STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/law_grad_with_llm_lands_just_one_job_interview_from_300_resumes

This article, and ESPECIALLY, the mean-spirited, panicked, and cynical comments that follow it, are what I wish someone had shown me before I went to school. Compared to many, I've been lucky. I was so ostracized in law school that I knew early on that I had to find a way to make myself stand out. A lot of good people that I know were burned, though. It's really sad. 

If you are already in law school, please: 1) Find a specialty now. 2) Start networking immediately within that specialty. And 3) Publish somewhere, about your specialty. All of these things are easier while you're still in school. You don't have to be super, super committed to dolphin law, or whatever. But if you want to stand out, you have to narrow the field from, "I have a law degree..." to, "I have experience/expertise in this particular area." Specialties make you marketable.