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javeryh:
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 09, 2010, 11:43:58 am ---No job yet. Currently looking in NY, D.C., and abroad. I want to work for Biglaw in the beginning because I want to get into Paris (and also eliminate the enormous amount of debt I have). Multinational firms seem to be my best bet for that. I have no illusions about it, though. I've interned with them. I know the nature of the job.
Eventually I'd like to teach, but I didn't go to Ivy League, so that door is closed for the time being.
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Teaching seems like the ideal job. Most professors only teach one or two classes a week and it's not like the case law changes that drastically year to year. They make well over $100K for almost no work. Sure they "research" and try to get published but that's really on their schedule. I was a research assistant after my first year and I didn't do anything all summer and the person I worked for barely showed up for work. There aren't may positions available though.
I think you should be able to find a BigLaw job if you look hard enough - firms are hiring again (slowly) but I don't know about first years. Also, I guess a lot depends on your GPA and where you went to school. Maybe a Top 20 firm is going to be tough but there are well over 100 BigLaw firms in NYC that all pay pretty much the same - there's got to be something...
Cakemeister:
:applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
All you need now is a job. I guess you're looking where your French language skills would be useful.
shmokes:
Yeah, Paris is my first choice, but I've applied to a ton of places and so far I get mostly crickets and a few rejections, i.e., thanks for applying, you look great, unfortunately we don't have a suitable position blah blah. Frustrating. I'm still applying to places there, but I think there's a good chance that Paris may have to wait a year or two.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Bones on November 10, 2010, 03:02:36 am ---I think I just heard baby Jesus crying.
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Just wait till I'm through with him. I'll give that little do-gooder something to cry about! ;D
shmokes:
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 10, 2010, 09:11:39 am ---
Teaching seems like the ideal job. Most professors only teach one or two classes a week and it's not like the case law changes that drastically year to year. They make well over $100K for almost no work. Sure they "research" and try to get published but that's really on their schedule. I was a research assistant after my first year and I didn't do anything all summer and the person I worked for barely showed up for work. There aren't may positions available though.
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I had a similar experience throughout my 3rd year. I was a research assistant for my evidence professor. First, he got tenure while I was working with him and after that was making about $160k per year (I don't know what he was making before). This was at the University of Miami. And yeah . . . he taught about 5 hours per week. Then, of course, he had to go to stuff like faculty meetings, etc., but that's nothing. And he told me himself that publishing is hilariously easy because there are so many law schools with law reviews. He said they'll print anything. The one thing he really worked on (and had me working on) was a criminal procedure casebook that West is publishing. He just did this to get tenure, though. Unless it makes him a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- ton of money he doesn't intend to update it. And most importantly, let's remember that this is for an 8-month contract. Professors get 3 months off in the summer and a month off for the holidays. Hour for hour these guys are probably making more than most partners in the biggest law firms. And they get to work in the best environment ever (campuses), and not wear a suit to work. And they have a steady stream of hot students who want to have sex with them for a better grade ( ;D wait . . . did I just type that out loud?). Amazing job. Oh yeah . . . and sebaticals . . . I almost forgot to mention getting a year off but still being paid for it. LOL, it's ridiculous.
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