I'm a 3L at a top Canadian school still without a job secured. Any advice would be appreciated, please. I'm around the median of my class with a strong resume (imo). I know that many law students in general don't land until after graduation, but that is not the norm at my school. I've interviewed but haven't received offers, and I've been coffee chatting, cold-emailing, attending conferences, met with the career office, etc since July. Hoping to land in NY or Toronto (corporate transactional).

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I was you and struggled for a bit but I ended up at a top US firm in big law. Also to be real, the colour of our skin really hinders it all. As people of colour, they expect us to be at the top of our class; median doesn’t cut it for us.

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Would you please be able to share more about how you were able to get your big break & how I should navigate things? And I definitely agree with you – I have a friend who got a job during the 2L NY recruit (I didn't participate) with lower 1L grades and less experience than me within 2.5 months. That's just one anecdote of course, but I do believe it's not uncommon. Also, did you write both the NY and ON bars?

There’s more to it than just going through the motions; You need to also be genuine and make sure you’re coming across as someone people would want to work with or refer to a friend or colleague.

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thank you so much!

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