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Legal resume gap - put solo practice on resume?
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:43 PM Author: Adventurous Primrose Menage Windowlicker If you got laid off from biglaw or something, would you put solo on your resume to fill the gap, assuming you did some such work? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291525) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:49 PM Author: irate death wish race? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291568) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:51 PM Author: Adventurous Primrose Menage Windowlicker nigerian + japanese (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291578) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:57 PM Author: Talking bateful public bath so is your name like obama obama or soemthing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291597) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:19 PM Author: violent bawdyhouse lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291671) |
Date: May 29th, 2013 12:44 PM Author: Out-of-control coral corn cake Did you actually do solo work, or was this bullshit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291532) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:44 PM Author: Adventurous Primrose Menage Windowlicker Try reading again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291535) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:51 PM Author: Out-of-control coral corn cake Kind of unclear. If your solo work consists of drafting a divorce agreement for your sister, that's not real solo work. If you had paying clients, and resolved some matters for them, en sure, why not? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291579) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:54 PM Author: Adventurous Primrose Menage Windowlicker Idk, seems less prestigious then biglaw + gap? Assuming it wasn't some awesome solo practice experience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291591) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:57 PM Author: Out-of-control coral corn cake I think that employers are more likely to hire someone who had some interest in taking the entrepreneurial route, and tried to build a business, than someone who jerked off and poaster on xoxo after being fired at Latham & Watkins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291600) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:20 PM Author: violent bawdyhouse employers hate entrepreneurs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291672) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:21 PM Author: Out-of-control coral corn cake They hate the unemployed even MOAR. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291676) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:22 PM Author: Supple casino Why is that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291686) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:23 PM Author: Out-of-control coral corn cake I really don't know. But it seems like unemployment in and of itself makes you unemployable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291690) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:25 PM Author: Walnut immigrant The way I think of unemployment is you likely will have to take something less than what you could have gotten if you were employed. But if you are in a total shit job then you will probably remain unemployed because the step down from shit job is unemployment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291704) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:26 PM Author: violent bawdyhouse i think that's true for long term unemployment but not for short term, but what do i know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291706) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:32 PM Author: mind-boggling tanning salon Boomers tend to think that if you've been unemployed longer than a couple months, it means that you get up at 10:30 every morning, eat Cheetos, masturbate, watch Maury, and repeat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291724) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:34 PM Author: Out-of-control coral corn cake I mean, to be fair, this is a pretty accurate depiction of my life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291734) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:46 PM Author: Blue bat shit crazy parlour How long is dat gap? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291545) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:48 PM Author: soul-stirring jet-lagged regret Ughhn, dat gappy gappy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291560) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:53 PM Author: Adventurous Primrose Menage Windowlicker Answer for 3 months? 6 months? more? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291588) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:57 PM Author: Learning disabled voyeur step-uncle's house 3 months, probably not necessary
around 6 months, a failed solo practice definitely starts to look better than a long stretch of unemployment unless you can cook something else up.
but you can't lie about having a practice. you actually have to start one up and take a few cases through public referral or something. even if you aren't profitable, it at least looks like you were trying to do something and you can spin it as "I tried to go solo, did a lot of hard work, but realized it wasn't for me" ... instead of "I sat around jacking off for six months during which time I was actively looking for work and noone else in this entire godforsaken city wanted to hire me" |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:58 PM Author: Talking bateful public bath up to 6 mos there's no harm in leaving it blank, after that, you'd better have something even if it's not law i talked to biglaw partners baout this when i moved here, they all pretty much echoed that doing any bullshit job to fill 1 yr gap >>>>>>> gap, because it shows you haven't forgotten how to wake up on time, are responsible, etc. |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:22 PM Author: Supple casino "i talked to biglaw partners baout this when i moved here, they all pretty much echoed that doing any bullshit job to fill 1 yr gap >>>>>>> gap, because it shows you haven't forgotten how to wake up on time, are responsible, etc."
I'm not attack you, Bro, but this sounds like some Boomer shit they'd pass of as "sage advice" to justify their inability to comprehend the day to day emptiness of having to search for a job ITE. |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:14 PM Author: mind-boggling tanning salon I thought about doing this for a 5-month gap, then realized that my "solo practice" consisted of (1) drafting a simple will for a college buddy, and (2) volunteering at a legal clinic. For a grand total of 4.5 hours and $100.
If your experience is similar to mine, really wouldn't do this. |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:17 PM Author: Walnut immigrant they will see right through it and think you are a liar unless you have a good reason as to why you wanted to do solo, what your business plan was, why it didn't work out, etc. you probably will find it hard to get into the details of this kind of thing unless you actually tried to start a solo practice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291665) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:33 PM Author: Adventurous Primrose Menage Windowlicker Well I wasn't referring to lying about getting laid off or whatever, more just thinking about whether to show that you have been doing some stuff. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291732) |