Lots of links here… Texas Legal Jobs.
Then there’s the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
And don’t forget FindLaw.
Search results there include this listing, posted 11/11, “Dallas firm seeks a Corporate associate with 1-3 years of experience. Must have M&A and Securities experience.”
Whoa.
There’s no respricocity(sp?) agreement between New York and Texas?
I mean, admission to the New York bar is recognized in Massachusetts, New Jersey, California (I think), and a couple of other states.
WTF is so special about Texas?
Other than the fact that they barbecue the wrong meat, it is a fine sta… er, republic.
I’d have to wait until I had five years of experience before I could waive into Texas without sitting for the exam. And even then, they’d charge me $850. Wotta bargain.
Libertarian’s heresy noted? Check.
Wow.
I guess it totally sucks being a lawyer looking to possibly retrain for a new path while dealing with state liscencing requirements at the same time.
But then again, it totally sucks being an engineer looking to possibly retrain for a new path while dealing with state liscencing requirements at the same time.
So I can empathize with you.
Good luck, sir.
Lib, as a displaced Okie, I can tell you that beef is the only meat that should be BBQed, and it should only be done in a tomato-based sauce. Vinegar and mustard are the sauces of the devil.
Someone should make a law 
I agree with Lib. Fuck!
I agree with Lib. Fuck!
Godd Luck Dewey. It’s a hard economy out there. Take something soon. I personally think it’s gonna get worse, and quickly.
Dewey–my firm has NY corporate associate positions open and listed on our website. Email me for the url.
Thanks Humble – I’ve sent you an email.
Dewey, I missed this thread until Billdo mentioned it - please e-mail me.
Email dispatched to Oxy.
Hey…at least you can look for other lawyer jobs. “Management consultant” doesn’t exactly translate to other jobs all that well and I have no desire to return to a life of “sitting on the beach”, “proactively adding heuristic value to core competecies” and paying a fortune to live in NYC while traveling out to the smallest towns in the country.
Tried getting a job at McDonalds. They fired me because I kept making Process Flows using bugers as Action Items, McChicken Sandwiches as Decision Points and fries as the connectors.
Well of course. You should have used McNuggets as decision points.
As lousy as this situation is, I am flabbergasted by the amount of support I’ve gotten from folks here on the SDMB and my friends back home in Texas. A couple of them have generated reasonably good leads, and virtually every single one of them has made a real effort to help. I feel like Jimmy Stewart in It’s A Wonderful Life.
Now if I can just get 'em to throw money in a basket…
Would lotion do?
Izzat a Silence of the Lambs reference, or am I being whooshed? 
And if it is a Silence reference – to leap to that from Jimmy Stewart Christmas fare is sick, sick, sick. IOW, I like the way you think.)
No word yet from the partner I work with. I’ll poke my nose in tomorrow so you can make a follow-up call in the afternoon.
I’m flabbergasted by the number of people who say “there are a lot of people who can’t find jobs…in your industry…for the past 9 months” as if it makes it feel better. I want to go back to hearing “I wish these damn headhunters would leave me alone” damnit!
Of course, I should have taken it as a bad sign when my original start date was pushed back to exactly one week before a 110 story skyscraper fell on our office.
Any interest in going international?
For what it’s worth, there is basically no reciprocity between New York and New Jersey.
Anyway, I’m sorry you got laid off Dewey. I’m sure it’s hard not to take it personally. I realize that you aren’t asking for advice, but here’s a little (unsolicited):
Don’t be afraid to go around and guilt the partners and see if they’ll sweeten your severance package. A family member of mine who was laid off (from a bank) last week cajoled them into coughing up an extra $25k.
Don’t be ashamed to file for unemployment. $405 per week will feel good in your wallet.
If you have any suspicion that your termination was illegal, consider talking to a labor lawyer.