i'm right there with you. although i'd never settle for walmart, i feel your pain

YDI for going to law school. The last thing we need is more lawyers.

First of all, 3 months out have you even gotten bar results yet? Very few employers are going to take the risk of extending an offer in this economy to people who haven't gotten results. In California they're not even out til November. For all those who think it should be easy to find a job, it's not - top of the class at top schools usually get the $160k a year jobs at big firms, who've laid off most of their new hires from last year, and are either deferring offers or not hiring anyone new. So many experienced attorneys are laid off that the market is flooded with 3,4 year+ attorneys willing to work at a first year's pay, with no training required. It's damn hard right now. Pay the bills anyway you can. It took me until almost a year after graduation last year (5 months after bar results) to get an offer, but it was at a very reputable small firm, and was worth the wait. I went to a top 50 school with a large alumni network in the area, and had good, although not excellent grades. Most of my friends who were at the top of the class are laid off from big firm jobs. My advice is to volunteer and get any practical experience you can - if all you've done is a summer associate memo, you're not going to get a job at a smaller firm, they'd rather have someone with lower grades but more real life experience. See if someone will let you volunteer to write motions, do discovery, etc. See if there are document review companies in your area (they'll pay great hourly rates). Clerk positions are fine too, and apply for paralegal work. Employers are very understanding of the employment situation right now, they'll understand if you're taking a lesser job to get by. It's apparent that few of the other commenters understand the legal job environment right now, and would rather hurl insults or troll. It's just a fact of life at the moment, but it's way too early in the game for you to give up hope. Seriously, it's only been 3 months.

Funny that I never saw that you applied to Walmart as a retail "specialist". Walmart gets sued a lot. Perhaps you applied as a legal counsel specializing in defense.

Yeah....I'm in school to get my teaching credential. But noooo one's hiring...I'll be lucky to be a Substitute (which doesn't even require a teaching credential!).

take out a loan and open a law firm.

And the sad part is Wal-Mart won't hire you either because you're over-qualified for a position there.

Thank George Bush.

I majored in zoology at my university...now I'm working as a substitute teacher for a daycare and I'm lucky if I get 24 hours a week.

Look at the bright side, working at Wal-Mart cant be too bad......... http://mylifeisaverage.com/story.php?id=535818