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Law Grad's Part-Time, Low-Paid Job Is More Than Many Have, Consultant Says

By Martha Neil

April 12, 2010, 7:19 pm CDT

Make lemonade and count your blessings, a consultant tells a recent graduate of a low-ranked California law school who seeks advice about the low-paid part-time job she has finally found in a small corporate boutique in Chicago.

“Breaking-In” should simultaneously make every effort to wow her part-time employer into offering her an associate position yet also look for work elsewhere with the help of the nine-month part-time stint she can now put on her resumé.

But even her current job represents significant forward progress, writes Ann Israel of Ann Israel & Associates in an Advice to the Lawlorn column in New York Lawyer (reg. req.).

“I know a lot of recent law school graduates who would give anything to trade places with you right now,” Israel tells Breaking-In.

Earlier related coverage:

ABAJournal.com: “Scarlet J.D.? ‘Hester Prynne’ Seeks Advice re Degree from Low-Ranked Law School”

ABAJournal.com: “Forget St. Barts and Be Grateful You’re Working, Columnist Tells ‘Exhausted’”

ABAJournal.com: “Consultant’s New Take on ‘Exhausted’: I’m Tired, Too, But Still Working”