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1) Big law firm.
2) Small/Mid law firm.
3) Judicial Internship for Federal Judge.
4) Judicial Internship for State Judge.
5) Working at US Attorneys Office.
6) Bankruptcy Courts.
7) Working at a company's legal department (AT&T, HP)

Just curious as to which jobs are more preferable over another.
Would greatly appreciate if you take time to rank em.

+6. Besides "depends on what you like," what's the real answer here? Except for me, sub out "Big" and "Small" firm with "Highly Selective" and "Pretty Selective."

1) PI
2) Federal Gov
3) State/local gov
4) Fed court
5) State Court
6) Traffic court
7) Small firm
Big firm
9) Paid escort
9) Working at some company's legal department

I disagree.

1) US Attorneys Office
2) Research assistant for professor
3) Well paying firm
4) Judicial Internship
5) Other gov organization (JAG, senate committee, fcc, ect.)
6) Crummy paying firm
7) Starbucks/Gigolo

I would like to get paid, sure, but I think the experience you get working for the USAO or connections and academic experience from being an RA outweigh the immediate benefit of the extra cash in the long run. I would put Judicial internships above firm jobs too, except usually you just end up interning for the clerks, so you don't get to do as much.

From perspective of someone interested in corporate:

1) Firm in a major market that pays $3000+/week
2) Firm in a secondary market pays $2000+/week
3) In-house legal department at F500 that pays $20+/hour
4) In-house legal department at F500 that pays <$20/hour
5) USAO with funding from school
6) PI with funding from school
7) All else that don't qualify for school summer funding

Essentially anything that pays a lot > anything that pays more than school's summer funding > anything that qualifies for school summer funding > anything that causes my wallet to be lighter at the end of the summer

Nice Work Dude.