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May 4, 2015
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808lawcoug
RE: nice...$175k right out of school, thought there were no jobs for new law
I think things are getting better for law grads, but it's still not great out there. Whether you get a job depends a lot on where you go to school, and what grades you get.
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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.
CosmoK
5/6/15 11:16am
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