Is it hard to get a government job as a civil lawyer doing tax law and stuff like that? -

do i need to attend a prestigious law school? i know corporate lawyer jobs are very hard to get.

Govt jobs are either civil service or appointment. To get an appointment job, it isn t what you know, but who you know. As for civil service, these jobs are highly in demand because of the security. It is simply that there are too many people chasing too few positions. People who have these jobs seldom change jobs. There is no need to attend a prestigious law school such as Harvard, but schools such as Harvard have a larger quot;old boyquot;network than say a school such as Rutgers or Pittsburgh.