it's like doing household chores: they won't even pay us to work for free...

from the associated press. pretty scary.

MADISON, Wis. - The recession has made finding work so difficult that the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School set up a job fair to help third-year law students find unpaid work.

The law school's assistant dean for career services says more students are graduating without jobs or being forced to delay their start dates at firms that have hired them.

Jane Heymann says that means governments and nonprofits have a surplus of applicants for volunteer positions. In some cases, they can get graduates to work free for up to a year.

Steve Means of the Wisconsin Department of Justice says he interviewed 10 or 11 law students at the volunteer fair but will likely take only three.

the breaks

my uncle hubert told me in february that the decision of where to attend law school would be a difficult decision for anyone. he could not have been more on point: i now have my master list of schools i've paid seat deposits for fall matriculation -- boston college, georgetown, st. john's university, cardozo school of law.

there's no right answer of where to go to school. no matter what you may think of us news' law school rankings, each of these schools has a number of distinct, personal pros and cons.

st. john's university -- the pros are the NYC location, the strong regional reputation, the alumni network, and the fact that i'm a full scholarship recipient. the cons are that st. john's is located in jamaica queens and that there's a broad mix of students and faculty of high merit and mediocrity.

boston college -- the pros are the strong national reputation, the alumni network, and the strong academic program. the cons are that i would have to be in boston for 3 yrs and that i only got a partial scholarship.

georgetown -- the pros are the strong national reputation, the alumni network, and the strong academic program. the cons are that i would be in DC for 3 yrs and i got no scholarship monies, homey.

cardozo -- the pros are the NYC location, the strong academic program in IP law, and the fact that i'm a full scholarship recipient. the only con i have is that i haven't seen as many cardozo grads as partners or even associates at big law firms in my research.

so while i already know that i'm going to excel no matter where i end up, and i do recogize that i'm very blessed to have a lot of choices and options, i'm still undecided as to where i'm gonna be in the fall....

hofstra LGBT fellowship

so... just to be clear, i had (what felt like) a horrific interview for the hofstra LGBT fellowship. my interests in LGBT family law were really raked over the coals... one interviewer went so far as to say, "since you, an attractive black female, have so much interest in family issues, why don't you focus on the family issues concerning black families? personally, I think of LGBT family law issues as white, upper middle class issues." he was totally serious... even though the majority of LGBT families in america are black, latina and asian lesbian households.

i'm guessing you can imagine my surprise that i got called this afternoon with the offer to come to hofstra as the CO'12 LGBT fellow....

i think i'll just leave this post at that.