Hey all. I am a 2015 grad and am currently clerking with a Federal Judge. I started putting together my application materials today (I am aware it is early-- I am only sending applications out in response to specific job postings). Before clerking, I worked for a year for a government agency, but am trying to land in a firm. I don't care about class year-- I would honestly be happy to start as a first year so long as its a good firm.
So my questions is: do I put in my cover letter that I am flexible on class year? If so, does anyone have an example of language they used in their cover letter? My concern is that I will sound desperate by telling them I would start at a lower year, but I also don't want to get bypassed because they assume they would have to pay me more than other clerks.
Cover Letter Language for Starting at Lower Class Year? Forum
Forum rules
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
-
Anonymous User
- Posts: 431348
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
-
grand inquisitor
- Posts: 3767
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:21 am
Re: Cover Letter Language for Starting at Lower Class Year?
i would omit this completely as i don't think demonstrating this flexibility is going to sway any firm that might be on the fence. this conversation will happen a lot further in the process and you shouldn't give up leverage for no reason.
