Finding a Summer Job is Harder Work for Va. Law Students

As the economy went into a tailspin this year, even students at an elite law school are having a harder time finding work as a summer associates.

Although 90 percent of the second-year class at the University of Virginia School of Law has landed a summer job, that still leaves 10 percent looking—more than usual at this point in the year, reports the Charlottesville Daily Progress.

Law students still seeking summer work are being urged to cast their nets more widely and try for government jobs and positions in midsize markets including Denver and Nashville, Tenn., according to Rob Masri. He is chief development officer for the university’s Law School Foundation.