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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seek out jobs with solo attorney or small practices looking for extra help but not willing to commit to a full-time employee. Look in the suburbs. It might not be high brow work, but it will get you in the door at the level you are looking for and you can hopefully develop a niche from there.[/quote]

Assistant to a lawyer at a non profit. If you are lucky. You have several strikes against you. Taking off a year with no experience  to have a baby does not look good (although not fair)[/quote]

It has nothing to do with being "fair" - this is a simple issue of supply and demand. There are so many people with law degrees out there that employers don't have to take a chance on someone who hasn't shown a serious commitment to her career, this soon after getting her degree.

Every competitive field is the same way. You have to be special in some way in order to do really well - be exceptionally talented, work exceptionally hard, have exceptional connections, etc. Sometimes you will luck out and someone will want to take a chance on you because they see something in you that they want to develop. But you have to have the social capital, in that case, to meet that someone who's in a position to do that for you.
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