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elite peach therapy base
  01/28/26
The year after graduating law school when I realized practic...
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wonderful circlehead
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Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly i...
supple trump supporter ape
  01/28/26
2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the b...
light beady-eyed pisswyrm
  01/28/26
what year is it rn
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2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my p...
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How’s life now
\'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'
  02/01/26
every year is the shittiest year of my life so far
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Insecure range chad
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wow, thats messed up
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elite peach therapy base
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Already underrated
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thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty yea...
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  01/28/26
many poeple are saying this
elite peach therapy base
  01/28/26
2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying at...
Passionate Jap
  01/28/26
2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now ...
elite peach therapy base
  01/28/26
ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw. in lat...
Passionate Jap
  01/28/26
Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their ...
Burgundy Toilet Seat Son Of Senegal
  01/28/26
it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawye...
Passionate Jap
  01/28/26
Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude...
Burgundy Toilet Seat Son Of Senegal
  01/28/26
cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler...
Passionate Jap
  01/28/26
Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an ...
Burgundy Toilet Seat Son Of Senegal
  01/28/26
180, we beat the odds
Passionate Jap
  01/28/26
and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a
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beta wild degenerate
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"oh. so you were just a loser then." *gary chuc...
blathering stage
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(never worked at a biglaw firm)
Passionate Jap
  01/28/26
regional large midlaw!!!
blathering stage
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2023
Big Sick Potus Really Tough Guy
  01/28/26
2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I ...
Metal haunted graveyard windowlicker
  01/28/26
Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about n...
startling international law enforcement agency
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  01/28/26
Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to l...
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startling international law enforcement agency
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Metal haunted graveyard windowlicker
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180
Tan well-lubricated hominid
  01/28/26
i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out ...
startling international law enforcement agency
  01/28/26
I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  02/01/26
LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.
Metal haunted graveyard windowlicker
  01/28/26
2024
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2013
startling international law enforcement agency
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2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm...
Tan well-lubricated hominid
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2024-ongoing
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2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thi...
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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: elite peach therapy base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626378)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: flirting arousing center goyim

The year after graduating law school when I realized practicing law was torture and I was sentenced to life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626382)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: wonderful circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627484)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: supple trump supporter ape

Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly in the running

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626414)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: light beady-eyed pisswyrm

2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the best and the worst. Mom dropped dead of pancreatic cancer and met most of the people who I'd now consider my friends, had a lot of fun doing college shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:19 AM
Author: Insecure range chad

what year is it rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: beta wild degenerate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: painfully honest tanning salon hairy legs



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: Burgundy Toilet Seat Son Of Senegal

2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my parents basement while most of my Ls classmates had Biglaw and my local HS friends were well into their careers and I got dumped by my LS GF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626484)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: \'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'

How’s life now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49639234)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Hideous black woman

every year is the shittiest year of my life so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626491)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:06 PM
Author: Insecure range chad



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: puce den place of business



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627478)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Insecure range chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627529)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: wonderful circlehead

wow, thats messed up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627490)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Carnelian soggy factory reset button



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Tan well-lubricated hominid

Already underrated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628644)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: Thriller cuckold genital piercing



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: contagious chrome set ladyboy

tp

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: Irate razzle-dazzle digit ratio chapel

thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty years i’ve had in my adult life, how shit my shit life has been, lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626514)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:34 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base

many poeple are saying this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626570)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:25 PM
Author: Passionate Jap

2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying attention to how firms worked. i just went to ls because i had nothing better to do and i didn't try. i wrote on to law review but otherwise didn't try to get good grades.

realized how fucked i was after i graduated. bounced around between temp jobs at ID firms, i couldn;'t even get an ID job. i finally got one and the guy paid me $25 per BILLED hour and i was a contractor. i really thought i was life pwnd.

unbelievable that i eventually worked my way up to biglaw from that. but yeah, 2006-2007, either of those years could easily be the worst. by far.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626532)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base

2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now that i think about, cant beleive i didnt kms honestly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626561)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:38 PM
Author: Passionate Jap

ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw.

in late 2007 i got a job with a solo who did L&E (primarily traditional labor) and happened to take to it. in 2009, we hired a law clerk who was a 2L who'd gotten an offer from a regional bmore firm but the offer was rescinded bc of ITE.

he worked for us a few months and we kept in touch. he wound up at a baltimore firm called miles & stockbridge - basically, regional midlaw. the solo had to lay me off bc he lost a big client at the end of 2011 and the law clerk got me in at miles. i went from there to jackson lewis (ttt L&E firm), and from there to baker hostetler, where i wound up making partner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626579)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 2:05 PM
Author: Burgundy Toilet Seat Son Of Senegal

Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their own sphere? It’s not true Milbank scale Biglaw but it’s not Lewis Brisbois either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626916)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:26 PM
Author: Passionate Jap

it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawyers are hit and miss. some are really good like me, but some are borderline retarded.

they pay first years in NYC, DC, etc like 120k lol. what do you expect at that salary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628763)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: Burgundy Toilet Seat Son Of Senegal

Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude we weren’t perma fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626562)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: Passionate Jap

cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler, which is a shitty biglaw firm, but it's amazing i even made it there given that i was in literal shitlaw for a couple years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626564)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: Burgundy Toilet Seat Son Of Senegal

Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an adjunct professor I emailed recommended me for. Made contacts and got skills there and eventually did 5 years as a counsel/NEP at a lower tier V100 before going back in-house (at a fund now).

Not sure what the path is without that initial break. Definitely threw as much work as i could to the adjunct professor (who was a V20 Biglaw partner).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626850)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: Passionate Jap

180, we beat the odds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626860)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: elite peach therapy base

and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626565)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: beta wild degenerate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627415)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: blathering stage

"oh. so you were just a loser then."

*gary chuckles*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: Passionate Jap

(never worked at a biglaw firm)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627623)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: blathering stage

regional large midlaw!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627658)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:31 PM
Author: Big Sick Potus Really Tough Guy

2023

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49626775)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: Metal haunted graveyard windowlicker

2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I had to do a hard reset. Doing the hard reset was difficult but I was ok with hard work. There was a relatively short period when it seemed like it wasn't going to work. I had sent several thousand job apps (!!!) and never closed the deal. Then I did and things were fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627418)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:03 PM
Author: startling international law enforcement agency

Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about not being allowed 2 slices of pizza for work lunch etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627499)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:44 PM
Author: Big Sick Potus Really Tough Guy

Slackfist Cumdumpster

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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: Tan well-lubricated hominid

Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to link them?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628650)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: startling international law enforcement agency

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https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1905801&mc=187&forum_id=2#20278379

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628706)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Metal haunted graveyard windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628712)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: Tan well-lubricated hominid

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628729)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: startling international law enforcement agency

i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out of law school like 10 months and quit my first job to start my solo firm. I was lying in bed (at my dad's house) reading those and was just like I have to fucking succeed at this or I'm going to kill myself working doc review

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628752)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out of me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49639487)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Metal haunted graveyard windowlicker

LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628709)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: sooty theatre regret

2024

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49627669)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: startling international law enforcement agency

2013

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628643)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: joran tindersloot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49639551)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:01 PM
Author: Sepia gaped weed whacker public bath



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: Tan well-lubricated hominid

2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm 3 years into marriage and made like 15k all year, which did not go over well and was very embarrassing.

My dog turned 2 that year and was the only thing that kept me from abject despair. He'll be 16 this year and I would murder innumerable people to give him more life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628715)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:20 PM
Author: brindle kink-friendly locus headpube

2024-ongoing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628724)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:33 PM
Author: mustard aromatic piazza gay wizard

2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628818)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: histrionic doobsian nowag

Mom was diagnosed with super aggressive cancer and died about 8 weeks later. Went through a break up at the same time. Had a lot of support from family n friends but was by far the worst.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2/#49628832)