12(b)(6) (Posts tagged 3l)

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

Anonymous asked:

Is it possible to get a job out of law school with bad grades? I’m a 3L now whose entire law school experience was affected by the pandemic. 1L fall semester was bad and I didn’t get the chance to make it up because of mandatory P/F during 1L spring because of the pandemic.

I managed to do pretty okay during 2L and in the meantime padded my resume with clinics, journal, and externships. My 2L job doesn’t hire new grads, but I continued working with them this fall for more experience and networking opportunities, and managed to make some good connections.

However, my 3L fall grades just came out and they’re pretty bad because I caught COVID during finals. It seems that everywhere I’m applying asks for transcripts, so is there any way that I can put a positive spin on them when I’m applying? Starting to lose hope of finding a job post-grad.

I’m really sorry to hear this, anon. And yes, absolutely. Of course it is. People graduate with bad grades all the time. Definitely emphasize your other experiences and try to explain as you did Re grades whenever you get the chance to do so.

It’s going to be hard, especially if you’re not from a top law school. But don’t lose faith and focus on passing the bar exam!

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Anonymous asked:

Sorry not sorry I actually think it’s fucking psychopathic that you find out whether you passed the bar from a publicly published list online. Not only is law school, studying for it, and taking the exam itself a grueling, miserable, belittling experience but now whether you pass or not is available for anyone to find out at the same time you do? It’s like an extra kick in the teeth.

Yeaaaaaa. It depends on the state though.

I think it might have started to prevent people from lying about having passed, but yeah, it’s shit

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Anonymous asked:

I’m a rising 3L whose summer job doesn’t hire back after graduation. OCI similarly seems to be a bust. I’ve been scouring all possible job boards to find something for after graduation, but nothing’s panned out so far. Is it time to panic about not having a post-grad job, or do I still have time?

Tough love time.

I can’t think of a single job that has an incentive to offer you a position now to start in fall 2022. That’s not a dig on you, but that employers are just like you and me and simply don’t know what their needs are going to look like more than a year from now. They have no reason to promise a current student, who has yet to graduate or even start studying for the bar, a job so far off, with a ton of contingencies (like- assuming you graduate and pass the bar and we still need to hire a first year then). If they have a current need, you can’t start anyway because you have school. Unless it’s a fellowship or something like that actively advertised to current students, you may want to consider focusing on your job search after you actually pass the bar, and looking into trying to get some substantive experience to pad your resume like clinics at school or externships. Good luck!

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