Lost 2017 Graduate
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:06 am
Ok,this is hard for me to admit, but I’m a 2017 T-30 graduate who just sat for the bar for the 5th time. I know, I know. How stupid can a person be? The truth is, I was dealing with the death of a close family member, and despite doing well on the LSAT, I’m not the most efficient when it comes to memorizing large swaths of information. My brain just freezes up come test day, and I forget half of what I’ve learned. The last time I failed, it was by a single point. As you can imagine, I had a mega shit GPA in law school (sub 3.0). The past two years I’ve been doing doc review jobs to help support my spouse, and it’s ok for now. I also don’t have any student loan debt which is a plus, but my spouse has about $60,000 in debt from undergrad and grad school. We have no savings whatsoever, and live pay check to pay check. I’m insanely guilty, sad, and hopeless all the time even though things could be much worse.
I’m at a crossroads here. On one hand, I’m ready to pour myself into learning more about the area of law I’m interested in—labor and employment law—-but honestly don’t know where to start given how that particular specialty seems limited to totally out of reach mid law/boutique (and obviously big law) jobs. Is there any way I could do legal research on Labor and Employment law on my own to beef up my resume while I do doc review? Or volunteer for a L&E law state government agency once I’m barred? The only thing I’ve got going for me is that I still live in the market where my school is well respected. But that’s about it. I’m working for a way to claw myself back into some semi-intellectual and interesting career, and maybe one with some sort of upward mobility. I’m not talking about making $160,000. I just hope, that at the very least, I will be able to make $75,000 within the first five years after I land my first job. Is that salary range possible after 5 years of experience given my piss poor credentials? I feel incredibly socially isolated after hitting these road bumps...
I’m at a crossroads here. On one hand, I’m ready to pour myself into learning more about the area of law I’m interested in—labor and employment law—-but honestly don’t know where to start given how that particular specialty seems limited to totally out of reach mid law/boutique (and obviously big law) jobs. Is there any way I could do legal research on Labor and Employment law on my own to beef up my resume while I do doc review? Or volunteer for a L&E law state government agency once I’m barred? The only thing I’ve got going for me is that I still live in the market where my school is well respected. But that’s about it. I’m working for a way to claw myself back into some semi-intellectual and interesting career, and maybe one with some sort of upward mobility. I’m not talking about making $160,000. I just hope, that at the very least, I will be able to make $75,000 within the first five years after I land my first job. Is that salary range possible after 5 years of experience given my piss poor credentials? I feel incredibly socially isolated after hitting these road bumps...