Be'ezrat HaShem, I'll graduate law school in May, and I'm looking for a job. If there are any lawyers or others with connections out there, please feel free to PM me with an e-mail address, and I will be happy to e-mail my resume to you.

I am interested in IP law, especially litigation, though transactional work would also be interesting. I passed the Patent Bar between my 1L and 2L years, as my undergraduate degree is in electrical engineering (and I worked in that field for many years). I am not limiting myself to IP work, though, and would be interested in many other areas.

I am flexible on a geographic area, though I think that perhaps I should focus on New York for social reasons.

I wish I could help you with the job search.

I advise against moving to NYC for shidduch purposes. Sure, there are lots of women here, but in our age range, they tend to be the chronically single, not being married for good reason. Meanwhile, housing prices are beyond ridiculous here.

For myself in the last 4 years, even though I've lived in NYC since age 9, my best prospects have been outside NYC.

I'd like to thank the many people who wrote me and who have offered to do a little networking on my behalf.

I'm still looking for a position, and would encourage others who have connections, especially in NYC, or Lawn Guyland, to contact me for my resume.

Toda Raba.

Did you try the merry folks at uspto?

USPTO wants to hire engineers and scientists to be patent examiners, so yes, they would hire me based upon my engineering education and experience. However, I have been working hard over the past 2-1/2 years to develop legal skills, and want a job in which I can apply those legal skills.

I did express an interest in working for USPTO's Office of General Counsel, which does employ lawyers doing legal work, but the agency is primarily hiring examiners.

[I also think that it could be beneficial for me to find work in New York City or L.I. for social purposes.]

I'm not an older single girl, however, I think that what you wrote--regardless of its truth content--would be hurtful to many.

He was stating his own opinion. Don't take it to heart.

No, it's true. They're single for a good reason -- the men stink.

Sometimes people's "own opinions" can be hurtful to others. They're less hurtful when they're kept to themselves or at least disclosed privately. To me, you sound like an insensitive jerk.


Nice try for a coverup, by I suggest that this goyishrebbe here edit his post and be more sensitive in the future.

First Amendment, baby.

I assume you're joking around (or else you're also a jerk), but consider that these off-the-cuff characterizations of people can be very hurtful.

Name calling isn't?

He was stating what he has seen. That doesn't mean that is the way it is.
You telling me that all those ladies are 100% perfect?

Can we focus on my need for parnasa (after three years of not working much, while paying law school tuition), instead of paying attention to unsolicited advice on a peripheral matter?

Thank you so much.

I'm also a jerk, but apparantly, so are you, so that's all good. That's neither here nor there. If you look at the dude's profile, you'll see his age. You can give him benefit of the doubt that he knows more than you do.

Eh. Probably in the circles he travels it's true. In the real shidduch scene, girls probably can be just as jerky as boys. But in the more relaxed shidduch scene, where people aren't "redt" to each other, it's really the boys. Almost every guy I went out with -- even if they weren't bad people at all -- had bad manners. To me that's a huge turn-off.

I once apologized for starting to eat frozen yogurt that was served to me and was starting to melt all over the place and he hadn't been served yet at all, and he was like, that's okay, I would have done it without apologizing.

First, whatever peripheral talk goes on around here about being a mentch isn't stopping anyone from asking you for your resume. Second, although the conversation is retarded (my posts included), I think the topic is important enough that we should not cancel it because it came up tangentially.


Duh I wasn't claiming that ALL those ladies are 100% PERFECT. But saying comments that are offensive and that can be hurtful to people should be avoided, notwithstanding the goverment's permission to speak your mind.


"I know you are but what am I?", let's see, when did I hear that last... I'll give him the "benefit of the doubt" that he "knows more than I do". So? Comments that can be hurtful should be avoided regardless of how much you know. Goysherebbe is a nice guy, and it was probably a mistake that he would admit. Why are you trying to defend an honest mistake?

It's very nice of you to be thoughtful, but the fact is that I don't think anyone's going to really hurt by this because NYC is not monolithic. There are all different types of girls and boys and they're all single for different reasons. For example, girls and boys on the Upper West Side are single for far different reasons than girls and boys in Borough Park or "Flatbush"* are.

I also think that most people have some sense of why they're single. And while there are plenty of people who would benefit from some kind of counseling, many people just haven't met the right one yet.

*"Flatbush" is not actually a neighborhood frum Jews live in; it's a state of mind. The people who say they live in "Flatbush" are more likely to live in Madison or Midwood.

I think you can learn a little lesson in hypocrisy by reading your last few posts. Physician, heal thyself.

Quote of the day...

Unfortunately, it is the truth and I can vouch for it. The women over 35 I've met on the Upper West Side are 1) too picky, 2)too wimpy, 3) can't open up psychologically, and/or also 4) have issues with anger and grudge-bearing. As to Goldfish's comment, yes, many men here are chronically single too for the same reasons as the women. Both genders are the source of problems.

Also, IMO, having too many singles can be as bad as not having any around. One can get lost in the crowd or intimidated and confused by what appears to be too many choices.

Even though I myself live in NYC, my last girlfriend and present girlfriend (whom I really feel I'll marry) live(d) elsewhere. I met both online, the current one on Frumster.com. The NYC singles scene really isn't all its hyped to be.

Go Frumster!