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Current Law Students / How screwed am I here? Any advice to save myself?
« on: April 05, 2010, 03:08:13 PM »
Hello,
I'm a 2L and I feel like I've botched my legal education. What advice does anyone have to save my legal career, if that's even possible in this economy? I wanted to do public interest work, but I had to take out an insane amount of loans so I'm under that weight. Is dropping out the best option here, or is it still possible to get a job?
Any general advice/experience here? Help!!
Facts:
My grades are straight Bs, except a B+ in Contracts, and an A in some random administrative law/gov't policy class.
I go to a grade-obsessed school, so my poor grades have disqualified me from journals and clinics, so I have none of those. :{ I represent clients in administrative hearings, though, for an independent clinic so I have experience doing that.
I also did a summer internship with the state AG's office, and have an offer for the state Public Defender's office this summer. Not very prestigious, but it's hands-on work.
Am I screwed? Is this really that bad?
I'm a 2L and I feel like I've botched my legal education. What advice does anyone have to save my legal career, if that's even possible in this economy? I wanted to do public interest work, but I had to take out an insane amount of loans so I'm under that weight. Is dropping out the best option here, or is it still possible to get a job?
Any general advice/experience here? Help!!
Facts:
My grades are straight Bs, except a B+ in Contracts, and an A in some random administrative law/gov't policy class.
I go to a grade-obsessed school, so my poor grades have disqualified me from journals and clinics, so I have none of those. :{ I represent clients in administrative hearings, though, for an independent clinic so I have experience doing that.
I also did a summer internship with the state AG's office, and have an offer for the state Public Defender's office this summer. Not very prestigious, but it's hands-on work.
Am I screwed? Is this really that bad?