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Plaintiff's lit long term?
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:02 pm
by wayupnorth
Hi, I graduated in 2016 from a T20 just above median and, partly due to a desire to be near family, ended up doing plaintiff's litigation, class action work, etc., in a small firm in a big secondary market that has some biglaw and boutique heavy hitters in town. I am not unhappy with the subject matter or my colleagues. Still, I am looking to progress in my career—for context, I am one of the few in my office who hasn't clerked or who didn't end up with honors/law review.
Is clerking totally out of the question at this point? I am not tied here geographically any longer, so that's not an issue. Alternatively, would my experience potentially be well received in a large/midsize firm or one of the name brand L&E shops?
Re: Plaintiff's lit long term?
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:51 pm
by Anonymous User
wayupnorth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:02 pm
Hi, I graduated in 2016 from a T20 just above median and, partly due to a desire to be near family, ended up doing plaintiff's litigation, class action work, etc., in a small firm in a big secondary market that has some biglaw and boutique heavy hitters in town. I am not unhappy with the subject matter or my colleagues. Still, I am looking to progress in my career—for context, I am one of the few in my office who hasn't clerked or who didn't end up with honors/law review.
Is clerking totally out of the question at this point? I am not tied here geographically any longer, so that's not an issue. Alternatively, would my experience potentially be well received in a large/midsize firm or one of the name brand L&E shops?
I mean clerking is still tied, I'd assume, to your law school and your grades. I'm sure that work experience helps, but I feel like it wouldn't overcome the barrier to entry in terms of clerking if you didn't have a shot before leaving law school. But I could be wrong, so take it with a grain of salt.
Re: Plaintiff's lit long term?
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:35 pm
by wayupnorth
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:51 pm
I mean clerking is still tied, I'd assume, to your law school and your grades. I'm sure that work experience helps, but I feel like it wouldn't overcome the barrier to entry in terms of clerking if you didn't have a shot before leaving law school. But I could be wrong, so take it with a grain of salt.
That's fair enough. I suppose I was thinking of it less as an opportunity to level up and more as a chance to restart/reintroduce myself in this market, but my resume is what it is. I wish I could get a read on the boutique/large firm views of things. Certainly not opposed to taking a "class year" hit or whatever (not that that really means anything in my current context, it's more a shareholder vs. associate thing).