Most people who graduate go to work for firms or agencies, people they clerked for, judges, that sort of thing. (Assuming they find a job straight out of school at all.) It's expected, generally, that you don't work during the summer when you're prepping for the bar, and then whomever you do work for -- firm or other -- can't let you practice fully until you've gotten a passing score. My guess is the three months you spend waiting for your score involve a lot of document review, interviews, and grunt work, as well as things like sitting second chair in a courtroom (there but not arguing anything) -- stuff that doesn't require a licensed attorney.
This position is certainly unusual in the sense that fellowships offered by schools represents a very small segment of the job market. I can't compare fellowships across schools, but it's something most people don't get to do. And that's a worthy resume hit.
Bottom line, this is not the image I had in my head of what I was going to do out of school -- that's the "new lawyer, working for a firm or agency" or "judicial clerkship" image -- but equally bottom line, I know there's a big fat difference between those ideal images and reality. I'd probably feel pretty damn stupid in the long run if I said 'no' to this opportunity just because it doesn't look like a "me successful lawyer" idea that's still probably based too much on viewings of L.A. Law in the 80's.
So, I'm kind of down about it right this second, b/c I know I just signed up for a lot of grief, but I do believe very strongly in the work the Centers do, and I would get to do my own substantive work in environmental law or international environmental law as part of it.
So... so, now I have to go do bar review stuff, 'cause that started today. And that's probably the real reason I'm down right this second, b/c OMG you can't *read* outlines, for Christ's sake! Who reads outlines?! You *write* them to make sure you know the material -- you don't *read* them to prepare for a class. Awful! Appalling! Another expression of disgust starting with the letter 'A'!
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This position is certainly unusual in the sense that fellowships offered by schools represents a very small segment of the job market. I can't compare fellowships across schools, but it's something most people don't get to do. And that's a worthy resume hit.
Bottom line, this is not the image I had in my head of what I was going to do out of school -- that's the "new lawyer, working for a firm or agency" or "judicial clerkship" image -- but equally bottom line, I know there's a big fat difference between those ideal images and reality. I'd probably feel pretty damn stupid in the long run if I said 'no' to this opportunity just because it doesn't look like a "me successful lawyer" idea that's still probably based too much on viewings of L.A. Law in the 80's.
So, I'm kind of down about it right this second, b/c I know I just signed up for a lot of grief, but I do believe very strongly in the work the Centers do, and I would get to do my own substantive work in environmental law or international environmental law as part of it.
So... so, now I have to go do bar review stuff, 'cause that started today. And that's probably the real reason I'm down right this second, b/c OMG you can't *read* outlines, for Christ's sake! Who reads outlines?! You *write* them to make sure you know the material -- you don't *read* them to prepare for a class. Awful! Appalling! Another expression of disgust starting with the letter 'A'!