apparently the job market for new lawyers is even worse than I imagined
October 24th, 2007
if this is any indication. is it a real indication? is it an anomaly? what is this, other than depressing?
if this is any indication. is it a real indication? is it an anomaly? what is this, other than depressing?
Greg said:
I think it means that most law firms are no longer as willing as they once were to hire people still awaiting bar exam results. Especially smaller firms. They want attorneys who are already admitted and who can go straight to work. So the demand for non-admitted J.D. graduates is down, and apparently some big firms are taking advantage of this via an intermediary — so they won’t be publicly tarred with the opprobrium of taking advantage of impecunious law grads.
I can’t see how working as a legal secretary would help one’s resume. It would be better to work as a volunteer law clerk somewhere, or just take a nice long post-bar exam trip to a cheap country, if one could afford it. But many of us have urgent bills to pay, and the inexorable laws of supply and demand react to this.
Arin said:
Hi Greg - I agree with you 100% (especially the part about taking a good long trip in a cheap country). What surprised me wasn’t that law school grads were willing to work as secretaries and paralegals (goodness knows these loans are crippling and one does what one must to pay them odd). What surprised me was that the agency was requiring the secretary applicants to have JDs. It seems like if they can make demands like that, the market for new grads is even worse than I imagined.
Arin
Arin said:
pay them off, that is = not pay them odd. well, either way I guess.