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NLJ article on Unemployment
How does this report of life in NY compare to people's "friend's" experiences around here?
The Attorney, Unemployed
Matt Kelly
The National Law Journal
04-10-2003
Heard the one about the lawyer who couldn't find a job? No? Well, keep listening -- they're all over the place.
Ask Lee Feldshon, a 33-year-old entertainment lawyer who lives in New York. He graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1994, worked at New York's White & Case and several other well-established law firms in the 1990s, then landed a job as director of legal affairs for Madison Square Garden in 2001. He got laid off in 2002.
Feldshon has been looking for a full-time lawyer job ever since, 15 months and counting.
"I was very confident that I'd find a new job soon," he said. He bought a 150-page notebook to track his mailed-out resumes and follow-up phone calls. As he filled the pages with records of fruitless efforts, the reality of today's job market sank in.
[remainder deleted to comply with copyright laws; check your National Law Journal -- Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]
Last edited by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.); 04-16-2003 at 04:38 PM..
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