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post #1 of 30
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In response to my own, as well as all of the other recent law related threads I am happy to report that I have found quasi-legal employment. I will be working as a deputy clerk for a senior status federal judge in the Southern District of New York. The $ is nothing compared to BigLaw but tops entry level small shops and is quite livable, the benefits are ridiculous, the hours are 9-5 and I "only" start out with a combined 26 vacation and sick days + every NYS and Fed holiday off. Most importantly, there is nearly absolute job security. On the down side, the job is necessarily a "lawyer" position but there is no better way to learn procedure than working in the courts. A two-year commitment is required as well. The reference will also be very good. With my spare time I will probably try to get another degree, maybe an LLM. Now that I am poor maybe I can get a scholarship. :-) The lesson here is to think outside the box. Best of luck to all the other job seekers.
post #2 of 30
Congrats!
post #3 of 30
Congratulations, man. Happy to hear you landed somewhere okay.
post #4 of 30
and plenty of free time for surfing style forum
post #5 of 30
Congratulations! Wonderful news...
post #6 of 30
Way to go!

I hope to clerk myself when I begin in December...mostly for the reasons you cited--hours, vacation, benefits, and enough pay to live on. I've got some things I want to do that I've set aside for school, I look forward to doing them.

jag
post #7 of 30
Congrats! Sounds like it will be an interesting position.
post #8 of 30
Congrats Sam!

I hope you enjoy it.

I sensed you did not want to move to bumfuck, USA.

I know a lot of you young guys laugh at Houston, Tx. But it's always among the top 5 livable cities ( mainly because of the cost of living ). A single guy could live 1/2 ass well down here for 60K per year. I can only imagine what that would get you for a lifestyle in NYC.
post #9 of 30
This is great to hear.

The LLM will be throwing bad money after good at this point, unless its in tax (and in the case, NYU is the top in the nation). The cost of an LLM is another year of law school, and your opportunity costs after the 2 year S.D.N.Y clerkship will be huge. NYC's legal market should be back on it's feel (although, smaller) by 2011 when your clerkship is over, and you might be able to score a hot lateral into a larger law-firm as a mid-level (if that's what you want to do).

I look forward to the clerkship gauntlet this summer and fall
post #10 of 30
Congrats!!

A clerkship will look good on the resume. If you can get by on the pay, you've got yourself a good gig.
post #11 of 30
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Congrats!!

A clerkship will look good on the resume. If you can get by on the pay, you've got yourself a good gig.
I think I fought you once. You won.
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I think I fought you once. You won.

post #13 of 30
Congrats, man. The competition must've been cutthroat, especially considering the current environment. My hat's off to you.
post #14 of 30
Congrats! I'm in LA and I still havent found anything! Lawyers of the world unite!
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Congrats Sam!

I hope you enjoy it.

I sensed you did not want to move to bumfuck, USA.

I know a lot of you young guys laugh at Houston, Tx. But it's always among the top 5 livable cities ( mainly because of the cost of living ). A single guy could live 1/2 ass well down here for 60K per year. I can only imagine what that would get you for a lifestyle in NYC.

I would move to texas just to piss steve b off.
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