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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - Thank you again for all the responses. There were about 450 of us so I will divulge that I went to GW. My class rank was between top-half and top-40%, I was just short of Thurgood Marshall scholar and I was devastated. I understand that some of the responses here may be the harsh truth, but I am committed to finding a job in the DMV at least until May - one year from graduation. Thank you to those who suggested taking whatever I could find as I need a push to accept an unpaid offer. I think that working for a judge could be beneficial to my career so that is my top choice at the moment.[/quote]

I have a lot of friends who graduated from GW over the years and it seems weird to me that you weren't able to secure a job with a 2016 GW JD and those grades.  GW top 40% will generally all get "good" jobs; as in, big law (might have to go to NYC for those, though), entry level government, etc.  The next chunk of the class is going to get "fine" jobs: local prosecutors, small firms, backroom fed jobs with no advancement.  I'm surprised you didn't get traction in that latter group of jobs.  Did you aim too high at first and not bother applying for that second chunk of jobs?  Because it seems by aiming too high, you stayed unemployed too long, and now probably aren't a viable candidate for the second chunk of jobs either.  In all seriousness, what have you been doing since July 25, 2016? Because you need something that's going to "refresh" your resume at this point. Certification. Volunteer/industry work.  Etc. [/quote]

Unfortunately, top 40% at GW doesn't "generally" land you any good jobs anymore even outside DC/NY/Chicago/LA when we're talking about traditional job-seeking methods.  For GW grads to land these "good jobs" (we're talking Big law only) if you didn't get a 2L summer associate position and you're not ranked in the top 20%, the name of the game nowadays I'd say is an interplay of like 60% intern experience and network as they go hand-in-hand and 40% luck....

I'm an AU grad and I so happen got that 40% luck through my internship and am happily employed at a gov agency doing work transferable to the private sector. [/quote]

Never got the appeal of attending any DC school - AU, GW, or Georgetown - too many lawyers in a small city, so you go to a factory producing more lawyers? And these schools aren't particularly good in terms of ranking either.[/quote]

You have to be a troll.[/quote]

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