What type of jobs could you get out of law school?

I was just looking around at different jobs in the law field and saw that most of them require working in the field of law for so many years. So for a person that is just getting out of law school, what type of job would they be able to get in the legal field?

For the top 5-10 percent of the class, they receive offers after year 2 or early in year 3. They are set at either a big firm or a prestigious judicial clerkship. Others in the class usually find jobs at mid-sized or small/solo firms. But a significant number are displaced/unemployed/undecided. There simply aren’t enough “attorney jobs” to sustain the droves of graduates each year. If you want quick money, get into temp or contract work. The jobs are tedious and un-fulfilling, but the wages should help with the student loan debt and provide a decent standard of living. The experience is hardly a resume builder and more of a filler for resume gaps. In a large firm, the contract or temp attorneys are often ignored or degraded. It’s the lowest position on the attorney totem pole, but in this market, who could blame you for accepting those types of positions?

Tim Misny- Legal Warrior