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Post-clerkship public interest job search
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:21 pm
by Anonymous User
Do any current or former clerks have advice for those pursuing the PI fellowship route after clerkship? I'm with a progressive judge in a good circuit (think 2/9/7/DC) next year. Didn't do OCI during law school and spent both summers exclusively at nonprofits. How terrified should I be? On a related note, does anyone know if the biglaw door is definitively closed if you didn't do a summer SA?
Re: Post-clerkship public interest job search
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:04 pm
by Anonymous User
Friends from Y who were in a similar position ended up with great fellowship or job with non-profits. Not sure about firm jobs. What area of public interest?
Re: Post-clerkship public interest job search
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:29 am
by Anonymous User
Re big law without SA: no, the door is not closed. I have 3 now former co-clerks (all DJ clerks) who had no big law experience but got big law jobs in major markets after clerking.
Re: Post-clerkship public interest job search
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:06 pm
by Anonymous User
OP here. I'm too nervous to say what field, paranoid about outing myself. Thanks so much for the responses.