Law students: when you're thinking-what jobs are out there besides the stuff I hear about at school? One tip I tell my students: find a job you think is cool and then "work backwards." Ex: Twitter is looking for a senior legal counsel to respond to govt demands 1/
You can't get this job right away, but look at the job description. See what skills they want: here, it's experience working with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It's a compliance job (lots of these exist). 2/
Now: some people will stumble on to these jobs fortuitously after a job at the US Attorney's, or State AG, and they network, etc. Sure, but you can also be *proactive.* I sometimes talk to 3Ls and they don't realize there is an entire world of cool work out there. 3/
What can you do as a student? "Work backward" from a dream job. Take a class where they cover that work. With everyone virtual now, you can attend conferences you see advertised. Tell them you're a student, get the fee waived. Ask to talk to alums doing that work. 4/
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