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My best advice for you if your goal is to get “a“ job is to find immigrant lawyer firms (not immigration lawyers, but lawyers who are immigrant themselves) in your state and try to talk to them. They tend to pay lower than market but they “appreciate” barred international lawyers, mostly because they understand the struggle - which is probably also why they pay below market. I’d research “X (country) law firms/lawyers in Y (state)“ to find immigrant law firms that do work that I am remotely interested in and then send them an email introducing myself and asking if they have an opening for an associate with Z background and bar membership. Show excitement, sound nice and cross your fingers.
If you’re more selective and are looking for ”the” job, I advise you network like crazy. Reach out to lawyers on LinkedIn that have been in your shoes and ask them for advice. Reach out to lawyers that have a professional background in areas you are interested in and ask them for mentorship. In connecting with multiple people, someone may know someone who has an opportunity open to LLM candidates in a firm and can recommend you.
Look at legal fellowships too. Many fellowships are connected with law firms that will hire you once your fellowship has ended.
Don’t give up (and don’t go back home just yet).
Thank you so much for this advise. I truly appreciate it.
Knowing that you just graduated and you haven't worked yet ,you need to be realistic and truthful
Your teachers can give you referrals you are looking for
It is very very difficult. Are you an LLM grad? No US JD?
I gave references to a couple people applying to my firm who were great but they didn’t get in, even though my firm is probably on the more LLM friendly side. Sorry I don’t have better advice, I know it’s hard :(
As an immigrant who was in your shoes, my advice is to decouple the idea that somehow getting a job in this country is “making it”. We’ve all been indoctrinated through familial pressure that getting a job here is the only path to success. This is demonstrably false - most lawyers are not raking in cash and are living pretty austere lives. And plenty of people who’ve left have had way more success somewhere else / in their home countries than they would have had here. Once you’ve done that decoupling, the rejections don’t hurt as much. Living a mediocre life as an immigrant just so your family can flex that their kid is abroad isn’t worth it.
I have don my LLM and LLB both
From which university you have done LLB
Have you tried to network with your school’s alumni? I would reach out to alumni for informational interviews to see if you can connect and learn about jobs that haven’t yet been posted.