Post clerkship recruiting: Bad year, bad sample, or TLS myth Forum

[conn09]

What's your JD date?

2010

Well shit, that's not boding well for when I come out of mine. Did you do anything prior to clerking? Sorry for if this is a thread hijack.

[legalese_retard]

What's your JD date?

2010

Well shit, that's not boding well for when I come out of mine. Did you do anything prior to clerking? Sorry for if this is a thread hijack.

Yeah, I was an associate at a mid-sized firm.

[Anonymous User]

Most of my civil cases involved patent, regulatory (EPA, EEOC), constitutional (school, prison), bankruptcy appeal, and general tort claims brought through diversity of citizenship. The criminal docket has not been as active insomuch as cases going to trial. I'll have to deal with an intense suppression motion every now and then, but it's mostly sentencings and revocations.

Tyler/Plano? If so, try the US Attorney's Office's in both E.D. Tex. and W.D. La.; I know both are hiring 3-5 people right now.

[legalese_retard]

Most of my civil cases involved patent, regulatory (EPA, EEOC), constitutional (school, prison), bankruptcy appeal, and general tort claims brought through diversity of citizenship. The criminal docket has not been as active insomuch as cases going to trial. I'll have to deal with an intense suppression motion every now and then, but it's mostly sentencings and revocations.

Tyler/Plano? If so, try the US Attorney's Office's in both E.D. Tex. and W.D. La.; I know both are hiring 3-5 people right now.

Thanks for the heads up. I actually have been applying to AUSA gigs as well, but from my understanding, these positions are harder to come by than big law firm jobs.

[09042014]

Most of my civil cases involved patent, regulatory (EPA, EEOC), constitutional (school, prison), bankruptcy appeal, and general tort claims brought through diversity of citizenship. The criminal docket has not been as active insomuch as cases going to trial. I'll have to deal with an intense suppression motion every now and then, but it's mostly sentencings and revocations.

Tyler/Plano? If so, try the US Attorney's Office's in both E.D. Tex. and W.D. La.; I know both are hiring 3-5 people right now.

Thanks for the heads up. I actually have been applying to AUSA gigs as well, but from my understanding, these positions are harder to come by than big law firm jobs.

Where did your work before clerking bro?

[legalese_retard]

Most of my civil cases involved patent, regulatory (EPA, EEOC), constitutional (school, prison), bankruptcy appeal, and general tort claims brought through diversity of citizenship. The criminal docket has not been as active insomuch as cases going to trial. I'll have to deal with an intense suppression motion every now and then, but it's mostly sentencings and revocations.

Tyler/Plano? If so, try the US Attorney's Office's in both E.D. Tex. and W.D. La.; I know both are hiring 3-5 people right now.

Thanks for the heads up. I actually have been applying to AUSA gigs as well, but from my understanding, these positions are harder to come by than big law firm jobs.

Where did your work before clerking bro?

At a midsized firm in Houston/Dallas.

[Anonymous User]

Most of my civil cases involved patent, regulatory (EPA, EEOC), constitutional (school, prison), bankruptcy appeal, and general tort claims brought through diversity of citizenship. The criminal docket has not been as active insomuch as cases going to trial. I'll have to deal with an intense suppression motion every now and then, but it's mostly sentencings and revocations.

Tyler/Plano? If so, try the US Attorney's Office's in both E.D. Tex. and W.D. La.; I know both are hiring 3-5 people right now.

Thanks for the heads up. I actually have been applying to AUSA gigs as well, but from my understanding, these positions are harder to come by than big law firm jobs.

That's probably true in a blind process, but if you're clerking in Tyler or Plano, your clerkship should get the resume through the door and then hopefully you can rely on one of your Judges to put in a very good word for you - which will have a lot more weight in the USAO than at a firm. If you know or are acquainted with some AUSA's let them know your interested. Especially in East Texas, a lot of the AUSA's assume people clerking view this as a weigh stop before Dallas or Houston; if you let them know you might be there to stay it will give you big ups.

Also, W.D. La. has like 8 positions they need filled ASAP and they really like people with clerkships.