From my first job bussing tables when I was sixteen, throughout undergrad, and through two and a half years of law school I had a fairly remarkable record: I never interviewed for a position that I wasn’t offered. That streak ended quite unceremoniously today when I got an email informing me that I had not gotten the clerkship that I had applied and interviewed for.
It’s good to mix things up a bit, but I’m now trying (again) to figure out what I will be convincing someone to pay me to do upon graduation. My current frustration is with the law school’s job board, which contains a huge proportion of jobs that require that all “applicants” either a) have post-JD experience or b) have already passed the bar. Or both.
While I understand that, in theory, our alumni could use the job board… I don’t think many do, and besides, these jobs are listed in the 3L directory. What’s the point of that?
So… uh… anyone want to hire me?
February 4th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Man, that sucks. Also agree with you on the job board thing.
However, the reason I’m commenting? I pretty much just laughed out loud in the library at your post’s title. Nice.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Heh. It almost got to be funny… “Ooh, that job looks neat… …and requires five years experience. PERFECT for a 3L.”
February 5th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Aw, I’m sorry Pete. Would also have been nice to have you within meeting distance. What areas are you looking in now? Does your school have a good placement office?
February 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am
They’re pretty good if you want to stay in Indiana. Otherwise they kinda point you in a direction and let you take care of the rest.
…which hasn’t worked out so well so far. I’m not sure what I’ll look into next.