Overheard booming noises around the Masaryk Towers area this evening. I saw a gathering by the Lutowisker Chevra a couple hours ago and there was music playing. Does anyone know if the booming noises came from that gathering?
I’m a 22M, about a year out of college with a degree in political science. During school, most of my experience was as a manager for my university’s football team. At the time, I thought I wanted to pursue that professionally and even had an internship opportunity at the pro level, but I’m no longer sure that’s the path I want.
After graduating, I started considering law school. Several of my peers who worked with me in football are now in law school, which pushed me to seriously think about that path. My GPA isn’t competitive for top schools right now, so I’m trying to build relevant experience in the legal field first.
Currently, I’m a congressional intern and have gained hands-on experience with immigration casework, including working with Chinese-speaking constituents. Before this, I applied to many law firms and government agencies for entry-level legal roles but only received one interview.
One concern I have is that legal support roles like paralegals and legal assistants are heavily female-dominated, often cited as around 80 percent female. I’m wondering if this is affecting my chances or how I’m being perceived as a candidate.
How can I better position myself to break into the legal field given my background? Are there specific roles, strategies, or alternative paths I should consider to gain relevant experience before applying to law school?
I (22M) graduated from university almost a year ago with a degree in political science from a
well-known university, but during school I was working in American football and I really believed that was going to be my future. I put years into that path and even had a chance to learn more about the industry in the big leagues after graduating, so I thought I was on the right track. Then I got injured and had to go through surgery, which set everything back even more.
Now it feels almost impossible to break in again. I’ve reached out to people across the field, sent emails, tried to use every connection I have, and it hasn’t gone anywhere. I’ve been rejected, ignored, or left hanging after interviews. At this point I’m not even questioning my effort, I’m just frustrated with the people I reached out to who had opportunities and didn’t give me a real shot.
What makes it worse is thinking about what I gave up to chase this. I could have been interning in politics or working with government organizations and building experience that actually matched my degree. Instead I spent that time doing something I thought would turn into a career, and now it feels like I got nothing out of it.
Now I don’t even know what I’m supposed to do. I’m interning unpaid for my congressman, trying to build something in politics, but even with that experience it still feels impossible to get a real opportunity. I can’t even get a single interview, and it feels like all the experience I have in my previous field is actually holding me back instead of helping me. I don’t know if I should give up on trying to get another role in sports or fully switch into politics and government. I just feel like giving up.