Product Description

Whether you're looking for a summer clerkship or your first permanent job after law school, this work is the key to getting the legal job of your dreams. This book leads you step-by-step through everything you need to do to nail down that perfect job. You'll learn hundreds of simple-to-use strategies that will get you exactly where you want to go.

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Product Details

Publisher	Gilbert Law Publishing - Thomson West
ISBN	0314176772
Format	Paperback
Author	Kimm Alayne Walton
EAN	9780314176776
Label	Gilbert Law Publishing - Thomson West
Edition	2nd
Dewey Decimal Number	340
Studio	Gilbert Law Publishing - Thomson West
Number Of Pages	1380
Title	Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams, 2nd Edition
Publication Date	2008-03-17
Manufacturer	Gilbert Law Publishing - Thomson West

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Customer Reviews

Must reading for folks on the legal job market

Review by Gopher29, 2010-09-06

I met Kimm after she came to my law school to speak, and she sent me a copy of her new book after I told her how I used the old edition to land a summer associate position after my 1L year. As thanks for the book and all the advice in it, I write this review.

The best recommendation I can give is that this book worked for me, during this vexing legal job market. The old edition helped me land a summer associate position. The new edition helped me deal with not receiving an offer from my summer employer and land an offer from another quality employer. Thanks, Kimm! You truly are a "job goddess."

Other reviewers suggest that whether this book works (or doesn't work) depends on who you are in terms of grades and schools. I graduated in the top 25% of my class from a top 25 law school. Certainly, grades and schools matter. However, this book is comprehensive ("I'm a 1L." "I Go to Not-Harvard." "I Go to a Distinguished School" "Help! My Grades Stink!") and imminently usable. Thus, it should have great value for anyone.

I used the sections that were relevant to my job search when they were relevant. Think your career services office stinks? Find out how to get the most out of your counselors. I thought mine were fantastic and think of them as friends. When I had an interview, I read (and reread) the chapter on interviews. After an interview, I followed Kimm's suggestions regarding thank yous. Not sure of what to wear, Kimm's got answers. Not sure of what to say and, maybe more importantly, what not to say in an interview, Kimm's got answers. Curious what matters most to this relatively small firm in a smaller market? Kimm's got answers. Clueless about what questions to ask after receiving your first legal job offer? Kimm's got answers. And it's not just Kimm's answers. They are the answers given by career counselors and hiring partners from all over the country. That is, Kimm's got loads of experience and connections, and this book is well researched.

Obviously, I am biased. I am writing this review after receiving (and accepting) an offer for a fantastic legal job. But I used Kimm's book extensively to get that job. Just so I don't appear too one-sided, some of the "career limiting move" stories offered by Kimm were almost unbelievable. I don't think the stories are made up (you couldn't make some of these stories up), and they are funny. But the stories have more entertainment value that practical value because this reader thought, "who are these people, and how could they have possibly done these things?"

To summarize, then, my biggest compliment for the book: it worked. Other positives: usable and comprehensive. Downsides: some parts are more entertaining than helpful.

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This book helped me land a job!

Review by V, 2010-07-25

I highly recommend this book for new attorneys looking for a job. Soon after I graduated, the legal market plummeted. I earned high grades in law school and completed several internships. Despite all of this, I was unable to compete with other experienced job applicants. Two years after graduation, I began to get frantic about my prospects. Walton's suggestions absolutely work! I volunteered and became active in my local and state bar associations. I attended several CLEs where I met attorneys. At one CLE, I reconnected with a supervisor from my internship. She later provided me with a professional reference. I worked closely with my school's career services office to prepare for interviews and refine my resume. I used Walton's suggestions to meet attorneys in my geographic area. I even hand delivered my resume to firms on two occasions. This tactic landed me an interview at one of the firms. I wish I had not hesitated to purchase this book last year because once I began actively employing her strategies, I saw immediate results. One month and three interviews later, I am employed as an attorney. This book is worth every dime!

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It isn't easy...but it works.

Review by CompulsiveAnalysis, 2010-04-10

The Guerrilla Tactics approach to getting a legal job worked like a charm. I know, because my employer specifically cited things I did from the book in telling me why I got an offer.

What Guerrilla Tactics asks of you isn't easy, but it offers such a variety of angles of attack that you cannot do everything the book says and NOT get a good job. The philosophy of the book is actually very sophisticated, but it is very digestible. Kimm Alayne Walton's writing style is perfect for this genre of book.

Buy it! It is worth it.

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This book helped me land a job!

Review by C. Wisenbaker, 2010-03-30

"Guerrilla Tactics" ("GT") is an absolutely invaluable resource for any law student who is serious about his/her job hunt -- and, especially these days, we all need to be more serious than ever about that task. This book became my "bible" after my 1L year and I can, without hesitation, give it credit for equipping me with the tools and confidence I needed to land a job offer. GT leads the reader step-by-step through the various phases of a job search and provides countless simple-to-use strategies that anyone can employ throughout their search. As GT's author readily acknowledges as an absolute necessity, a reader of GT must bring his/her own hard work and determination to the job hunt. However, hard work and determination without insight and strategy is an incomplete approach. Thus, at the end of the day, I can tell you from personal experience that this book just works. Good luck!

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Poor interviewing advice. Read "Nail Your Law Job Interview" instead.

Review by Nick Karenev, 2009-08-12

This book is terribly outdated and offers very little advice on lawyer interviews. It seems to be written by someone who just sat down and wrote what they THOUGHT the hiring process should be. Its advice (for example, to sell yourself like an "infomercial") is simply silly. If you have landed a few interviews, you can't risk losing your shot by following poor interviewing advice. If you don't want to waste your time and money, I strongly recommend reading "Nail Your Law Job Interview" book instead - it is written specifically for lawyers (from students to senior lawyers), on how to succeed in legal interviews. It is much more thorough and offers a more accurate perspective on the interviewing process.

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