Interviews

This interview season has been hectic. The current job market has so many people worried and frantic. I've been talking to many of my friends at other law schools. The general consensus is that we're all just very happy to land a job (better if it's a biglaw-Vault ranked job). A bad economy really puts things into perspective.

Last night, while having dinner with a friend, I got a call from the Silicon Valley law firm I interviewed with last week (OFFER!). The night before I got a call from the only Chicago law firm I had applied to (OFFER!). I'm extremely thankful that I am getting job offers. I suppose it goes to show that a law degree does mean something afterall.

Law school doesn't teach the "law," it teaches you how to read and write critically. What's amusing to me is that we're taught to "read, write, and think critically" from day one (in high school). Somehow 8 years of reading, writing and thinking critically (high school + college) was not enough. I'm not be sarcastic here. I really think it's a shame.

But get this, a few months ago, I met with a bunch of Alumni from UChicago's class of 1998. A singular advice that I received from EVERYONE is: become a GREAT writer. I got the impression that NOT all LAWYERS are good writers. It's really really a shame.

So I suppose law school doesn't really teach one how to write - it simply teaches one how to think and read. 3 more years of schooling to become a better reader and writer. And somehow 3 years of reading and writing more justifies us being paid a six digit salary?

Just thinking about this humbles me - I'm so not worthy.