why not come over here and go to school - you'd be better equipped to deal in our legal system. CA and NY are 2 of our hardest and most cutting edge states with regard to legal policy. (Texas isnt cutting edge - they're just bass ackwards.)
years ago it wasnt hard to break into govt work (at least not on the east coast). however, not to be a debbie downer, but one of my buddies just handed me this article on sunday while laughing:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/educati...-schools_N.htm
on another note, I'd caution you if you're coming soon because it may be a moot point - one of my sisters works for UCSD, and the Governator is apparently busting all state workers down to minimum wage of $8.50 an hour, relatively soon. there goes 6 figures, down the drain.....weeeeee!
let me stop before i actually DO discourage you.
working for the govt is nice...like reeeeally nice. especially if you want to work long hard hours for.....chump change. let me give you an East Coast (NJ) example - when I was clerking for a judge in Jersey, one of the most well respected, top-most shot-caller Deputy Attorney General's (staties as opposed to municipals/city/county govt) made.....wait for it........$75,000/yr.
??????? Im so not kidding.
If you ask them, they'll tell you not to do it. Dont do it man. Dont do it. Clerking for the govt basically just about broke me financially, and that was for just one year. The judge laughed at me, and told me that he refused to clerk, because it wasnt enough money. What a guy! Turned around and one of the other clerks got a job with the Prosecutor's Office for....wait for it.....$28,000/yr!!!!
She couldve made more than that with a bachelors.
meantime, my older sister goes strait to a big law firm in Chicago and starts raking in in excess of six figures....immediately. a year later, Im drowning in debt with a shiny little clerkship under my belt (whoop-de-doo
), and she's rolling in more dough than she's ever seen in life. I had to move in with
her just to survive.
why am I rambling? ok, to answer your question - i seriously dont know at this point. how's THAT for an answer after reading through my diatribe???
here are some plus-es though:
1. if you work for the government, ANY govt and have federal loans, they can be forgiven in 10 years with excellent pay history.
2. lots and lots of holidays!
3. reasonable hours! (ok...i'll admit that this depends.)
4. experience. ... ... like....RIGHT AWAY!
5. and then you can pitch your exp to a respectable law firm (an option if your credentials at graduation were any less than oh...the top 1% of the country
)
wait. why am I telling you this?? I'm preaching to the choir - no.....I'm brain-dumping to the choir, and that's just unacceptable.
well, whatever you do, I hope it works out for you.
but I am curious - why do you want to work there?
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