Comments on: Every law school class had one of these guys

By: SPO

SPO — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:23:51 +0000

I wasn’t worried. I took state appellate court clerkship out of law school.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:48:06 +0000

Well that sucks. Sorry to hear that the FPD won’t take newbies. Wasn’t like that where I interned. They were hiring out of law school. Alas, I did not make the cut. Worked out, though

Good luck with the future! I’m pretty sure you’ll find something suitable.

By: Alec

Alec — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:36:03 +0000

No, alas. The office requires two to five years of professional experience before they will consider you for an AFD position.

But I did work at a county PD office this semester. I didn’t like the way it was organized (horizontally not vertically; you don’t have your own cases from open to finish) and I started much later than a lot of people so I didn’t think I had much of a shot at a job there. Plus I like combining litigation with research, which is handled by a different team than what graduates hire into, so I didn’t apply. I’m applying (long shot) for a research and writing attorney position for the Feds in Boise, Idaho of all places, and a few clerkships. Future remains open ended for me.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:02:35 +0000

So are you going to translate your externship at the Federal P.D.’s office into a full-time gig? I interned at one during my second summer - I had a blast!

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:00:54 +0000

Yeah, Evidence was okay, I guess. I didn’t understand a damn thing in Conn. Law (only recently did I actually get Marbury). In Advanced Conn Law: Individual Rights we watched G.I. Jane…

By: Alec

Alec — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:57:21 +0000

Well, I enjoyed it well enough, on an intellectual level (especially second year, with Constitutional Law I and Evidence), but the bar courses are often awful. Plus, not even all of the criminal law classes have been interesting. I loved working at the Federal Defender’s office for a year, though. Best experience ever.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:52:20 +0000

I went to a barely Tier 1 school and the only thing I liked was the criminal clinic (and law & literature).

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:51:36 +0000

I think a lot of people distracted themselves from really enjoying law school. A lot of them ended up at BigLaw. Somehow, I don’t think you were one to be too worried.

By: Alec

Alec — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:48:30 +0000

Life in Tier 2 isn’t much better, although I still enjoy some parts of law school. Ready for the third year to be over, though.

By: SPO

SPO — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:36:46 +0000

I re-read my post, and it comes off kind of crappy. What I should have written is that the job worry distracted a lot of people from really enjoying themselves during law school.

Yeah, I am a third-tier law school guy, livin’ the dream at BigLaw.