Comments on: I am on Plan C. Yes, C.

By: seejanegetrich

seejanegetrich — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:27:25 +0000

@Ronnie, @Revanche, @kate
All of you are right about using the staggered approach. That is what an attorney that I ran into last week told me to do. I think that working on one option at a time will be setting myself up for failure.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:46:25 +0000

I agree with pursuing multiple leads, and make sure to look in the entire region. I lived in DC and didn’t have a car (nor did I know how to drive), and I got offered a job in Fairfax. If I’d limited myself to DC or metro-accessible areas, I’d probably still be unemployed (I’m being facetious, I think…). That said, I had to learn how to drive and buy a car in 3 weeks, which I did.

What type of law are you interested in pursuing? My field, family law, is definitely still hiring, but it’s not for everyone. I know one firm that’s hired 3 or 4 new associates in the past six months, so it’s definitely happening.

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:02:17 +0000

I would definitely be pursuing multiple leads at any given time. Unfortunately, lawyers are a dime a dozen in this town (I’m the DC area too) so you really have to keep putting yourself out there. Keep working and applying for different things and definitely keep making contacts.

I know it’s really hard. I was thisclose to going to law school myself (I had applied and gotten accepted to schools and everything) but decided against it because of the glut of lawyers in this town (among other reasons). Just keep at it though. There are jobs out there, you just have to find the one for you.

By: Revanche

Revanche — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:49:13 +0000

My belief is that you’ve really got to have Plans D-Z either lined up or in various stages of action. So many leads can dry up or blow away at any point for any number of reasons. But that’s from my overly developed sense of paranoia and disappointments.
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