[blindlaw] Any advice?

[Rod Alcidonis]

This is very discouraging to here, and of course, frustrating for anyone to 
have to go through after working so hard in Law School. My advice to you is 
to not give up, keep searching and something will come your way!

good luck.

Rod Alcidonis
Juris Doctor Candidate, 2009.
Roger Williams University School of Law
10 Metacom Ave., Box: 9003
Bristol, RI 02809
Cell: 718-704-4651
Home: 401-824-8685
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http://blogs.rwu.edu/law/ralcidonis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Fry" <mikefry79 at gmail.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:09 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] Any advice?


> Hello,
>
> I don't want to sound negative on my first email to the list, however, I 
> am
> having a very difficult time finding a good job.  I went to an above 
> average
> ABA accredited law school. I worked hard in law school, academically I was
> ranked higher than most of my peers. On my first attempt I passed the
> California Bar. In law school I interned at two civil law firms, for a
> federal judge, and for the Department of Labor. I also have a Masters
> Degree.
>
> I have sent out at least five hundred resumes to various law firms. I have
> been to at least twenty or twenty five interviews in the last six months.
> The only company that offered me a job, which I started working at seven
> weeks ago, is a non-legal position at a collections agency where I spend 
> all
> day in a cubical doing contractual analysis. The job pays about the same 
> as
> a manager's salary at McDonalds or 10,000 dollars less than what my little
> sister makes who just got her undergraduate degree. I'm the only attorney 
> in
> the company admitted to the California Bar.
>
> In the meantime I have continued to send out resumes and go to interviews,
> however, no one will hire me. I have also ranked in the first band on the 
> CA
> Attorney General's eligibility list. I go to the interview and then 
> several
> weeks later get a rejection letter.
>
> It is a very bad thing. It makes me feel very bad. I have been told that I
> interview well by the career center. I don't know what to do. I can't help
> but feel I'm not being hired because I am legally blind. Can anyone relate
> to this situation? Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? I'm willing
> to do whatever it takes to get a good job.  I'll move anywhere in the
> country.
>


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