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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:36 am
Thanks for the advice!
Great you got a job.
The point of this thread is something I'm still looking for
Eta: lol oh yea humblebrag, not looking anymore
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Not exactly. The point was the following question and I provided a bunch of background information that would help determine the answer to the question:Colonel_funkadunk wrote:Great you got a job.
The point of this thread is something I'm still looking for
Eta: lol oh yea humblebrag, not looking anymore
However, am I overestimating the impact of this job opportunity on future employment and personal growth? I am still studying for the LSAT but then again I also recognize that the LSAT is the way to get into law school which is only there to get a legal job. What do you guys think?
From the research that I have done on him (I'll PM his information if someone feels like this is necessary), he has done everything from huge class action lawsuits totaling billions of dollars to murder convictions to corporate mergers. He was the senior litigator at the biggest law firm in town.rdawkins28 wrote:Hmm.... he's opening 3 new offices in town?
What kind of work does he do? dwi, property tax protest, speeding ticket?
Project basis? are you teaching all day? when will the legal work fit into your workday?
I'm just trying to picture what kind of work he might have you doing.
I was just curious as to why he's opening 3 offices in the same town. I have friends who work for these mills and they have multiple small offices in the same town. They hire new lawyers for about 35K a year and the lawyers are no more than errand boys. So my fear is that it's one of these operations.WaltGrace83 wrote:From the research that I have done on him (I'll PM his information if someone feels like this is necessary), he has done everything from huge class action lawsuits totaling billions of dollars to murder convictions to corporate mergers. He was the senior litigator at the biggest law firm in town.rdawkins28 wrote:Hmm.... he's opening 3 new offices in town?
What kind of work does he do? dwi, property tax protest, speeding ticket?
Project basis? are you teaching all day? when will the legal work fit into your workday?
I'm just trying to picture what kind of work he might have you doing.
I am teaching all day but my teaching contract is up in May and it doesn't look like I'll be hired back on (I work at a private school that is hurting for $$ and admissions right now).
Given the tone of the OP he will be more than happy to share how it goesShakawkaw wrote:Given how general the proposal is, it sounds like an invitation to become a sex worker.
OP, you should sieze this opportunity. It will make a killer PS. Let us know how it goes.
I am a full-time teacher with four classes a day. I, of course, would not leave my current employment for this.Ron Don Volante wrote:What do you mean you're teaching high school writing? Like you're an actual full time teacher at a real school with your own classes, or you work in like a writing resource room or something like that?
If it's the former I don't see how you're not going to look like a huge fuckbag to future employers if you leave during the school year. If it's the latter then yeah I'd probably take this job, though it does sound like a sex worker invitation. I should know.
Maybe, but I'd doubt it (though I don't really know). He is opening his first one in about two months with plans to have more open up in the future.rdawkins28 wrote: I was just curious as to why he's opening 3 offices in the same town. I have friends who work for these mills and they have multiple small offices in the same town. They hire new lawyers for about 35K a year and the lawyers are no more than errand boys. So my fear is that it's one of these operations.
My tone?Colonel_funkadunk wrote:
Given the tone of the OP he will be more than happy to share how it goes
Which school did the lawyer get his degrees from? What credentials does he have besides having worked biglaw for a few years? Did he talk about compensation?WaltGrace83 wrote:I graduated from uni in May and so I have been teaching high school writing for the past few months. Long story short, I got a phone number of a lawyer in town who worked big law for 6+ years as a trial attorney and now he is opening up three new offices here in town. He called me back and said that he is very interested in my services and he said that he is willing to train me, teach me everything I want to know about the law, and get me to where I need to be because he knows every lawyer in town. He wants to have lunch with me this week to talk numbers but he basically offered me a job and said that I would start out on a project-by-project basis, probably until the end of the school year in which I'd assume he would hire me full time. It sounds like he wants me to write and said that I am "too smart" to be just a secretary.
This sounds like a great opportunity to network and get my feet wet in terms of whether or not law is something that I REALLY want to pursue.
However, am I overestimating the impact of this job opportunity on future employment and personal growth? I am still studying for the LSAT but then again I also recognize that the LSAT is the way to get into law school which is only there to get a legal job. What do you guys think?
EDIT: I guess what I am asking is would this be gainful employment considering that I'd lose hours studying for the LSAT and such.