FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks like I'm about to get an offer!!!! From the firm I interviewed with in Philadelphia back in December! I am SO ready to put this associate position search behind me. It's been 9 months of non-stop resume sending, interviews, and constant rejection. Once I get this offer letter in my hands, my heart will finally be able to slow down a bit.

Yesterday's rejectors?

Sherrard & Roe (Nashville, TN)
Pepper Hamilton (Detroit, MI)
Osborn Maledon (Phoenix, AZ)
King & Spalding (Atlanta, GA)
McDonald Carano Wilson (Las Vegas, NV)
Jones Day (Atlanta, GA)
Baker & Daniels (Indianapolis, IN)
Holland & Knight (Tampa, FL)
Holland & Knight (Atlanta, GA)
Bracewell & Giuliani (San Antonio, TX)
Bracewell & Giuliani (Washington, DC)
Steptoe & Johnson (Phoenix, AZ)
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner (Atlanta, GA)

Depressing Weekend

April, so far, hasn't brought a spring-like feeling to me. I was really hoping for miracles and new feelings of hope. Instead, I'm filled with fear and anger. Five years ago when I made the decision it was time for me to go to law school, what's happening to me now was never in my mind. Had it been at all, I know I wouldn't have taken the LSAT and applied. Now, I'm stuck. Facing enormous loan debt and a degree that's increasingly seeming worthless.

This weekend's rejectors?

McKenna Long & Adlridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Gallagher & Kennedy (Phoenix, AZ)
Carlton Fields (Tampa, FL)
Jones Day (Cleveland, OH)
Bays Deaver Lung Rose Holma (Honolulu, HI)
Foulston Siefkin (Wichita, KS)
Bryan Cave (Kansas City, MO)
Adams and Reese (New Orleans, LA)
Davis Wright Tremaine (Seattle, WA)
Baker Donelson (Brimingham, AL)
Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston, TX)
Troutman Sanders (Atlanta, GA)
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft (New York, NY)
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard (Raleigh, NC)
Jones Day (San Francisco, CA)
Schwartz Junell Greenberg & Oathout (Houston, TX)
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister (Indianapolis, IN)

Praying for Just ONE Good Week

Another week has gone by without any good/promising job news. Lots of layoffs though! :-(

Yesterday's rejectors?

Polsinelli Shughart (Phoenix, AZ)
Briggs & Morgan (Minneapolis, MN)
Gibbs & Bruns (Houston, TX)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Washington, DC)
Brouse McDowell (Cleveland, OH)
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi (Atlanta, GA)
Lowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed (Orlando, FL)
Holland & Knight (Orlando, FL)
Perkins Coie (Boise, ID)
King & Spalding (Houston, TX)

Alternatives?

I've been spending a lot of the time the past couple days trying to think of ways to find a job. Do I invest a bunch of money and place a big ad in the newspaper, essentially tell the world anyone can have me? Do I make a sign and stand outside the Metra station with a stack of resumes? Do I just give up?

I've spent well longer than a full year now networking like crazy, hitting up any and all legal contacts I have, sending out cold emails with my resume to everyone else. Nothing is working.

I'm also really thinking now of things outside the legal field. Can I mail back my JD to Loyola and ask for a refund? Does the JD come with a warranty? because my is looking defective.

Yesterday's rejectors?

McGuireWoods (Richmond, VA)
Davis Kuelthau (Milwaukee, WI)
Warden Grier (Kansas City, MO)
Lewis Rice & Fingersh (Kansas City, MO)
Polsinelli Shugart (Kansas City, MO)
DLA Piper (Seattle, WA)
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman (Seattle, WA)
Lane Powell (Seattle, WA)

Last Month

It's not officially the last month I have in law school. I'm praying that April is THE month that things finally turn around for me in my search for a position after graduation. I'm really hoping...

A Bad Day

Yesterday was a really bad day. Got into an altercation with a drunken woman who was threatening my fiance in front of our house. Realized BarBri wants me to sign up now and shell out the $. And got another large amount of rejections. It's the last day of March and I'm scared to see what April has in store for me. I'm still hoping for some good luck though.

Yesterday's rejectors?

Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario (Las Vegas, NV)
Bingham McHale (Indianapolis, IN)
DLA Piper (Tampa, FL)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Washington, DC)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (San Francisco, CA)
Alston & Bird (New York, NY)
Archer & Greiner (Haddonfield, NJ)

One Month And Counting

One month from today I'll be done with law school. One Month. I have one month to find a job before feeling like a complete failure. And of course, the legal market COULD NOT be any worse. I've exhausted every possible legal connection I have. I've sent out thousands of resumes & cover letters. I am praying for a miracle at this point.

This weekend's rejectors?

Kutak Rock (Denver, CO)
Troutman Sanders (Richmond, VA)
Godfrey & Kahn (Milwaukee, WI)