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Any lawyers up in this bitch?

BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,333
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edited May 2022 in Tug Tavern
@creepycoug @HHusky @kjstoph @weiser

What should a 2022 law school grad do between these two options?

1. Clerk for judge, I believe these are 2-3 year jerbs and sponsored by your hiring firm

B. Go to work for your hiring firm

I guess the question is; are clerkships worth missing out on getting straight into with a firm?
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    animateanimate Member Posts: 4,231
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    Follow the money ...
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    RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 101,340
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    Swaye's Wigwam
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    pawzpawz Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,777
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    BennyBeaver said:

    @creepycoug @HHusky @kjstoph @weiser

    What should a 2022 law school grad do between these two options?

    1. Clerk for judge, I believe these are 2-3 year jerbs and sponsored by your hiring firm

    B. Go to work for your hiring firm

    I guess the question is; are clerkships worth missing out on getting straight into with a firm?

    Going from 1 to B ... it probably best if you just kill yourself before trying to explain how you and HH got through law school.
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    BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,333
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    pawz said:

    BennyBeaver said:

    @creepycoug @HHusky @kjstoph @weiser

    What should a 2022 law school grad do between these two options?

    1. Clerk for judge, I believe these are 2-3 year jerbs and sponsored by your hiring firm

    B. Go to work for your hiring firm

    I guess the question is; are clerkships worth missing out on getting straight into with a firm?

    Going from 1 to B ... it probably best if you just kill yourself before trying to explain how you and HH got through law school.

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    creepycougcreepycoug Member Posts: 22,741
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    Clerking. Is a feather in your cap. If you’re going to be a litigator it’s actually relevant, especially fed district court.

    I did an appellate clerkship and wound up being a Corp fin lawyer. Still I had a great experience, wrote some precedent, and it comes up at cocktail parties that I don’t attend.

    It was a year. At 28 who cares? Your firm will
    Wait for you. Mine did.
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    BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,333
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    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    I probably missed a few in my tags. Still looking to get @weisers advice. 🤔
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    BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,333
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    creepycoug said:

    Clerking. Is a feather in your cap. If you’re going to be a litigator it’s actually relevant, especially fed district court.

    I did an appellate clerkship and wound up being a Corp fin lawyer. Still I had a great experience, wrote some precedent, and it comes up at cocktail parties that I don’t attend.

    It was a year. At 28 who cares? Your firm will
    Wait for you. Mine did.

    I will pass this sage advice along. TYFYS
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    PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 41,840
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    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

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    creepycougcreepycoug Member Posts: 22,741
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    PurpleThrobber said:

    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

    Hurtful. We are the left tackles of life.
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    HHuskyHHusky Member Posts: 19,133
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    PurpleThrobber said:

    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

    It was one of Shakespeare's villains who wanted to do that. Lawyers are a real nuisance to tyrants.
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    PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 41,840
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    creepycoug said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

    Hurtful. We are the left tackles of life.
    Except everyone else is playing hoops.

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    Doog_de_JourDoog_de_Jour Member Posts: 7,958
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    HHusky said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

    It was one of Shakespeare's villains who wanted to do that. Lawyers are a real nuisance to tyrants.
    Everybody hates lawyers until they need one.
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    NorthwestFreshNorthwestFresh Member Posts: 7,972
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    HHusky said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

    It was one of Shakespeare's villains who wanted to do that. Lawyers are a real nuisance to tyrants.
    Except when they prosecute based on political beliefs. Such as sentencing some FBI lackey to probation and community service for literally altering official documents.

    That’s called fascism.
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    SourcesSources Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 3,803
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    BennyBeaver said:

    @creepycoug @HHusky @kjstoph @weiser

    What should a 2022 law school grad do between these two options?

    1. Clerk for judge, I believe these are 2-3 year jerbs and sponsored by your hiring firm

    B. Go to work for your hiring firm

    I guess the question is; are clerkships worth missing out on getting straight into with a firm?

    Agree that it's worth clerking, especially if you plan to litigate. If you clerk, make sure to negotiate for a bigger signing bonus when you join private practice. When I worked at MoFo, clerks also got seniority bumps (not sure about my current firm), so worth asking about that too. YMMV.
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    creepycougcreepycoug Member Posts: 22,741
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    Sources said:

    BennyBeaver said:

    @creepycoug @HHusky @kjstoph @weiser

    What should a 2022 law school grad do between these two options?

    1. Clerk for judge, I believe these are 2-3 year jerbs and sponsored by your hiring firm

    B. Go to work for your hiring firm

    I guess the question is; are clerkships worth missing out on getting straight into with a firm?

    Agree that it's worth clerking, especially if you plan to litigate. If you clerk, make sure to negotiate for a bigger signing bonus when you join private practice. When I worked at MoFo, clerks also got seniority bumps (not sure about my current firm), so worth asking about that too. YMMV.
    My firm told me that it was nice that I did it but since I wasn't going to be a litigator not to expect anything.
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    HoustonHuskyHoustonHusky Member Posts: 5,954
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    creepycoug said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

    Hurtful. We are the left tacklesPac12 refs of life.
    Fixed...


    Sorry...couldn't resist...
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    HHuskyHHusky Member Posts: 19,133
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    HoustonHusky said:



    creepycoug said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    Swaye said:

    You can't swing a dead cat at HH without hitting three lawyers. We are lousy with them.

    Shakespeare was the only one who got it right with regards to the lawyers.

    Hurtful. We are the left tacklesPac12 refs of life.
    Fixed...


    Sorry...couldn't resist...
    Those lawyers are judges.
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