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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People with the brilliant suggestion to just go get a government job.  That market has become extremely competitive as well.  OP has zero relevant experience - she's not going to be able to just waltz into the SEC, CFTC, etc. and gets some great experience to then lateral over to Big Law.

She should have taken a leave of absence from law school when she had her son.  She could not have possibly had him at a worse time in her career.[/quote]

Agree with point 2.  The best option is to have that baby about 1 year after you start at biglaw, so you get a second year's salary for what--18 weeks is the standard now?  Then stretch it out to 6 months with unpaid leave and come back with a 30 hour per week schedule.  Stick with that for another six months and then you can look for a job where it looks like you have two years experience and a third year salary, even though you really have about 15 months' experience total.

As for the government, I agree it's very competitive, but there's some advantage to coming in at a lower level.  I understand that many agencies don't want or can't afford GS 15-10s and the senior associates & junior partners cannot come in any lower. [/quote]

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