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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My cousin went to UCLA and is admitted in California and Washington State. She is known to be a prima Donna and from what we hear, has quit a job already with a small firm in CA because she didn't like the other workers and is inflating her current job which we think is actually document review.

She graduated in 2012 and has a ton of student loan debt, is living with a boyfriend who pays her bills and is trying to get more $$ out of her grandparents.

Is it really that hard to get a job?[/quote]

If you graduated from ucla law in 2012, yes, it is hard to get a job.

Harvard, they mostly have jobs.[/quote]

Thank you. It is bizarre to us hearing about her struggles since her family exaggerates her jobs (she was what sounded like an intern for a judge after graduation and they told everyone she was an assistant Judge, not an assistant to a judge).
Is she totally screwed and is document review an actual lawyer job? [/quote]

Not OP, but it sounds like she was a law clerk for a judge, which typically is a 1-2 year job you have after law school. Document review is definitely a lawyer job, although a second-tier rather uninteresting one.[/quote]m
Thank you again. She only did the assistant to the judge thing for a couple months. One more thing, does a document review lawyer get paid more than, say, a paralegal? [/quote]

The judge fired her. Or she quit. But either way, THAT is what's happening her ability to get another real job. And yes, a doc review lawyer is paid more than a paralegal.[/quote]

She probably interned for the judge.

Are you this mean and judgmental about all of your relatives?
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No, she is the only one trying to get $$ from my elderly grandparents who have a chronically ill (physically and mentally) daughter they have to support in addition to themselves. Our family is trying to intervene and make sense of what is going on for their sake. It is actually a really sad situation watching someone who has a law degree and is employed ( and has quit a law job) essentially coerce a couple 80 year olds for over $200k when they came afford it in any way[/quote]

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