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Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).jessemllr wrote:How do potential employers view law student that are married? Better to not mention it at all?
I wouldn't mention it or hide it. I would think they would view it positively as evidence you aren't a completely anti-social psychopath if you can maintain a marital relationship, but their positive view would end if they thought it would in any way deter you from working 90 hours a week.jessemllr wrote:How do potential employers view law student that are married? Better to not mention it at all?
OMYGOD this is so messed up but so true.Anonymous User wrote:Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).jessemllr wrote:How do potential employers view law student that are married? Better to not mention it at all?
Anonymous User wrote:Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).jessemllr wrote:How do potential employers view law student that are married? Better to not mention it at all?
Every part of every layer of this is true.alex.feuerman wrote:OMYGOD this is so messed up but so true.Anonymous User wrote: Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).
I'm torn on this - I'm engaged and my fiancé is back in my (notoriously insular) home market. Does the advantage of that strong tie outweigh the bias against married women, or should I take the ring off and not mention it? (I also have some work experience and family in the area as well.)Renzo wrote:Every part of every layer of this is true.alex.feuerman wrote:OMYGOD this is so messed up but so true.Anonymous User wrote: Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).
The ties definitely outweigh (though I'm not entirely convinced there is any bias against married women). I would actually lead with that when applying to your home market. However, don't mention your fiancé in interviews not in your hometown. Ties matter to nearly every employer (particularly outside of NY). A bias against married women is far more speculative.Anonymous User wrote:I'm torn on this - I'm engaged and my fiancé is back in my (notoriously insular) home market. Does the advantage of that strong tie outweigh the bias against married women, or should I take the ring off and not mention it? (I also have some work experience and family in the area as well.)Renzo wrote:Every part of every layer of this is true.alex.feuerman wrote:OMYGOD this is so messed up but so true.Anonymous User wrote: Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).
This is correct. If you are a female law student and already married, people are going eye you warily as a maternity leave risk. Politics are such that firms have to pay you during your maternity leave instead of firing you as they'd very often prefer, but providing full checks and benefits to people who aren't generating billable hours isn't a firm's idea of a smart expenditure.Anonymous User wrote:Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).jessemllr wrote:How do potential employers view law student that are married? Better to not mention it at all?
Yeah nothing like thinking about the little one at home to keep you going when you think your going to collapseTorney12 wrote:This is correct. If you are a female law student and already married, people are going eye you warily as a maternity leave risk. Politics are such that firms have to pay you during your maternity leave instead of firing you as they'd very often prefer, but providing full checks and benefits to people who aren't generating billable hours isn't a firm's idea of a smart expenditure.Anonymous User wrote:Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).jessemllr wrote:How do potential employers view law student that are married? Better to not mention it at all?
If you are a male law student and married, on the other hand, then you are actually more attractive because we (firms) will probably have you by the balls. I have found that it really is true that married men put up with the most abuse and bill the most of any demographic because they are almost always their families' primary or even sole breadwinners.
. I do prefer to put in extended overtime from home though, whats the point of making more if you never get to see the kids...I should clarify that I'm not saying that the original poster shouldn't tell firms that s/he is married. Unless you're planning to get divorced, it's better to be frank about your marital status and weed out firms where that might be a problem.Torney12 wrote:This is correct. If you are a female law student and already married, people are going eye you warily as a maternity leave risk. Politics are such that firms have to pay you during your maternity leave instead of firing you as they'd very often prefer, but providing full checks and benefits to people who aren't generating billable hours isn't a firm's idea of a smart expenditure.Anonymous User wrote:Are you female? If so, keep it to yourself. If you're male, on the other hand, it's a plus (makes you seem stable).jessemllr wrote:How do potential employers view law student that are married? Better to not mention it at all?
If you are a male law student and married, on the other hand, then you are actually more attractive because we (firms) will probably have you by the balls. I have found that it really is true that married men put up with the most abuse and bill the most of any demographic because they are almost always their families' primary or even sole breadwinners.