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Any success stories on current law clerks scoring interviews in cities where they had no connections to? Particularly folks clerking at "fly-over" districts?

At this point, I feel I have exhausted my options in Texas as far as firms go. I've received advice on here about applying to cities where there are litigation positions like NYC, DC, LA, and Chicago. However, I feel like my resume will be automatically rejected since I am only licensed in Texas, my clerkship is in Texas, I went to law school in Texas, and I am from Texas. I plan on applying to several law firms across the country, but wondered if there is a better strategy than just applying on firm websites. Most of the alums from my law school stayed in Texas, so I don't have any decent contacts at the majority of these firms.

legalese_retard wrote:Any success stories on current law clerks scoring interviews in cities where they had no connections to? Particularly folks clerking at "fly-over" districts?

At this point, I feel I have exhausted my options in Texas as far as firms go. I've received advice on here about applying to cities where there are litigation positions like NYC, DC, LA, and Chicago. However, I feel like my resume will be automatically rejected since I am only licensed in Texas, my clerkship is in Texas, I went to law school in Texas, and I am from Texas. I plan on applying to several law firms across the country, but wondered if there is a better strategy than just applying on firm websites. Most of the alums from my law school stayed in Texas, so I don't have any decent contacts at the majority of these firms.

As someone with a non-Texas clerkship who went to school outside Texas and isn't barred in Texas, this post makes me pretty pessimistic about my desire to work in Texas post-clerkship.