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EXPLAIN why being a lawyer sucks these days

Compared to our fathers' generation.
Mahogany pungent macaca
  09/06/10
- it is significantly harder to get into BIGLAW - Going sol...
Slippery Scarlet Lay Skinny Woman
  09/06/10
"In order to practice law, a lawyer needs a place to bi...
Wine filthpig black woman
  09/06/10
Billable expectations 80% higher, chance of making partner 8...
irradiated misanthropic gaping
  09/06/10
The fact that all the research is available on the computer ...
Know-it-all twisted digit ratio
  09/06/10
i thought about this the other day as i did a control+F on a...
Aphrodisiac Indecent Ceo Den
  09/06/10
everything sucks compared to our fathers' generation. we wor...
hideous yapping keepsake machete
  09/06/10
seems like old school lawyers did way less work, they just k...
titillating seedy sanctuary sandwich
  09/06/10
more hours, e-discovery.
cracking philosopher-king blood rage
  09/06/10
40% more hours, 30% less pay when you take into account infl...
mentally impaired site internal respiration
  09/06/10
it's far less congenial from what i hear. if you were a l...
Self-absorbed trump supporter
  09/06/10
Back in the day, people thought the law was a source of inde...
Claret nowag personal credit line
  09/06/10
Laws are meant to control people, and lawyers are just minio...
cowardly pearl parlour
  09/06/10
the laity caught on to the bill-by-the-hour scam and now wan...
Bull Headed Death Wish Orchestra Pit
  09/06/10


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Date: September 6th, 2010 2:38 PM
Author: Mahogany pungent macaca

Compared to our fathers' generation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978652)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 2:48 PM
Author: Slippery Scarlet Lay Skinny Woman

- it is significantly harder to get into BIGLAW

- Going solo is impossible because of TTT

- Salaries outside of BIGLAW have gone down

- student debt is a major problem now



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978728)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 9:31 PM
Author: Wine filthpig black woman

"In order to practice law, a lawyer needs a place to bill."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15982252)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 2:42 PM
Author: irradiated misanthropic gaping

Billable expectations 80% higher, chance of making partner 80% lower.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978680)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 2:44 PM
Author: Know-it-all twisted digit ratio

The fact that all the research is available on the computer means that retards can do it pretty easily and a large portion of the intellectual aspect of the profession is dead. This results in a lot more mindless paper pushing to bill sufficient hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978694)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 2:51 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Indecent Ceo Den

i thought about this the other day as i did a control+F on a couple hundred pages of statutes. 30 years ago that would've been a days worth of work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978745)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 2:46 PM
Author: hideous yapping keepsake machete

everything sucks compared to our fathers' generation. we work 10X harder and the world has become a fucking AIDS-ridden shithole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978710)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 2:49 PM
Author: titillating seedy sanctuary sandwich

seems like old school lawyers did way less work, they just knew how to do shit and didn't worry about putting 50 hours of research into something stupid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978733)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 3:24 PM
Author: cracking philosopher-king blood rage

more hours, e-discovery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978960)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 3:27 PM
Author: mentally impaired site internal respiration

40% more hours, 30% less pay when you take into account inflation (outside of biglaw)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978977)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 3:30 PM
Author: Self-absorbed trump supporter

it's far less congenial from what i hear.

if you were a lawyer in the 1950's or something, you actually belonged to a professional guild, and you and your fellow lawyers acted like respected professional men-about-town.

that means you got together with the other lawyers for drinks all the time.

a long lunch with plenty of booze was just another way to build some camaraderie.

the work was often tedious, and unsuccessful solos had a really rough time (then as now), but the whole legal industry was much more genteel and respectable in a lot of ways.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15978998)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 9:28 PM
Author: Claret nowag personal credit line

Back in the day, people thought the law was a source of independent knowledge. Now we know that it's really just the creation of a bunch of people who really should understand economics a lot better than they do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15982233)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 9:40 PM
Author: cowardly pearl parlour

Laws are meant to control people, and lawyers are just minions that usurp wealth and feed the bureaucracy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15982323)



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Date: September 6th, 2010 9:50 PM
Author: Bull Headed Death Wish Orchestra Pit

the laity caught on to the bill-by-the-hour scam and now want to pay by the project.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1415946&forum_id=2#15982403)