Something of a postscript to first semester…

Over the break, there was little responsibility to deal with, it was mostly just a time to kick back and relax. However, I knew that it would be in my best interest to get started on my job hunt. I decided that I wanted to pursue work for the summer in Indiana, so I phoned and sent my resume and cover letter to every judge within a reasonable daily commute of Bloomington. I decided that since I’m still something of a generalist and am unsure exactly what type of law that I want to practice, I preferred the idea of working for a judge to the idea of working for a firm so that I could possibly be exposed to more areas of the law; I realized that there was very little chance of landing a paying 1L summer job, especially in this economy, so I decided I should get my name out there early for any position I could find before jobs started to get picked over.

Thankfully, the whole process was far less difficult and painful than I was expecting. A county circuit court judge sent me an e-mail that sounded like he was basically willing to hire me sight unseen, assuming that I was okay with not being paid. I talked to him over the phone soon after, and he did end up offering me the spot without even having met me in person yet. He said I could set my own schedule, do research work from home if I wanted to, and that he would give me plenty of input into what area of law I’d want to work on for my cases. Also, and this was vital, he said that the work should provide me with a good writing sample that I can use in future interviews. I was quite surprised to get all of this done from Washington, but I managed it and it’s nice to have my summer work lined up before the semester even starts…it will happily provide me with one less thing to worry about.

The new semester starts Thursday. I’m sure that before long I’ll become too busy to blog regularly again, but I have every intention to complete a journal of this coming semester as well when all is said and done. This is one of the most important years of my life, and I’ll be happy to have a detailed account of it later.

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