(Image via Getty)
We really appreciate the difficulties that people are going through and that people may take a less than optimal job because they have financial concerns. No one holds your job against you particularly at the early part of your career.
— David Muraskin, a 2009 graduate of Stanford Law School, offering advice to 2020 law school graduates who may unexpectedly find themselves out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Muraskin currently works as the Food Project litigation director at Public Justice and teaches at George Washington University Law School and Vermont Law School.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.