The Emersonian Lawyer: The Compass And The Resume
The resume follows what is legible, while the compass follows something harder to name.
The resume follows what is legible, while the compass follows something harder to name.
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"I thought, well, I guess I'll just go to law school now."
There's a really funny post up on Constitutional Daily, in which the protagonist -- who holds a J.D. from NYU Law and was laid off from Biglaw during the recession -- recounts his inability to secure a job at Target. It got us thinking of that other great lie that law schools tell incoming law students: "Yada yada, you can do anything with a law degree... also, I'd like to interest you in partial ownership of the Brooklyn Bridge." But many J.D. holders have found out the hard way that holding a law degree only opens doors to "law" jobs. They aren't degrees of general utility. If anything, they close more doors than they open....