Complex sentence: After earning his law degree he needed to obtain a clerkship, but it was during the depression and no one could afford to hire him, he allowed a struggling lawyer to use space in his office and paid for his own clerkship.
Split into simpler sentences: After earning his law degree he needed to obtain a clerkship, but it was during the depression and no one could afford to hire him. He allowed a struggling lawyer to use space in his office and paid for his own clerkship.