RE: I did a Fed Clerkship as well here is my advice...

May 4, 2015
9:53:45am

808lawcoug

First, I'm clerking for a federal appellate judge. I won't be in DC or NYC or on the 9th Cir.

Second, is this common for all clerkships? Do they get solicitations often, and are they genuine?

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POLL: Should I do biglaw?

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:24am

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Buffalo

5/4/15 9:26am

RE: nice...$175k right out of school, thought there were no jobs for new law

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:28am

Litigation? Where would you do big law? Where do you end up? Why do

Baron

5/4/15 9:27am

RE: Litigation? Where would you do big law? Where do you end up? Why do

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:30am

I would talk to some AUSA's and ask how they got their jobs.

Baron

5/4/15 9:45am

Longtime lurker, first time humblebragging attorney. You'll fit right in!

Linescratcher

5/4/15 9:29am

Isn't a 175k salary in DC the equivalent to like 90k in SLC?

JackStack

5/4/15 9:29am

Maybe, but for many people the type of law you'll be doing in DC>SLC.

Non-donor troll

5/4/15 9:34am

RE: Maybe, but for many people the type of law you'll be doing in DC>SLC.

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:37am

If you live in the District of Columbia, more like 115-120K in SLC dollars.

kunarcougar

5/4/15 9:53am

no. lol.

macaroni

5/4/15 1:08pm

How much debt do you have?

Iman23

5/4/15 9:31am

RE: How much debt do you have?

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:32am

neither- go JAG Corps

byujag

5/4/15 9:31am

Is biglaw an option for you?

TaiJuan

5/4/15 9:32am

RE: Is biglaw an option for you?

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:34am

I am missing the part where your summer at RQN/DJP/Snell/whatever gets you into

TaiJuan

5/4/15 9:39am

RE: I am missing the part where your summer at RQN/DJP/Snell/whatever gets you

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:45am

They do recruit, but there are not so many openings that getting a big market

Gustav

5/6/15 12:03pm

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Non-donor troll

5/4/15 9:47am

This was my first question. . . .

CosmoK

5/6/15 11:18am

You seem to be going about it backwards . . .

PlanoCougar

5/4/15 9:34am

RE: You seem to be going about it backwards . . .

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:35am

Goung AUSA after a clerkship is unlikely

Gustav

5/6/15 12:08pm

In my experience, "Going AUSA" happens in only a few ways:

PlanoCougar

5/6/15 12:21pm

One of my friends from Law School became an AUSA after 2 clerkships (state+fed).

Non-donor troll

5/6/15 12:42pm

Aren't AUSA jobs extremely difficult to get right out of law school right now?

Non-donor troll

5/4/15 9:35am

Yes, they are . . . you typically need several years as a federal prosecutor

PlanoCougar

5/4/15 9:37am

Aren't they the same thing?

Non-donor troll

5/4/15 9:39am

I'll just throw out this unsolicited advice . . .

PlanoCougar

5/4/15 9:43am

I voted to go biglaw, but I can't really feel good about that answer.

jayriggity

5/4/15 9:34am

If you go BigLaw you will miss your kids growing up.

byubyu

5/4/15 9:37am

Change that to "If you stay at big law"

Baron

5/4/15 9:48am

Whether it's 1 year or 10. It's time you'll never get back.

byubyu

5/4/15 9:53am

Yea. Those times when you had no kids and plenty of time to work.

Baron

5/4/15 9:56am

I skipped it and don't regret it.

frontrowcougar

5/4/15 9:39am

Just understand what you're getting into

Doctor Rosenrosen

5/4/15 9:39am

One other quick note re: clerkships

jayriggity

5/4/15 9:39am

Agreed. Regardless of what you ultimately decide to do . . .

PlanoCougar

5/4/15 9:46am

I did BigLaw in the patent field

Doctor Rosenrosen

5/4/15 9:54am

I did a Fed Clerkship as well here is my advice...

(Private)

5/4/15 9:49am

RE: I did a Fed Clerkship as well here is my advice...

808lawcoug

5/4/15 9:53am

I don't know if mailers are common, but connections are guaranteed.

jayriggity

5/4/15 10:22am

It does not matter where you clerk if its Federal Appellate...

(Private)

5/4/15 3:33pm

If you want to go in house for a large corporation, then go big law.

Josef K

5/4/15 9:51am

I think biglaw is a great starting place. Opens a lot of options, particularly

Real Men Wear Blue

5/4/15 9:51am

I'd suggest scrapping the law thing and going into bigpharma instead.

Thunder Buddy

5/4/15 10:04am

I'm not a lawyer so take it for what it's worth. My sister interned at Latham

My Soapbox

5/4/15 12:07pm

Good advice.

byubyu

5/4/15 1:39pm

Agree with everything but your last line. Never go straight to an in house job

Josef K

5/4/15 2:31pm

What do you mean by "blackballed LDS"? Leaving too soon gives LDS attorneys a

jayriggity

5/4/15 3:13pm

I ran into this... Hiring committees at big firms question hiring LDS grads b/c

(Private)

5/4/15 3:36pm

Interesting. I've never heard of this phenomenon before. Heard similar sentiment

jayriggity

5/4/15 4:25pm

If your plan is BigLaw then SLC, just start with SLC.

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