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Graduating law student
Hello,
I will be graduating from law school in January and taking the bar exam in February. I am in the midst of applying for jobs and have a couple of questions.
Would you recommend sending my resume to firms now or wait until after I take the bar exam?
What do you think about applying for paralegal/legal assistant positions to get my foot in the door and then moving to an attorney position later?
What is your experience with job websites that offer personalized services, such as, ihire.com?
Thanks!
Re: Graduating law student
My friend was in this position years ago. He applied for jobs and was offered one prior to taking the bar. Keeping it was contingent on his passing the bar.
I work in the legal field. I interviewed for a paralegal job and was informed that of the 10 applicants, 8 had their law degree.
There are a lot of lawyers on the MM board. You may want to post this there as well.
I would start applying now. I graduated in May and took the bar in July. I had a job offer the Jan. before I graduated. Have you talked to your career services department as well?
Apply now for EVERYTHING. Just don't let it affect your studying for the Bar.
It took me almost three years to find a full time position after I was licensed to practice (2008-2010). Use all of your contacts because law is all about who you know. If you don't know anybody join your local bar association now as a student member and go to meetings to meet people (they may know people who are hiring.) Use your law school's employment office, hopefully it's better than my law school's office (useless for grads b/c they only posted jobs and internships for 2Ls and 3Ls. I kept in contact with the judge I interned for and after many many interviews he finally came through and I was offerred a full time position with one of his contacts.
Do not be too proud to work as an assistant or paralegal (or even free) if all else fails. You will learn important information and contacts that can help you get a full time attorney position. I ended up working for two years at a doctor's office where I became the medical records tech. The information I learned about medical records and HIPAA rules helped me get contract work and later, my first full time position as an attorney.