JermynStreet
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Good Evening, SF Members:
My name is Jon. I'm 27, a licensed attorney, and living in D.C. I'm unemployed.
I am posting on here because I feel a rapport with most SF members and believe the community can offer sage advice. SF members tend to pay attention to what is important in products; we all have a surgical attention to details in clothing, and I imagine that this translates to other parts of our life, as well. In my own sartorial experience, one of the reasons that I so prefer certain shoemakers is due to the higher standards of craftsmanship to which certain makers adhere; in my own legal work, I, too, try to treat legal writing as a craft. As forum member DWFII's signature states "Without 'good,' there is no 'better,' without 'better,' no 'best.'" I too often see awful legal writing - indiscernible legalese is used where simple, well-crafted, and elegant English can be used. Indeed, to borrow an analogy from shoemaking, too few legal writers employ "tight stitches" in their writing; I try to always craft each piece of with economy, coherence, and wit, where appropriate.
While I generally feel that self-promotion can be gauche, I hope that the Forum will forgive me since I am seeking a job and soliciting advice as well as criticisms. I attended a top-12 undergrad school, a top-20 law school, was on law review, have three publications to my name, and substantively worked on a Supreme Court case. I am a clear, persuasive, and engaging writer. I have a short employment history (I graduated in May, 2012), but since then I clerked for an ALJ for 7 months on a contract and then worked as a lobbyist. I did not particularly enjoy the lobbying stint, so I left in June to focus full time on finding gainful employment. I have been searching since.
As I said above, I welcome and appreciate any advice you can offer. I respect the opinions of forum members, and believe that you can provide useful and promising advice. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
My name is Jon. I'm 27, a licensed attorney, and living in D.C. I'm unemployed.
I am posting on here because I feel a rapport with most SF members and believe the community can offer sage advice. SF members tend to pay attention to what is important in products; we all have a surgical attention to details in clothing, and I imagine that this translates to other parts of our life, as well. In my own sartorial experience, one of the reasons that I so prefer certain shoemakers is due to the higher standards of craftsmanship to which certain makers adhere; in my own legal work, I, too, try to treat legal writing as a craft. As forum member DWFII's signature states "Without 'good,' there is no 'better,' without 'better,' no 'best.'" I too often see awful legal writing - indiscernible legalese is used where simple, well-crafted, and elegant English can be used. Indeed, to borrow an analogy from shoemaking, too few legal writers employ "tight stitches" in their writing; I try to always craft each piece of with economy, coherence, and wit, where appropriate.
While I generally feel that self-promotion can be gauche, I hope that the Forum will forgive me since I am seeking a job and soliciting advice as well as criticisms. I attended a top-12 undergrad school, a top-20 law school, was on law review, have three publications to my name, and substantively worked on a Supreme Court case. I am a clear, persuasive, and engaging writer. I have a short employment history (I graduated in May, 2012), but since then I clerked for an ALJ for 7 months on a contract and then worked as a lobbyist. I did not particularly enjoy the lobbying stint, so I left in June to focus full time on finding gainful employment. I have been searching since.
As I said above, I welcome and appreciate any advice you can offer. I respect the opinions of forum members, and believe that you can provide useful and promising advice. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
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