Unemplawyed!
i remember when i lost my mind:
there was something so pleasant about that place!
even your emotions have an echo in so much space....
Why is this song, like, twenty times better than it should be? Maybe it's just the undeniable pleasure of learning that Cee-Lo has a lovely voice. Plus, taken as a whole, it's very nearly the perfect anthem for the end of nearly eight months (!) of frustration, perspiration, regression, and, occasionally, depression.
Maybe you noticed the title change?
That's right, dear readers: it's just about time to register www.emplawyed.com! (It's available!) I couldn't think of any subtler way to do this, so I'll just put it out there: I'm about to accept an offer from an immigration firm downtown. The location (note the proximity to the Common) is better than I'd ever hoped for, the work is interesting, and it pretty well fits the description of what was looking for (and had starting to despair of ever finding) at the beginning of all of this so many months ago: public interest work that actually uses the law to benefit individuals, in downtown Boston, with a solid balance of writing and courtroom opportunities.
The offer came the same day as my formal rejection letters from the firm I was excited about in my last post (had a nice callback interview, but there was still plenty of competition) and the Essex County D.A.'s office, so I couldn't help feeling like someone was maybe trying to tell me something.
Anyway, I've had a great month all around... much too good to blog. Hiring seems to have really picked up from the dead zone that it was in for the couple of months after the new year, and I've scored quite a few interviews that--again with the superstition--I just haven't dared to blog. Including, of course, this last one. (C. also had a great month: she got an excellent offer for next year, but I probably shouldn't share the details here, since they're not mine to disclose.)
Anyway, thanks so much to the friends, family, and concerned strangers who have kept me more or less sane through all of this. I never thought it would take this long, but your colletive grace and patience gave me a lot of the strength I needed.
there was something so pleasant about that place!
even your emotions have an echo in so much space....
Why is this song, like, twenty times better than it should be? Maybe it's just the undeniable pleasure of learning that Cee-Lo has a lovely voice. Plus, taken as a whole, it's very nearly the perfect anthem for the end of nearly eight months (!) of frustration, perspiration, regression, and, occasionally, depression.
Maybe you noticed the title change?
That's right, dear readers: it's just about time to register www.emplawyed.com! (It's available!) I couldn't think of any subtler way to do this, so I'll just put it out there: I'm about to accept an offer from an immigration firm downtown. The location (note the proximity to the Common) is better than I'd ever hoped for, the work is interesting, and it pretty well fits the description of what was looking for (and had starting to despair of ever finding) at the beginning of all of this so many months ago: public interest work that actually uses the law to benefit individuals, in downtown Boston, with a solid balance of writing and courtroom opportunities.
The offer came the same day as my formal rejection letters from the firm I was excited about in my last post (had a nice callback interview, but there was still plenty of competition) and the Essex County D.A.'s office, so I couldn't help feeling like someone was maybe trying to tell me something.
Anyway, I've had a great month all around... much too good to blog. Hiring seems to have really picked up from the dead zone that it was in for the couple of months after the new year, and I've scored quite a few interviews that--again with the superstition--I just haven't dared to blog. Including, of course, this last one. (C. also had a great month: she got an excellent offer for next year, but I probably shouldn't share the details here, since they're not mine to disclose.)
Anyway, thanks so much to the friends, family, and concerned strangers who have kept me more or less sane through all of this. I never thought it would take this long, but your colletive grace and patience gave me a lot of the strength I needed.
posted by Anonymous at 9:57 AM
5 Comments:
Congratulations!
-elizaBeth
Big congrats to you, my friend! When do you start?
"There he was with his immigration face...Giving me a paper chase, but the sun was coming...'Cause all at once he looked into my space...And stamped a number over my face and he sent me running."
Congratulations. We dedicate the immortal words of G. Nash to your new emplawyment...as you help to lift the lamp beside the golden door.
Congrats man! Told you it would take about a year... same thing that happened to me.
Congratulations.
I stumbled on your blog today by chance. I was licensed as a lawyer last year in Canada and was unemployed since December 2005 up until today. I finally received an offer and accepted it. Although, the type of work is not exactly what I had envisioned myself doing I need a job, I need money and I need experience. Unfortunately, I will be commuting at least two hours a day to get to and from work. Also, I am sure they will work me to the bone.
I wish I had stumbled across your blog earlier on we could have swapped war stories. The last seven months of unemployment was one of the most difficult and depressing times of my life. I started to hate the legal profession and everything about it.
You can visit my blog at http://www.eatafatone.blogspot.com/. Although, I don’t really talk about my unemployment period that much because it was quite embarrassing for me.
Good luck and drop me an email if you get a chance.
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