I became licensed in May and have been doing contract doc review since then. I fear I have been doing it too long. Are any of you looking for a baby attorney to take under your wing and show the ropes to? This specifically goes out to any employment discrimination attorneys. thanks, Go Rockets
The unemployment thread made me think this could use a bump. I'm still doing doc review. The money isn't bad but the experience and career development couldn't be any worse. I'm sure there is a huge stigma attached to me now in that I am coming up on the one year anniversary of my becoming licensed and still have yet to find a permanent job. If any attorneys have advice, I'd be forever in your debt.
I graduated from UHLC. But I spent my final semester as a visiting student at UT, which may not have been the best idea. There is another poster here who had the same problem. Employers in Austin want UT grads. Once I moved back to Houston, I had already been out of school a while and already had the temp work stigma attached to me. My advice to you, Sir Charles, would be to clerk where you want to work. This was another mistake I made. I thought it would be better to clerk at a bunch of different places to get a lot of diverse experience. I clerked for a bunch of solos who can't afford to hire anyone full time and the ACLU, who rarely hires people until they get more experience elsewhere. Good luck.
question why would there be a stigma attched to you for working what I guess would be entry level jobs? AFAIK, the majoority of ppl probably have to start low when they first start. you surely didnt think you were gonna jump right from school into being a full partner did you? ust keep looking, something good will come if you work for it hard enough.
start your own place. starve for a year, or find an incredible woman who will subsidize you. i'll refer employment discrimination cases to you as they come to me. i don't get a ton of calls on that, but i find myself looking for someone to send people to in that practice area from time to time.
It's that I'm doing temp work. I go on interviews and a common question asked is, why are you still doing temp work?
I go back and forth on this. One of the problems is that I already found an incredible woman but make a lot more money than her as it is with the temp work and couldn't afford the risk right now. But sometimes I wish the case I'm working on would settle so I would be forced to do just that. Thanks for the potential referrals. I'll let you know if something should change. You don't need any help where you are do you?
I'm working in house after law school in a really nice gig with my foot in the movie industry and video game industry. It's more business/legal than just legal but as a runt I will be a contract monkey for the first few years until I can make my own deals. It's not a lot of money compared to first year associates in big firms and its low for NYC, but my gf gets out of med school in a few years so we should be set at that point. I did some litigation in the past and know its not for me. I'm feeling pretty happy with my new job, it's one I can feel excited about waking up to.
no, we don't. and we don't do the kind of work you're looking for, really. we're like contract in-house counsel for businesses...and we do estate planning/probate.
I'm not a lawyer (although I play one on the D & D ) but I'm in a professional field and started a small business with someone else awhile back. I can tell you about that starving for a year. It was really tough for us the first few years but once things get more established I think I feel a lot more satisfied than if I had stayed with a firm and enjoy the flexibility of my time. There are still lots of downsides such as we go through feast or famine periods and its hard to predict when the famine period comes. As compared to a large firm where you have some stability.
