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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for your responses everyone. I am trying to network more and have expanded my search beyond law firms. I guess I just feel beaten down because all of my friends were able to secure jobs right after graduation. It's good to know that others struggled at first but eventually landed on their feet. Do you think working as an unpaid "law clerk" for a state court judge would be valuable experience, or would law firms see it as a waste because it isn't an official "clerkship"? [/quote]

I've been out of the law world for a while, so take my advice with the grain of salt it deserves:

I think you should take whatever opportunity you can get right now and not worry about what law firms are going to think. The likelihood of being hired by a top law firm, right now, is virtually nil - if you didn't get hired on as a summer associate, nor right out of law school, you are already out of the regular track. You could come back to that if you get some valuable experience that lets you come in as a more senior attorney, but you aren't going to a big firm as of now.

Look at everything that is available to you. If you clerk for a state court judge, that makes you valuable to the firms and lawyers that practice before that court. It means you know how that judge thinks. If you go take on some project work for a solo practitioner, that means you are learning the nuts and bolts of being that kind of lawyer. Go get some experience, go get some contacts. Not networking in the abstract sense, but networking in the sense of you actually learn how to practice.

That would be my advice.[/quote]

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