- Legal Jobs
- Legal Articles
- Law Students
- Law Student Career Advice
- After Law School
- What other jobs to do including Probono if you don
Support PDF,DOC,DOCX,TXT,XLS,WPD,HTM,HTML fils up to 5MB
Total Legal Jobs
149,962
New Legal Jobs Added in Last 7 Days
38,440
Related Articles



What other jobs to do including Probono if you don
by Stony Olsen
( 3 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
What do you think about this article? Rate it using the stars above and let us know what you think in the comments below.
<<Well, the bad news is that in these faltering times the paying legal work is gone. You may well be forced to wait tables or take some other kind of summer job to make ends meet. But you should try to do something legal this summer, even if it's pro bono.
If you're a 1L, it's not a crisis if you don't have a legal job. Sure, interviews are a bit harder, but you do what you have to do. Check with your law school. At my old one the career services office will hire out law students for attorneys looking for a little extra legal work during the summer. Solos and small firms are likely to love volunteers as well — and if you can sit in and watch some hearings, etc., plus snag a reference, that's great.
Click Here to Find Law Student Jobs on LawCrossing
Local nonprofits and government offices can always use some help. Why not try a rural county prosecutor or defense attorney? They can always use help, and watching trials with them is handy.
If trial work isn't your cup of tea, professors are another source to tap. Remember: in the legal world it's publish or perish, and the summer is the time when professors are (in between lazing around) doing research and editing their latest casebooks or law review articles. Extra eyes are usually welcome, and they may even pay some.
Click Here to Find Summer Associate Jobs on LawCrossing
It isn't fun to work for free. It flat out sucks, in fact. However, experience is crucial, and something you can mention in the interviews when they come in the fall.
For second years, if you don't have a legal job by now, things are pretty grim. The above advice still applies, but even more so. You must get something legal on your resume for the summer. You will likely be looking at the smaller firms, though, in the fall. Forget New York and Big Law. But then, who wants to be a slave to some eccentric senior partner anyway?
Click Here to View the 2015 LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in the Best Law Firms
Good luck!
If you're a 1L, it's not a crisis if you don't have a legal job. Sure, interviews are a bit harder, but you do what you have to do. Check with your law school. At my old one the career services office will hire out law students for attorneys looking for a little extra legal work during the summer. Solos and small firms are likely to love volunteers as well — and if you can sit in and watch some hearings, etc., plus snag a reference, that's great.
Click Here to Find Law Student Jobs on LawCrossing
Local nonprofits and government offices can always use some help. Why not try a rural county prosecutor or defense attorney? They can always use help, and watching trials with them is handy.
If trial work isn't your cup of tea, professors are another source to tap. Remember: in the legal world it's publish or perish, and the summer is the time when professors are (in between lazing around) doing research and editing their latest casebooks or law review articles. Extra eyes are usually welcome, and they may even pay some.
Click Here to Find Summer Associate Jobs on LawCrossing
It isn't fun to work for free. It flat out sucks, in fact. However, experience is crucial, and something you can mention in the interviews when they come in the fall.
For second years, if you don't have a legal job by now, things are pretty grim. The above advice still applies, but even more so. You must get something legal on your resume for the summer. You will likely be looking at the smaller firms, though, in the fall. Forget New York and Big Law. But then, who wants to be a slave to some eccentric senior partner anyway?
Click Here to View the 2015 LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in the Best Law Firms
Good luck!
Article Category
Featured Testimonials
The facilities provided by LawCrossing fantabulous and this faultless piece of work makes me smile!
Colleen
Facts
LawCrossing Fact #20: The “Outbox” feature allows users to keep track of the submissions they have already sent.
Success Stories
- Jennifer Guidea Bloomfield, NJ
Why You'll Love LawCrossing
Legal Job Market Updates
Stay Ahead. Get your weekly career digest giving you:
- the latest legal jobs
- legal employment news and trends
- career advice and more
Questions?
- What is LawCrossing?
- Who Else Is Ready to Never Have to Worry About Recessions and the Legal Job Market Again?
- Why Job Boards Are Evil!
- Blow Away Your Competition with LawCrossing
- Get More Employers to Respond to Your Applications and Hire You
- Why You Are Not Aware of 95% of the Jobs Out There
- Why LawCrossing's Marketing Problem is Good for You
- Why It is Important to See Every Job Site There is
- Private versus Public Job Boards
- Why You Need to Manage Your Job Search in One Place
- Who Else Wants Their Phone Ringing Off the Hook With Quality Job Interviews?
- Do Not Use Another Job Board Until You Read This

Already have access? Click here to login | Forgot your password
Sign up now for free access to this content
Enter your details below and select your practice area(s) of interest to stay ahead of the curve and receive Lawcrossing search daily newsletters.