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2L transfer at MVP here. Struck out at OCI, but my grades put me around the Top 1/3 at my new school.

I was just offered an unpaid internship for half the summer in my state supreme court. Unfortunately, because of some family financial issues, I'm in a position where it would be very difficult (if not impossible) to work for free this summer. In addition to the supreme court gig, I have a couple applications in at small firms in my area for 1/2 summer paid gigs, but nothing is guaranteed at all.

If I take the supreme court internship, I'm obviously worried that I won't be able to find anything paid for the rest of the summer. If I don't take it, I'm concerned that I might not find anything else for the summer, and then I'd REALLY be screwed.

The kicker is that I only have until the end of this week to accept or decline the supreme court job.

What should I do? Should I take the unpaid gig and hope that one of the pending small firm positions comes through/hustle my ass off to find a small firm that will pay me for half of the summer? Should I reject it and hope that something else comes through? I'm at a total loss.

Are the dates at all flexible for the supreme court opportunity? That could give you some leeway in terms of finding something else.

I have a choice between two different six week periods, but I get the sense that they'd be somewhat understanding if I could locate another position.

Does your school provide funding for public interest work? You might be able to get funding for half the summer through that if it is available.

lbg0125 wrote:Does your school provide funding for public interest work? You might be able to get funding for half the summer through that if it is available.

This or find a night job somewhere shitty (McDonalds comes to mind, but anything works) and do both.