The Push

I started to write another blog about the desperate need for health care reform in this country. We are at the edge of a huge success. It is disappointing but not surprising to see political leaders from both sides of the aisle attempting to slow down and/or block President Obama's efforts to bring help to the everyday American. Those politicians who stand in opposition are not listening to the results of the vote back in November 2008. They are instead listening to the insurance companies and big money interests who wield an unbalanced portion of the power in Washington. Change is needed now. Health care in America is a patient suffering a terrible disease. Please, Congress, try something, anything, to cure the patient. Do not lecture about what methods are inappropriate, what constitutes "socialism" and what should have been done before. We've been debating for years as the situation just gets worse. . . Move!

But this blog is about law school, and I feel too tired to keep going on about health care. I will refer you to two blogs that I have written about it in the past:

http://nathanmarshburn.blogspot.com/search/label/Health%20Care

http://wcugradstudentblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/open-letter-to-candidates.html

This fight is for the professionals, but President Obama has my 100% support in his push to bring health insurance to all Americans.

Now, as for law school, I begin my own personal push to find a job. The second year of law school is when most of the large firms do their hiring of new associates. They hire second year students to work during the summer in between the second and third year, grooming the student to come to the firm full-time upon graduation.

In my entry just before this one, I wrote what other lawyers had told me about working at these large firms. Theirs is a cautionary tale.

Still, I am going to go for it in the fall "On Campus Interview Program." I do not want to graduate from law school and wonder, "What if" I had applied to work with the huge firms? Would I have been hired? What would my life be like? Would I have enjoyed that lifestyle? To paraphrase Maxine from the movie Being John Malkovich, there are two types of people in this world: Those who go after what they want, and those who don't. Even if the former don't reach their goals, they are happier people. They die with less regrets.

My grades do not place me in the top 20% of the class, so I don't qualify to apply for many of the postings. Still, there are a number of openings which say, "Top 10% preferred," or "Top 20% preferred." To these I will submit my resume.

If I am invited to an interview, this will be another aspect of law school that I may tell you about- "The Powerhouse Firm Job Interview." But if not, there will still be plenty of things to keep me busy and write about during my second year of law school. Until Next Time...

Go Obama Go! Universal Health Care Now!

Nathan Marshburn