One of the reasons I haven’t posted an update on my job search since the hand lotion incident was that I was waiting until I had some good news to share so that I could tell the bad stories and the good at the same time. Problem was, there wasn’t any good news. Every single firm I interviewed with in Portland (as well as a couple I never interviewed with) and the firm in Mountain View all told me they weren’t interested.^* It was kind of frustrating. I was all set to do an unpaid internship with the DA this summer (which would have been really interesting because they let you try misdemeanor trials for them!) when a classmate suggested that I check out a midsized firm in Westwood that didn’t participate in the on-campus interview process.

To cut a long, and somewhat interesting, story short. They made me an offer, and I accepted. So I have a job for the summer and likely following graduation at a 70-80 attorney general practice firm in Westwood. Their area of strength is business litigation, but they also have an intellectual property department in which I will try to do a rotation during the summer.

Now that I have that taken care of, I can focus all my attention on finals. First one in five days.

        
^* There was also a firm in Santa Monica that said no after an interview, but since none of you knew I interviewed there it didn’t make the list. The list of firms that have rejected me is long and distinguished. The current count stands at 11 for those of you keeping score at home.

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