'Young Lawyer's' Parents Post Craigslist Ad Offering to Pay Part of Son's Salary In Exchange for Hiring
ByThe job market for post-graduates is really tough and apparently so tough in the field of law that parents are offering to pay firms to hire their child.
According to the Huffington Post, that is the approach one parent took. A parent of a young lawyer in Orange County, Calif., took to Craigslist and offered to pay 10 percent of the salary in exchange for being hired.
Here is the Craigslist listing in full:
Incentive to hire young lawyer (Orange County)
I will pay an incentive of 10% of his annual income to a Law firm that provides half time attorney work for my son who recently passed the California Bar examination. He graduated from an excellent Law School and his undergraduate degree is from UCLA. He passed the Bar in 2013 and is a member of the California Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association. He has clerked in the Public Defender's Office, Family Law Offices, and Civil Rights Law offices. He is especially interested in Tax Law, Family Law, and Immigration Law but will accept any position. Resume on request.
- Location: Orange County
- Compensation: 10% of annual income
- This is a part-time job.
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
- do NOT contact us with unsolicited services or offers
Above the Law, a legal blog, originally posted the ad on their website and called the effort "sad."
"Millennials can't blame their parents, and they can't expect Mommy and Daddy to clean up after every one of life's mistakes," Elie Mystal wrote.
The HP reached out for comment from the ad poster and did not hear back for comment. The website also noted the possibility that the ad is a hoax and questioned why it only asks for a part-time job. There is also no word on who the young lawyer is.