have a job lined up?” They’ll ask. See, they’re confused. Largely because the general population thinks everyone that goes to law school comes out with a silver spoon in their mouth and a job in hand, ready to make six figures and drive a Porche.

So, when I hesitantly reply “Well the job market is sort of terrible right now, and I’ll have student debt coming out my eyeballs…” they scoff and say “well it’s your fault for going to law school.”

And well, they’re sort of right. I did chose to go to law school. I did know the economy wasn’t stellar in 2010. Though it had shown signs of growth in specific sectors. Except – there’s one small thing. It’s really a tiny thing. And believe me, I’m not trying to blame shift but – I never expected to make six figures. From the beginning, my life plan included exactly one thing: working for the United States Government.

Guess what doesn’t happen during a sequester? Working for the government. Hell even current government employees can’t get paid to work for the government. They’re furloughing the shit out of people here in DC. Annnnnd hiring is virtually frozen.

So, my life plans drastically changed when that happened. And now I’m going to be a drunk vagabond living in a box fort on the national mall. Potentially offering pro bono legal advice if Virginia deigns to grant me bar admission. Provided I can pass character and fitness after this little confessional.

Second, there is no proper way to convey “I swear I’m not an elitist snob now that I’m about to graduate law school, but I’m sort of an elitist snob who now disdains all liberal arts majors despite being a former liberal arts majors.”

Lastly, in law school you never post your accomplishments – you just sit and wait patiently for someone else to congratulate you while adding hints in the most passive-aggressive manner possible. Well, I guess you can post your accomplishments. But then you’re that asshole.

So, instead, I sit here counting down the tasks that lay between me and graduation wondering if the pictures of me in my cap and gown will be attractive enough to passive aggressively post on Facebook while I fish for congratulations from the crowd. Because, really, I want to feel good about this thing that I’ve accomplished in my life. But I really, really, really don’t want to talk about my (un)employment status.

Unless of course I get a job. But let’s get real, I’m not that asshole. I’m not going to post that on Facebook. I’m going to wait until a friend strategically congratulates me like a neurotic passive aggressive freak. I swear, only law students can be this self-important and insecure at the same time.

Lost & Found

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Alright fellow job seekers, here are a few listings to get you through the weekend. And remember, suggestions for broadening my search are welcome – just leave it in the comments!

Intern:

Entry-Level (0-1):

Junior Associate (1-3):

Mid-Level (3-5):

Senior (5+):

Contract:

Non-Legal/JD Preferred:

Lost & Found

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Alright internet, off to a slow start this week – sorry about that. I didn’t do much job hunting over the weekend, so it took me a bit to compile this. Also, dearest readers, if you know of a good place to find entry-level law jobs (preferably for new grads) I could use all suggestions I can get. I’m starting to run dry on places to look.

Internships:

Entry Level (0-3):

Mid-Level (3-5):

Senior (5+):

Contract:

Taking Off The Blinders

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I think one of the hardest things about job searching is that we all have a vision of ourselves living and working in a particular part of the country. Except, in this economy we just can’t be that picky.

I know, it’s hard. You sit in front of your computer staring at that job posting thinking “I could move to Vegas. I’m young. Living in Vegas could be fun.” And then you click over to something else (probably facebook or gchat) and before you go back to your other tab you think “do I really want to move to Vegas?” And so the inner turmoil begins.

You begin an unintentional list of pros and cons. Pros: Sunny, Casinos, Night Life; Cons: Crime, Old people at casinos, Will I have any time to enjoy the night life? You debate just how much housing might cost (and further procrastinate by visiting craigslist to check the average price of a 1 Bedroom). You think of how far away your family will be. Because it’s April, and you’ve likely already registered for one bar exam, you bemoan the fact that you’d have to take a February bar. Or that they might not even look at your resume because you’re not taking the Nevada bar and it’s too late to switch. And, ultimately, you angst about Vegas not being the Location of Your Dreams.

As law students, we’re taught to be targeted in our approaches to things. We have goals. We reach our goals. When we’re working in the city (or even the region) of the country we want to work in is unrealistic, we just don’t know how to process it. I know “processing” for me often involves a box of cookies and some nexflix continuous streaming.

And, half the battle is that we only really know how to job search where we’re used to looking. At worst, we shy away from the unfamiliar. At best, we bumble through trying to find jobs in a region we know little to nothing about.

But, there is hope! Something that your Career Services office either forgot to tell you or glossed over – Law School Career Offices have reciprocity agreements with one another.

What does this mean? Well, you know that nifty job board that you can log into by virtue of being a student? Every other law school has one as well. And all of these job boards have unique postings. In order to help students with searches across the country, schools have set up reciprocity agreements granting students from sister institutions access.

What does this mean for you? Go, now, to your career office and get that list of sister schools. Email your career counselor requesting information on gaining access and email their career counselors requesting information on gaining access. Hopefully, with enough email prodding you’ll eventually have a much, much larger job board to look at.

And more job postings means more applications. More applications (hopefully) means more interviews. Which brings you one step closer to gainful legal employment, right?

I certainly hope so.

 

Lost & Found

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Round two of Lost & Found – here are the job postings I’ve dug up this week:

Internships

Lateral Positions (Various Levels of Experience)

Entry Level (0-1)

Junior (1-3)

Mid-Level Lateral (3-5)

Senior (5+)

  • ACLU – Director (DC – Non Profit – Open Until Filled)
  • Partner [Entertainment/Corporate/Transactional] (LA – Firm – Open Until Filled)
  • Litigation Associate [Bankruptcy/Creditors Rights] (LA – Firm – Open Until Filled)