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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by Brassica7 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:45 pm

Apply for any government or non-profit job I can find and use IBR to pay off government debt. If I could be a cop/teacher/whatever for ten years, I could at least get out from the debt.

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by keg411 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:17 pm

Nepotism FTW :)

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by 09042014 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:18 pm

keg411 wrote:Nepotism FTW :)
You are going to fuck dead people?

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by Ambitious » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:20 pm

Patriot1208 wrote: Are you implying it is easy to get a legal job at the DOJ?
If you are applying from within the government, from a GS-7 job, and have a law degree, I think you would have a good chance of landing a GS-9 or GS-11 job.

Once you get in Fed service, you get connected-- there are networks in it and you can work it.

Basically, you test in to a different branch and lateral up.

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by Patriot1208 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:25 pm

Ambitious wrote:
Patriot1208 wrote: Are you implying it is easy to get a legal job at the DOJ?
If you are applying from within the government, from a GS-7 job, and have a law degree, I think you would have a good chance of landing a GS-9 or GS-11 job.

Once you get in Fed service, you get connected-- there are networks in it and you can work it.

Basically, you test in to a different branch and lateral up.
Hmm, as a current DOJ employee, I'm going to emphatically say, at least for the DOJ, that you are wrong.

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by Ambitious » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:29 pm

Interesting, I thought it worked the same for the DOJ.

Are you an atty or legal support?

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by northwood » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:48 pm

do what i should have done when i was 18 and join the military ( I may do it anyways), go back to school and get another degree, try to get a job working for the govt doing anything( having the jd can help open some doors), not worry about living in nowhere idaho( or anywhere else) for a bit and take any job in the legal field.... go back to being a teacher for the emotionally disabled children, and offer legal advice for education plans to families during parent teacher meetings,

or if all else fails

keep trying to get a job

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by bk1 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:32 pm

Desert Fox wrote:
keg411 wrote:Nepotism FTW :)
You are going to fuck dead people?
I lol'ed.

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by Oban » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:38 pm

I have some key family connections which i have yet to tap. If i can't get a law job i'll go down that road. If that fails, I'll become a bus driver, where ironically enough, i also have family connections

again. Nepotism for the win.

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by Patriot1208 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:32 pm

Oban wrote:I have some key family connections which i have yet to tap. If i can't get a law job i'll go down that road. If that fails, I'll become a bus driver, where ironically enough, i also have family connections
again. Nepotism for the win.
ya dude, i'm proud of my family janitorial business as well

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by keg411 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:30 pm

bk187 wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
keg411 wrote:Nepotism FTW :)
You are going to fuck dead people?
I lol'ed.
I don't get it :? :(

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by Moxie » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:38 pm

keg411 wrote:I don't get it :? :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophilia

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by keg411 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:21 pm

Moxie wrote:
keg411 wrote:I don't get it :? :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophilia
I know what that is... I just couldn't figure out what it had to do with my comment.

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by 09042014 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:24 pm

keg411 wrote:
Moxie wrote:
keg411 wrote:I don't get it :? :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophilia
I know what that is... I just couldn't figure out what it had to do with my comment.
Both words start of Ne, and I was pretending to confuse the two for humorous effect.

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

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Re: after law school contingency plans?

Post by pkrtbx » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:25 am

Not even in LS or anything, but I gave thought to this (considering JDU opinions) before I decided on committing to LSAT etc.

There are some local firms where I went to school w/ partner's children, or are family friends with partners that I have good relationships with. I am not assuming that'll get me a position, but at last resort I have a decent family relationship with a former SCOTUS justice (would not touch this unless absolutely necessary), so would at least be able to get a strong rec regionally.

Here's to hoping everything goes as planned..........

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