Re: All J.D.'d and no where to go Rules

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Michele, in answer to your previous question, I do general
practice, lots of PI, criminal defense and probate mostly. I'm
lucky to be paired up with an experienced attorney who's getting
ready to retire and wants someone young to do all the scut work!
you know, writing, research all the dreary stuff that you have to
learn to do before you can go into court and 'wow' 'em. :)
seriously, I'm not complaining. didn't your law school have a
career advisor or placement office to help you all out with stuff
like this? I know what you mean about the big firms, they all
want top 10% or so of the class. Where does that leave the rest
of the 90? scrambling. Keep plugging away, all firms know that
new grads aren't ready to practice but a lot of them might want
you to train before you are able to actually practice. a friend
of mine at a major firm says they put the new associate's desk
next to the copiers for a reason.
On 8/03/06, Michele wrote:
> Jason, thanks a lot for the words (you too Carol)! It really
> stinks doesn't it. I set up an interview but was afraid a bit of
> how to pose the question when I called places. The interview I
> set up was through a temp to permanent legal placement agency.
If
> I get interviewed by the law firm they suggest it starts within
> the salary range that I had hoped for but I have to start
> contract (hourly) then salary.
>
> So things are looking up since I last posted, but still up in
the
> air. You know I think they should start doing a residency or
> automatic internship type thing that would be nice knowing that
> someone got to sample your hard work first, but when you go out
> with a resume reflecting less than stellar legal "Stats" I don't
> care what they say it matters to them. Every ad or "career
> builder" posting I have seen says either "top __&37; of the
class"
> or "need attorney with 2-6 years of exp." And anyway if they
care
> so little then why do they want the freaking class rank on there.
>
> Just frustrated out loud lol
>
> take it easy;)