What does it mean to be a “legal fellow”? Career public interest lawyers, stuck in the pre-”3 to 5 years” experience range, often gain positions as fellows. But increasingly, the term also applies to volunteer attorneys who may only stick around until the economy rebounds.

In this hyper-impossible job market, is there ever a reason to leave a job? Or decline a job offer? The uncomfortable reality is that to walk away from a job or job offer means to seek another – to run to another, and five cover letters in, it starts to feel like any new job will do.

Following up on last week’s post on the scary state of public interest law, TeamGG is happy to offer the viewpoint of a legal aid attorney currently looking for a new job. The funding stream supporting her salary is “evaporating.” She wishes to remain anonymous to avoid jeopardizing employment prospects in her current search.
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When I see what’s happening in the world of public interest law, I feel like I’m living out the trailer to a horror film. First it was zombies, now it’s aliens, and here I am in blood-and-dirt-stained H&M biz-cas attire, running breathlessly toward an elusive exit, hoping I can defuse a student-loan bomb before [...]