Entry-level attorney (Washington DC)
Date: 2010-03-13, 9:06PM EST
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Small civil litigation firm in Washington D.C. is seeking a young, intelligent, newly-admitted attorney to join and learn from the experienced attorneys at our firm. We will provide training and the opportunity to grow with our firm. Requirements include excellent academic credentials from a top law school, with law journal and/or clinical experience preferred. Please forward your resume, cover letter, and writing sample. This is an excellent opportunity to break into the Washington D.C. legal world and our attorneys are eager to share their knowledge with a new member of the firm so contact us today!
- Location: Washington DC
- Compensation: $30k
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
- Please, no phone calls about this job!
- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
Thanks for the tip, Esq. Never!
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Top law school with excellent academic credentials? For 30K, they should be looking for someone who almost flunked out of a TTT.
ReplyDeleteDo you have to wear a suit and tie to work? because 30k in Washington DC doesn't leave a lot of room for dry-cleaning.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's possible if you live with mom or share a house with five or six others, have no car (though metro isn't cheap either especially if you commute on it daily), and don't ever, ever go out. the 30k is all gone between taxes, rent, ramen noodles, dry cleaning, and metro to work. oh yeah, and student loans!!!
Compensation: $30k + Requirements: excellent academic credentials from a top law school, with law journal and/or clinical experience = Extreme stupidity!
ReplyDeleteThey should have listed the following requirement: must live at home with parents, or be independently wealthy.
ReplyDeleteThey want someone from a top law school for $30K?!? You can barely wipe your ass - in D.C. - for that paltry amount! For $ome rea$on, these opportunities are not listed in the law schools' marketing materials.
These TTT firms are really milking this recession for all they can get. So unless you graduated in the top 25% of your class at a T14 school and pass the bar, don't even apply! I've seen ads for paralegal and legal assistant jobs in Podunk that pay more than $30k. Of course they also say that law graduates need not apply. Why did we go to law school again?
ReplyDeleteI hear they got jobs in Cal-i-fornie. (Grapes of Wrath reference.)
ReplyDeleteHow long will all of this internet whining go on?
ReplyDeleteUntil qualified people can make a living wage........ so for a while, I fear.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone actually respond to the ad & call these people out for being morons? I've done that for jobs offering crazy low wages since I made $5K less working at a mid-size Atlanta firm pre-law school.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention being a business person myself & knowing for a fact they're going to have a high turnover for the position w/that rate + it screams "I don't appreciate your contribution & won't respect you at all."
Film Co., you should totally do it! We'll post their response.
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