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3L "Gap Fillers" Open Forum

3Ls: Time for an open forum on how you plan to "gap fill" your time between the bar exam and when you begin work.

Today's CDO presentation conveyed two interesting points on topic:

(1) If you're given the chance of a one year deferral, you should take it.

Reasoning behind this suggestion was (1) firms are hurting and you can help them; (2) they wouldn't have offered it to you if they didn't want you to take it; and, (3) money in hand is better than starting and getting laid off before next fall anyway (universally considered the WORST case scenario).

HOWEVER, and this likely can go without saying, it'd be career suicide to do nothing during your year off. Playing video games will likely mean you will not be around very long if they even let you back.

(2) Even those who plan to start Dec/Jan/MARCH?! should do something to improve their resume in the meantime.

But what can you do? CDO is starting a new section on b-line to house short-term placements for this period. Also, maybe sign up for a semester at the community college?

Any thoughts on the matter(s)?

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).