Struck Out: Still Want NYC Biglaw, What Now? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Maybe now that the height discussion is done, if somebody with more knowledge of job prospects with an NYU LLM (for someone with roughly my school/rank if that is important) could chime in, that'd be great.

Also, I guess Fed Gov summer job would be best if I can't find anything paid? And obviously try for IRS if I want to go all in on tax.

[ymmv]

Maybe now that the height discussion is done, if somebody with more knowledge of job prospects with an NYU LLM (for someone with roughly my school/rank if that is important) could chime in, that'd be great.

Also, I guess Fed Gov summer job would be best if I can't find anything paid? And obviously try for IRS if I want to go all in on tax.

Anecdotally, I know a few people who struck out and have made it to biglaw after a clerkship or series of clerkships. At the very least it counts toward LRAP even if the biglaw route never works out.

[Holly Golightly]

Maybe now that the height discussion is done, if somebody with more knowledge of job prospects with an NYU LLM (for someone with roughly my school/rank if that is important) could chime in, that'd be great.

Also, I guess Fed Gov summer job would be best if I can't find anything paid? And obviously try for IRS if I want to go all in on tax.

Anecdotally, I know a few people who struck out and have made it to biglaw after a clerkship or series of clerkships. At the very least it counts toward LRAP even if the biglaw route never works out.

Clerking counts for PSLF but it did not count for my school's LRAP.

[Anonymous User]

Maybe now that the height discussion is done, if somebody with more knowledge of job prospects with an NYU LLM (for someone with roughly my school/rank if that is important) could chime in, that'd be great.

Also, I guess Fed Gov summer job would be best if I can't find anything paid? And obviously try for IRS if I want to go all in on tax.

There are some paid Fed Gov summer jobs out there. Those should be your next bet if you strike out of biglaw. But since those are often harder to get than biglaw, you you can't count on them.