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Older Millennials Who Graduated From Law School After The Recession Really Struggled To Find Work

This guy couldn't find any job leads until he called his ex's dad.

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I was looking for anything. I was doing temp work at first, and not as an attorney. Then I worked for a nonprofit. Finally, I cold-called an ex’s father who worked in the industry and eventually got a job with the government.

I think it stunted what I wanted to do. I was hoping to pay off law school debts right away and get into investing. Instead, I was just treading water.

— Nick Walstra, a 2010 law school graduate, commenting on the desperate lengths he had to through to get a job as a member of the “Lost Generation” of older millennials who graduated in the wake of the recession. For what it’s worth, Walstra says he’s “pretty satisfied with the way things ended up, now that [he’s] practicing law.” He now works for the state of Ohio, and has five figures of law school debt he’s hoping Public Service Loan Forgiveness will erase.

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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