Is my legal career nearly over?

I blame myself and society for this, and here are the stats: 28 years old, mediocre law school GPA, no internship/clerkship offers, licensed to practice law in an area with too many lawyers (I suppose this is true everywhere). I have been working for a legal temporary agency for the last two years and nobody seems to want to hire me. I find it hard to market to potential employers. People have advised me to get out of there, which is what I have been trying to do!

I would really like to work in public service, such as county attorney, but all the offices keep saying no. I am starting to believe that I am not worthy of anything except carrying mail-my previous career before law school. I was very good at it but was underpaid and underappreciated. Still, it seems like staying there would have been the wiser choice than spending time and money in school for a profession that probably won't ever receive me beyond the bar passage.

just hanging around

comeon now, get some ambition. open your own little practice do some speeding tickets.

MeInUSA

OK, let me tell you DON'T GIVE UP! The fact of the matter is GPA, and blah de blah mean NOTHING! Sounds like you are stuck in a rut and you are not being given the opportunity to prove yourself BUT you decided to go into law FOR SOME REASON, right? WHY did you do it ..there must be SOMETHING that attracted you to that career? Find out what it is and then find a way to get yourself in that field. Start out as a clerk in a firm that specializes in your field of interest .. eventually you will PROVE yourself if you have a real passion for what you do. I can speak from experience .. I was a mediocre student .. I hated school ..scraped through ..barely ...BUT later on in life I discovered my passion .. today I am a VERY SUCCESSFUL business owner ... FOOLED THEM ALL!! I highly recommend you BUY the movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" and an older movie "Door to Door" ..both based on true stories ..if they don't inspire you then nothing will ..GO FOR IT..you can do it!

Here is a link for the "Door to Door" movie on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Door-William-H-Macy/dp/B00007AJFZ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6784059-5945543?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1190008645&sr=8-1
..the other movie you can find at Walmart ..

Enigma

Sounds like you need to do some pro-bono cases and win to build up your local fame.
Then with that will come clients and offers elsewhere

flingebunt

Firstly, there is not point sitting around complaining. You have to get working.

Law has a vast number of different career options, you didn't even tell us what sort of law you specialise in.

So what are you doing, sitting around watching day time soaps and clips on youtube....maybe you don't have an internship, but you could go around to every small law practice in your area and tell that you are prepared to do work for free to get experience. Someone is bound to say yes. If you do a good job, get a good reputation you are going to get more offers, more work, and more opportunity.

Maybe you will be making the coffee, pouring over documents, researching past cases or something equally exciting, but it is a start.

If you want it, you have to work for it.

Tango

stay motivated

cacianss

Well you are a lawyer but you don't seem to be marketing yourself correctly. You need to be where the action is ( legal action ) but not too pushy.

bls1177

Keep your chin up. There are opportunities every where you may have to look harder to find them. Find a clinic in your area and volunteer. Fair housing is a hot area and who knows what may sprout up.

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