Blessed with an LLM but unemployed!

[Anonymous]

To the PP paralegal: I don't know where you worked (but you've posted before and I recall it's not here), but in DC, paralegals do not do that kind of work and they definitely don't make as much as associates. This ain't Kansas, Dorothy.
To the LLM: the other PP's are right. Unless you are in tax law or a foreign student going back home to practice, and LLM doesn't add much to your resume. And please stop staying you were "blessed" with an LLM; it sounds idiotic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the PP paralegal: I don't know where you worked (but you've posted before and I recall it's not here), but in DC, paralegals do not do that kind of work and they definitely don't make as much as associates. This ain't Kansas, Dorothy.
To the LLM: the other PP's are right. Unless you are in tax law or a foreign student going back home to practice, and LLM doesn't add much to your resume. And please stop staying you were "blessed" with an LLM; it sounds idiotic.

10 years ago, I worked with some specialized paralegals (patent and corporate transactional) who made north of 100K.

[Anonymous]

http://www.law.gwu.edu/Admissions/LLM/Pages/USLLMStudents.aspx

Information for U.S. Law School Graduates

Entrance Requirements

Applicants must hold a B.A. or equivalent degree from a regionally accredited college of university and a J.D. or equivalent degree from a law school that is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) or is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the PP paralegal: I don't know where you worked (but you've posted before and I recall it's not here), but in DC, paralegals do not do that kind of work and they definitely don't make as much as associates. This ain't Kansas, Dorothy.
To the LLM: the other PP's are right. Unless you are in tax law or a foreign student going back home to practice, and LLM doesn't add much to your resume. And please stop staying you were "blessed" with an LLM; it sounds idiotic.

10 years ago, I worked with some specialized paralegals (patent and corporate transactional) who made north of 100K.

Key words..."10 years ago".

Why even post such stuff? In today's market, this just isn't happening. Not to say some paralegals don't make a half-decent salary, but to get anywhere near $100K they have to put in loads of overtime, and that just isn't fun.