Law School "Success" Stories!

This may be "the firm" that the lucky graduate found work at.

Tomorrow my school will be hosting a law school success session in which students from previous years class will come in and tell about how they found government, private, and firm jobs.  Well, it said "a firm job" which tells me that the graduating class of 2012 had one student who found a job in a law firm!  This is unprecedented and will make for some interesting discussion.  If hearing how a few students made it after law school is not enticing enough, they will be serving pizza.  Everyone is encouraged to attend!!!

"Get the inside perspective on finding a post graduate job from a panel of recent graduates.  Hear about their paths to success, including the steps they took throughout law school to position themselves for permanent and fulfilling post-graduate employment.  Our panelists will include graduates who landed positions in-house, in government and at a firm.  All classes are encouraged to attend.

Pizza will be served."

I don't know if I will attend this.  I already know that some students are able to find jobs after law school.  The fact that the school is encouraging us all to attend makes the situation seem all the more dire.  It's as if the school is saying "it's bad out there.  It's real bad.  But there is some hope." 

However, I honestly doubt that the law school will state that some of these individuals are connected.  That they were very likely on law review and/or moot court.   They could have graduated 20 years ago for all I know!  Furthermore, I expect a big banner stating a disclaimer that their results in no way guarantee similar results (even though we all know that-right?).  To be honest, I think that this is probably a method in which to make us feel better about paying very expensive tuition and shut us up for a couple of weeks.  However, I am reminded how bleak the legal economy is every single day in almost every class.  I hear the professors speak of how good they have it and I can only nod.  Yes, they do have it good.  Real good.

I have a feeling that most people are going to go to this thing and hear a handful of success stories and walk out feeling like a million bucks.  They are going to go to the nearest bar, get drunk, miss class the next day with a nasty hangover, sit in bed and smile because they heard some good news.  They may go to TLS (2012 award winner for worst web-forum) and tell the world that they are going to be big firm lawyers because ONE person showed up at the panel who worked in a firm.  And if that doesn't happen, he/she will find solace, because another panelist got into government. 

No, the panel will not mention that the government worker was the son of a judge, nor will it mention that the person in the firm was the daughter of a partner who figured that a top 100 school was good enough for her to work in the family firm.  It will not mention that all the unconnected people were probably in the top 10% of their class.  The connected individuals will likely say that they were in the bottom half or something to get the people really excited.

In the end, it should be a good way to advertise to those who are already paying tuition.