Graduated in May and waiting for bar results
I've got an offer to be a law clerk at a good firm in the area I want to go into. It's a 6 month position and although it won't turn into an attorney position I can apply for an attorney position if one is open. About 1/4 of the attorneys at the firm started out in a similar position (temp law clerk)
I also have an offer to join a small firm as an attorney but its not in the area I want to go into.
What would you do?
Law Clerk v Attorney Forum
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Re: Law Clerk v Attorney
Is the law clerk position doing something you’d want to do? Would you want an offer of permanent employment at the end of the 6 months?seahawks23 wrote:Graduated in May and waiting for bar results
I've got an offer to be a law clerk at a good firm in the area I want to go into. It's a 6 month position and although it won't turn into an attorney position I can apply for an attorney position if one is open. About 1/4 of the attorneys at the firm started out in a similar position (temp law clerk)
I also have an offer to join a small firm as an attorney but its not in the area I want to go into.
What would you do?
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gregfootball2001
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Re: Law Clerk v Attorney
And to add on another question, what happens after 6 months if there isn't an attorney position open, or you don't get it? Are you on the street, or can you work there for 6 more months? If it's attorney-or-out, take the small firm job and look for greener pastures. Looking for a job while unemployed (and when you weren't employed as an attorney for 6 months) will be exponentially harder.Anonymous User wrote:Is the law clerk position doing something you’d want to do? Would you want an offer of permanent employment at the end of the 6 months?seahawks23 wrote:Graduated in May and waiting for bar results
I've got an offer to be a law clerk at a good firm in the area I want to go into. It's a 6 month position and although it won't turn into an attorney position I can apply for an attorney position if one is open. About 1/4 of the attorneys at the firm started out in a similar position (temp law clerk)
I also have an offer to join a small firm as an attorney but its not in the area I want to go into.
What would you do?
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seahawks23
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Re: Law Clerk v Attorney
It's a fairly decent sized firm so I could probably continue clerking till an attorney position opens up/go work at a smaller firm in the same practice area
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