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Hi all,

I've worked in my state AG's office of criminal appeals for two years (+/- a few months), and I'm wondering whether I'm now tethered to my state. Wife is ABD in a PhD program and we might move elsewhere as soon as she lands a job.

1) If we happen to move to a city with a state AG's office, what're the chances they'd want to extend an interview?
2) If we move to a city without a state AG's office, or the AG's office isn't hiring, what are my potential career moves?

Basically: am I fuct in the likely event that we move away? How should I start planning to mitigate the fuctitude?

Thx

Bumping

Two years isn't long enough to get super-specialized. I'd assume you could plausibly apply to some other kind of appellate work (e.g., a biglaw appellate group), or really anywhere that might value extensive writing experience (which is almost anywhere).

tomwatts wrote:Two years isn't long enough to get super-specialized. I'd assume you could plausibly apply to some other kind of appellate work (e.g., a biglaw appellate group), or really anywhere that might value extensive writing experience (which is almost anywhere).

I would agree with parts of this. Two years isn't long enough to get super specialized, and full-time appellate work is amazing for research/writing skills. You're still junior enough that firms will probably overlook that you don't have the bullshit day-to-day discovery/doc review/etc. skills that you can just learn if you want to end up doing non-appellate litigation.

For non-traditional paths like this I really would look more at smaller boutique firms or other government jobs, rather than biglaw firms (although, not that you shouldn't try if that's something you're interested in).

OP here. Is it possible to move into firm-side civil appeals?

Also curious whether possible to move into a consumer protection section in either gov't or private practice. Thoughts?

I work in a similar situation, prosecutor side criminal appeals (for less time than you have), and the People I've seen go out of state try to get clerkships (both state and federal). It's a little bit of a step back but it seems to be the way to have people get situated.

Have you been doing habeas writs yet? The federal admittance definitely seems to help.

Anonymous User wrote:Hi all,

I've worked in my state AG's office of criminal appeals for two years (+/- a few months), and I'm wondering whether I'm now tethered to my state. Wife is ABD in a PhD program and we might move elsewhere as soon as she lands a job.

1) If we happen to move to a city with a state AG's office, what're the chances they'd want to extend an interview?
2) If we move to a city without a state AG's office, or the AG's office isn't hiring, what are my potential career moves?

Basically: am I fuct in the likely event that we move away? How should I start planning to mitigate the fuctitude?

Thx

Not to hijack your thread, but what was your path to criminal appeals in the AG's office? I am interested in going that way once I graduate.

Not the OP, but I interned for my state AG’s appeals office in law school. Lots and lots of the appellate attorneys had done a state COA clerkship, and they would hire people straight out of those clerkships.

Anonymous User wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:Hi all,

I've worked in my state AG's office of criminal appeals for two years (+/- a few months), and I'm wondering whether I'm now tethered to my state. Wife is ABD in a PhD program and we might move elsewhere as soon as she lands a job.

1) If we happen to move to a city with a state AG's office, what're the chances they'd want to extend an interview?
2) If we move to a city without a state AG's office, or the AG's office isn't hiring, what are my potential career moves?

Basically: am I fuct in the likely event that we move away? How should I start planning to mitigate the fuctitude?

Thx

Not to hijack your thread, but what was your path to criminal appeals in the AG's office? I am interested in going that way once I graduate.

Dumb luck. Applied, interviewed twice, copped an offer. Below median an at DCNG.