Law Students

I am the Patriots of Interviewing

By Pete

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?

Full post as published by PeteHoliday.com on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).