What to do before job starts Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:45 pm

I have about 5 months before my job starts. Any suggestions what to do?

icansortofmath · Post by **icansortofmath** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:04 pm

Is it biglaw? If so, travel, check off as many items on your bucket list as possible, and say goodbye to your loved ones and let them know you love them but you need to disappear for a while.

Auxilio · Post by **Auxilio** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:04 pm

I plan on spending my post-clerkship pre-employment months working on a campaign. Is that something that would interest you?

jkpolk · Post by **jkpolk** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:37 pm

5 months is enough time to legitimately develop a skill if you focus. You could become a pretty good golfer in that amount of time, for instance.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:19 pm

Plan a trip and enjoy your free time OP!

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:35 pm

What practice? If corporate, consider buying a few E&Es to work (especially sec reg) through over the next five months to get a leg up.

QContinuum · Post by **QContinuum** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:31 pm

Auxilio wrote:I plan on spending my post-clerkship pre-employment months working on a campaign. Is that something that would interest you?

Are there many/any campaign opportunities this year? Next year would obviously be great for campaign work...

barkschool · Post by **barkschool** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:24 am

QContinuum wrote:
Auxilio wrote:I plan on spending my post-clerkship pre-employment months working on a campaign. Is that something that would interest you?
Are there many/any campaign opportunities this year? Next year would obviously be great for campaign work...

Don’t do anything like this. You could end up enjoying it and it will make biglaw considerably more miserable. Best not to tempt fate here.

Auxilio · Post by **Auxilio** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:55 am

QContinuum wrote:
Auxilio wrote:I plan on spending my post-clerkship pre-employment months working on a campaign. Is that something that would interest you?
Are there many/any campaign opportunities this year? Next year would obviously be great for campaign work...

Personally, I'm Canadian and there is a federal election in October. But I imagine you could work on one of the primary campaigns down here still, no?

acr · Post by **acr** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:39 am

Do whatever you want.

If traveling makes you happy, go to Europe/Asia/Australia.

If learning new skills makes you happy, learn a language, or an instrument, or cooking, etc.

If staying in bed binging Netflix makes you happy, do that. Watch every show you've ever thought about watching.

Just chill out and do whatever brings you the most happiness during this time.

DoveBodyWash · Post by **DoveBodyWash** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:09 am

Get as fit as you possibly can

cheaptilts · Post by **cheaptilts** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:14 am

DoveBodyWash wrote:Get as fit as you possibly can

Raiden · Post by **Raiden** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:30 pm

cheaptilts wrote:
DoveBodyWash wrote:Get as fit as you possibly can

Getting fit is probably one of the best gifts you can give yourself. 5 months is good amount of time to see results. I’d recommend a personal trainer or a jiu-jitsu/any martial arts class, over self training.

QContinuum · Post by **QContinuum** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:40 pm

Auxilio wrote:
QContinuum wrote:
Auxilio wrote:I plan on spending my post-clerkship pre-employment months working on a campaign. Is that something that would interest you?
Are there many/any campaign opportunities this year? Next year would obviously be great for campaign work...
Personally, I'm Canadian and there is a federal election in October. But I imagine you could work on one of the primary campaigns down here still, no?

Good point about the Canadian election! My bad for my stereotypically American "U.S.-centric" worldview.

Also agree that there are likely to be volunteer opportunities Stateside for the primary campaigns.

wishywashy · Post by **wishywashy** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:36 pm

Study for the bar?

Assuming you have done that already and taken the bar, I would vote a mix of enjoying your time and keeping up on changes in your practice area. You don't want to go so far to the lazy side of the spectrum that you want to smash your head against the wall your first day on the job. And I would avoid getting involved in politics personally - the world is very polarized right now - why risk alienating a client (or a supervisor) because they can't stomach that you represent a superior ideology and world view (

).

Enjoy your free time!

tyroneslothrop1 · Post by **tyroneslothrop1** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:07 pm

Travel. Road trip across the country or something. Quite possibly this will be your last opportunity to do something like this for the next 40 years or so.

FND · Post by **FND** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:41 pm

do something you'd never in a million years do otherwise. go work on a chicken farm, become a traveling hobo, intern at a craft brewer, something, anything, that will give you stories for years to come

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