
Episode 21: Finding Your Niche with YLD President Anthony Procaccio
From Bottom Up by Joe Forward
July 31, 2024 · 35 min · Season 1 · Episode 21
About this episode
Anthony Procaccio discusses the challenges young lawyers face in finding employment and navigating their early careers.
When Anthony Procaccio graduated from law school in 2013, he was one of 46,776 U.S. law students to do so (the most of any year on record, and 36% more than 2023). The economy was beginning to recover from the 2007-08 financial crisis, but job seekers were still struggling. Procaccio, now the president of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Young Lawyers Division, was among many law school graduates who faced various economic challenges post-2008, including student loan debt. On top of that, he wasn't sure he wanted to practice law at all. Post-law school, Procaccio took law adjacent positions that did not require a law degree. Then it hit him: he didn't want to lose the opportunity to use his law license. It was time for Procaccio to get in the game to find work as a practicing lawyer and to find his niche. In this episode of the Bottom Up podcast, produced by the State Bar of Wisconsin, Procaccio and Communications Director Joe Forward discuss the challenges young lawyers can face in finding desired employment and navigating the early years of practice. Procaccio shares his own winding path to his current role as an attorney in Milwaukee and offers advice for new graduates and younger…
People in this episode
Host: Joe Forward
Guest: Anthony Procaccio
Topics covered
- law career
- young lawyers
- mentorship
- job search
- self-care
Keywords
- law school
- employment
- student loan debt
- mentorship
- career advice
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: State Bar of Wisconsin, Young Lawyers Division
Places: Milwaukee
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