Reply to Recent law grad/young mom here: how can I get law firm training without the 9 a.m.-7 p.m schedule?

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Recent law grad/young mom here: how can I get law firm training without the 9 a.m.-7 p.m schedule?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I bet that some of these nasty comments come from men.[/quote]

And I would say that you are wrong.

I have found that on issues like this, women who have "made the sacrifice" tend to be the harshest when it comes to advising women who want to do it another way.  [/quote]

I don't really see any nasty responses. It just seems like OP is clueless and that is really shocking. Does she really think she can waltz in to a firm and get a part-time of counsel job with zero experience? Come on. Either she is the most clueless law school grad ever or she is pulling your leg. Neither bode well for getting a job. [/quote]

Agree.  Some of the responses are a bit snarky but they are accurate. What OP's asking for is just not realistic. She says she can't do a 9-7 schedule in big law -- well, big law isn't actually a 9 to 7 schedule. It's a 9-7 schedule on the good days, with many long nights and weekends thrown in for good measure, often with little warning and for weeks at a time. Its why I left. I now have a government litigating position that's an 8:30 to 5 schedule. Because it's appellate litigation, it's much more predictable than trials (which I used to do and hated), and I really do stick to my hours 90% of the time and get all my work done. It's amazing and I love it. But I got it by having top credentials, including top school, clerkship, and 3 years busting my butt at a prestigious law firm. And I'm not even at a well-known agency; we're small, not sought after, and boring by most people's standards. The sought-after agencies hire either top laterals, or entry levels through their Honors programs, which generally require great credentials. Now, maybe OP has these credentials, and would have a chance at something like that. But if she doesn't, she needs to be realistic and look at other options. The only way she will do big law on a 9-7 schedule is if she is a staff attorney or is contracted as a document reviewer. Both are awful, soul-sucking jobs.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics