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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:33 AM Author: yellow autistic piazza 1. why you think it was a good deal (e.g. 400k 9-5 in house, 900k jr equity partner, etc.) 2. whether it would be a good deal at 300k sticker (really curious if anyone thinks yes) |
Date: February 27th, 2018 11:33 AM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498070) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:34 AM Author: costumed temple rigor I'd consider, e.g., Cornell Law at sticker. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498078) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:35 AM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498083) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:36 AM Author: yellow autistic piazza (peterma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498086) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:36 AM Author: Dashing Hilarious Sweet Tailpipe Coffee Pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498090) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:47 AM Author: Aqua pistol jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498162) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:47 PM Author: Stirring national ratface (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498639) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:51 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498670) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:43 AM Author: snowy chapel wagecucks no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498135) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:43 AM Author: crusty bright market i paid $30k and never used my law degree. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498139) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:47 AM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish would you have gotten your job without your JD tho? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498152) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:47 AM Author: crusty bright market yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498160) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:44 AM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig It was a good deal money wise, but being a lawyer has cost a lot as well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498142) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:48 AM Author: yellow autistic piazza in terms of? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498172) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:50 AM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig My sleep is fucked up
I can't read for pleasure anymore
My life amounts to six minute billing increments with no change in sight. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:51 AM Author: yellow autistic piazza time to hie to nflx/hulu/snap/riot/whatever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498198) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:05 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig I don't want to take a 50% or more pay cut. I just means I have to work twice as long. Also the tech jobs at Amazon paying $350,000 or more in the house will not exist without ridiculous stock appreciation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498304) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:06 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza literally every major tech co will pay you that+ if you know what you're doing (well outside of shitty ones like oracle) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498313) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:08 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig i dunno man - with no tech background you are basically doing general corporate.
lawyers with 8 years of experience working at amazon now are not negotiating salaries above $350K. The ones who worked there 5 years ago negotiated salaries of $225K which ended up being $400K because only $160 of comp is cash and the rest is in amazon stock that went from $350 to $1100. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:52 AM Author: Aqua pistol Yeah, but if you really got sick of it you could go in-house and still make a comfortable UMC salary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498209) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:10 PM Author: costumed temple rigor Same regarding sleep and reading for pleasure. I have a dream that some day when I quit law, I will be able to soundly sleep through the night and will be able to relax and read a book for fun without constantly feeling agitated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498347) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:49 AM Author: Hideous Space Why do you bill bill bill? Go somewhere else (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498178) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:51 AM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig In house is just as shitty in other ways. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498191) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:18 PM Author: Aqua pistol Not really, no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498413) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:39 PM Author: Bisexual Ladyboy and how would you know? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499079) |
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Date: February 28th, 2018 12:01 AM Author: Aqua pistol Yeah, you're right, I'm a compliance officer at a bank. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35503470) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:10 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig broken computer? that will be 2 weeks.
want a promotion? we'll see who dies or retires or leaves.
oh and lets have a team meeting at 9 am, 11:30 am, 2 pm and 4 pm. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:25 PM Author: Light Pea-brained Casino Corn Cake That’s why you go in house at a RE fund with a bunch of rich guys who need a lawyer to help with the financing! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500232) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:27 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig let me know when one of those will pay ME half a million. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500258) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 5:02 PM Author: Light Pea-brained Casino Corn Cake You have to take some risk to make it. My boss was paid $150k plus like 1% equity. Now he makes $2m/year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500568) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 6:18 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig only your company hires lawyers with no relevant experience and pays them so much. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35501045) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:59 PM Author: Tan trip love of her life You mean nutella got a lucky break after years of inescapable law-grinding and now uses her lucky break as a means of arguing that 'just do it like I did it and you'll be #winning#forever!'?
Say it ain't so. How could she be so myopic when telling everyone else what they need to do to reach the zenith of modern life??? |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:55 PM Author: Light Pea-brained Casino Corn Cake Lol, I know you’re just here to snark, but believe it or not, I don’t always talk about myself. I fully acknowledge my path is based on luck and have no advice on how to replicate it other than have no shame and apply to absolutely everything even if you’re not qualified.
I was talking about my boss who was in midlaw and took a big risk and massive pay cut to become the GC of this no name fund. Since earl does RE, it’s not out of the question that he may at some point be approached by a smaller client with this sort of opportunity and I would encourage him to consider it. And since we are friends irl, it’s not like I haven’t talked to him seriously about career path before.
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Date: February 28th, 2018 12:00 AM Author: Aqua pistol "broken computer? that will be 2 weeks."
BS. If my computer broke I'd hand it in tomorrow and get a new one handed to me. I have a nice Surface Pro too.
"want a promotion? we'll see who dies or retires or leaves."
Yes, but you can also get a promotion via a new job. And in the meantime you don't hate your life.
"oh and lets have a team meeting at 9 am, 11:30 am, 2 pm and 4 pm."
Team meetings aren't that common but meetings in general are ridiculous. But I notice a lot of this depends on your practice area. Our RE people aren't that awful with meetings. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:51 AM Author: Aqua pistol Everything has a cost. You probably are one of the better examples of people who won this game (partner at a mid-sized law firm). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498197) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:58 AM Author: yapping white center goddammit you're such a bootlicking little turd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498254) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:02 PM Author: Aqua pistol Explain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498283) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:12 PM Author: Aqua pistol Also, this is my sister, isn't it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498358) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:13 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza lol
is she hot? |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:15 PM Author: Aqua pistol She is much older than me and I'm no spring chicken. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498378) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:16 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza wwop (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498386) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:18 PM Author: Aqua pistol Just imagine me with long hair. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498400) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:18 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza *angrily zips up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498410) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:19 PM Author: Aqua pistol Vat, no gut?
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:25 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza ok FINE but i'm not gonna enjoy it *unzips (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498480) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:25 PM Author: Aqua pistol Also, add like a decade. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498486) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:12 PM Author: Splenetic Jade Business Firm Fat Ankles Why didn't you just do finance bro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498819) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:10 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig I was lazy in college. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500136) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:46 AM Author: Aqua pistol 1. I guess, but only because I ended up with a STEM grad degree. I may well have done just as well without the JD and just banking on the STEM M.S., or marginally worse. Long term, I still think the JD will pay off for me but only in light of my answer to 2.
2. No way. I had a $15k/year scholarship back when it was way cheaper too. Going for $300k is just stupid. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:46 AM Author: beady-eyed seedy meetinghouse organic girlfriend i certainly would have much less money if i didnt go to law school
but for personal satisfaction, ljl |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:52 AM Author: Odious Area (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498213) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:49 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle dilemma Went to TTT, got gs-11 gig out of LS, copped IBR
1. It's the easiest job ever. I work maybe 5 real hours a week. Working the deli counter in hs was more stressful. I don't have any deadlines until the end of March.
2. Sure. Id be paying the same amount regardless of the loan balance |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:55 AM Author: rose razzle box office affirmative action 1. why you think it was a good deal (e.g. 400k 9-5 in house, 900k jr equity partner, etc.) No, literally about to go solo and make like $20k/year, 9 years out of school. I know some stuff pretty well but would get my ass handed to me if I tried to do complex litigation on my own. Had shit luck with recruiters, been out of school too long for most jobs to consider me without having like at least a $150-200k book of business. Never felt so fucked as I do right now about the future.
2. whether it would be a good deal at 300k sticker (really curious if anyone thinks yes) No. Go to the cheapest best state school you can. $300k is a lot of money. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:56 AM Author: yellow autistic piazza whoa. gl bro. why? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498242) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:57 AM Author: Aqua pistol JFC on 1. Good luck, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498245) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:00 PM Author: yapping white center this is the sad story of so many bros who do 'litigation' at small firms for their whole careers. you have no real ability to add value absent a book of business, and you sure as hell don't know how to practice on your own. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498273) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:24 PM Author: Passionate emerald orchestra pit immigrant You’re a good bro and you will maek it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499372) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:35 PM Author: At-the-ready startled dragon good luck man you are better prepared than you think (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500335) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:03 PM Author: heady partner sex offender I went to a T14 for free. I’m really prestigious and smart and all I do is chill (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498289) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: comical hyperventilating step-uncle's house old irish cottage So in other words you’re a prof now? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499666) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:07 PM Author: Light Pea-brained Casino Corn Cake 1 obviously yes but it had nothing to do with going to a good law school or law school at all. I could’ve gotten just as lucky with just my BA, even though a non legal role at my company pays less.
2 obviously no. Looking at the outcomes of my law school class now 10+ years out, you have maybe 15-20% who are insanely successful, but half of those people aren’t even lawyers. They are in finance or tech or do other random things. The super successful lawyers are either still poor but have prestige like very high up in justice dept or they have a lot of money like partner at v5, but of course, that means you’re crazy enough to make equity partner there. Median income is prob around $200-$250k. That’s obviously considered successful in the grand scheme of things, but these are smart people. You think they couldn’t get to $200-$250k by 35 without law school if they wanted? And law school was cheaper back then.
Also, of course the people who went into litigation had a lot worse outcomes than others who didn’t.
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:11 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza LOL @ litmos
who's the most successful in your LS class, what do they do/make |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:15 PM Author: rose razzle box office affirmative action (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498377) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:53 PM Author: Light Pea-brained Casino Corn Cake There are a few people who have sold their startups or do VC work in SV. I have no idea what they sold their companies for or what sort of money they make investing, but millions I assume. Richest wagecucks definitely make millions, $1-2m range. They are MD types at KKR etc. There are some people working at hedge funds and boutique banking/PE places and I guess they make anywhere from $500-$1.5m. Hard to tell with those smaller places. There’s an orthopaedic surgeon too. How much does he make? Like $750k? I don’t know about doc salaries. Richest people are all non lawyers.
Richest lawyer is a cravath NY partner. I can see why he made partner there. Hes followed by a Gibson partner. I don’t know if Gibson has an income partner tier or not, so I don’t really know if he’s a real partner or not. Those are the only 2 biglaw partner outcomes. Plenty of in house people at places like google, fb, Amazon, uber etc. many at fortune 100 companies, corporate counsel at like JPM etc. those are all corporate or IP people though.
Average litmo outcome is counsel or “partner” at a place like troutman sanders or Duane Morris or any of those other random firms with tons of offices and shitty work or a random boutique in a high COL city. Also plenty in state and fed govt. These are all former V20 associates. That was the outcome I was headed toward.
Basically, if you want to make millions, don’t go to law school! |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:15 PM Author: Adventurous stead Obviously yes my life and career are amazing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498379) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:34 PM Author: Light Pea-brained Casino Corn Cake Considering at age 30 I was unemployed and getting rejected at ttt firms like Kelley Drye, sending a writing sample from a motion opposing class cert to PLI for a job writing class action treatises, and talking to somebody at PayPal in house about just how interesting electronic payments processing is (and their concerns about how I didn’t any experience in it...who the fuck does as a biglawyer), it’s a miracle that I ended up where I did. And the thing is, those jobs I got rejected from are all still extremely competitive and filled with HYS/ex biglaw burnouts.
I don’t deserve it and there are no guarantees in life, but I’d be lying if I said this outcome was anything other than amazing. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:17 PM Author: Aqua pistol Worth noting that Nutella also went to HYS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498394) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:09 PM Author: Insecure spot yes, a very very "good deal" in that I make lots of money, but I certainly wouldn't do it again, given that you only get one life, and I'm wasting mine being a lawyer.
Still would have been a good deal if I paid double (i.e. $300k). |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:11 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza why is your deal so good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498350) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:17 PM Author: Insecure spot well, I paid $150k total for law school, made $800k last year about 12 years out of law school. Probably doing at least as well financially as I would likely do if I wasn't a lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498389) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:17 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza baller. r u a biglaw partner or shitlaw hustler? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498395) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:20 PM Author: Insecure spot boutique/midlaw partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498435) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:21 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza are u a rainmaker? what's the key to ur success (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498439) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:34 PM Author: Insecure spot not really. Had about $600k of my own business last year, plus a few of my clients got into major litigation, which I got origination on. Then billed about 1900 hours, 1100 was to a client who isn't mine, but who considers me a crucial part of their team. Then I'm on the management committee which pays another $65k.
Key to being a successful transactional lawyer is to add value like you are another business person for your client. I hardly ever focus on legal issues other than the ones that could really fuk my client....otherwise I spend 90% of my time on language and concepts that will mean major $.
So many lawyers don't get that and that's why they don't have any of their own clients and are more or less fungible to other people's clients. |
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Date: February 28th, 2018 12:00 AM Author: nofapping outnumbered gaping menage (rainmaker) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35503461) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:14 PM Author: Aqua pistol "yes, a very very "good deal" in that I make lots of money, but I certainly wouldn't do it again, given that you only get one life, and I'm wasting mine being a lawyer."
This is the answer that causes a lot of people to go to law school. They look at their lives and say "well, I do shit I hate every day for much less money, so law school seems not so bad." Honestly, it isn't a bad argument at all. The notion that you would have done something so much more meaningful absent law school is likely flame.
However, these days it isn't sound logic for other reasons. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:37 PM Author: Insecure spot I might not have done something more meaningful and satisfying, but I wish I had at least tried.
Now I am hoping to stack a few more million between now and 50, and do something cool then. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:38 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza sorry for ur lots (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498589) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:47 PM Author: Aqua pistol Yeah, feel sorry for the guy expecting to stack millions... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498643) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:46 PM Author: Aqua pistol This is what every obnoxious boomer law firm partner says. It is pure nonsense. IRL, this is typical "I've got lots of money now but wish I managed a rock band instead but still got to keep the money" type reasoning. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498636) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:12 PM Author: costumed temple rigor I make pretty good money, but wouldn't recommend law school for most people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498360) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:16 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza what do you do? why not (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498384) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:22 PM Author: costumed temple rigor partner at boutique firm, just always have this nagging stress. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498454) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:14 PM Author: Brilliant cracking plaza brethren It was not a BAD deal for me, personally, but it was nonetheless SPS under many metrics. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498371) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:16 PM Author: vivacious stain the ability to practice law is priceless (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498381) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:16 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498387) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:22 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish should i go to law school? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498456) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:23 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza how many years have u been asking this q (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498461) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:23 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish should i go to law school? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498466) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:25 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza ive already answered this several times (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498483) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:26 PM Author: Aqua pistol You should see it as a sign that we like you that we tell you not to. If we REALLY hated you we would encourage you to go. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498492) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:28 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish i might be unemployed in a few months. its extremely stressful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498503) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:28 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza 1. get a 170+ on LSAT 2. get a T6 offer (maaaaybe T14) with significant money so COA is <150
if so, go
if not, go to MBA
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:33 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498550) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:58 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish what are your thoughts on going to a state law skool for full ride and starting solo law biz? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498715) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:37 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza you dont strike me as the hardcore sales hand shaking bullshiting hustler type, so doesnt seem like a good idea (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499055) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:39 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499074) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:47 PM Author: gay institution Why don't you get back in the game? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499143) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:01 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish Market became too saturated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499229) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:13 PM Author: Aqua pistol Market too saturated!
Hey, maybe law school?
LOL... |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:21 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish lol ok (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499351) |
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Date: February 28th, 2018 3:07 AM Author: gay institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35504193) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:47 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza slumlord manager involves much different skills than shitlaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499149) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:28 PM Author: vivacious stain do you think you would be able to make more money as a lawyer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498507) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:33 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish yes running my own law biz sounds 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498548) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:44 PM Author: vivacious stain go to law school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498628) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:47 PM Author: Aqua pistol What, did peterman give you herp or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498638) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:00 PM Author: Tan trip love of her life You're too dumb and unmotivated to make yourself a success in the legal industry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35503026) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:31 PM Author: overrated rehab If you would have asked me one or 5 years out I would have said bad deal. Now probably a good deal. I definitely have a better job than I would’ve otherwise.
However, I would’ve taken money at a worse instead of going 200k in debt and killing myself to pay it off. So no, I couldn’t recommend sticker to anyone who is paying themselves. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:32 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza ofc it's a bad deal 5 years out, you are still paying off your tuition
25 years out it's probably awesome if you sstill like being a lawyer |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:35 PM Author: Carmine Gay Wizard 1. Money-wise it was a good choice, but that’s about it
2. Would never recommend this |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:35 PM Author: Onyx confused den main people 1. No
2. No
Anyone who goes to law school is an absolute retard. Those that think they are special or particularly talented DESERVE to go so they can experience the crushing misery and ruin their lives. I have stopped discouraging special snowflakes IRL because I want them to ruin their lives and suffer. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:52 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish healthy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498675) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 3:09 PM Author: Passionate emerald orchestra pit immigrant You’re 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499731) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:09 PM Author: startling cruise ship What is the rank of your law school and how many mental illnesses do you suffer from? Also please describe your posture and ability to maintain eye contact during conversations. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35503076) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:54 PM Author: Stubborn University Boltzmann 1. Financially I’m way better off than any of the realistic alternatives.
2. lol, no way. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 12:57 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza what do u do/how much do u make (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498711) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:11 PM Author: Stubborn University Boltzmann 2nd year as a biglaw partner. roughly 700k last year. I did not borrow much for law school between SA jobs (1L & 2L) and scholarship. I can’t imagine starting out in the kind of hole people are now considering. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498816) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:37 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza equity? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499060) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:10 PM Author: Stubborn University Boltzmann Yes, firm is single tier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499278) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: Insecure spot how much would you expect to be making in 5 years if you don't do anything exception vis a vi business development? In 10? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499510) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: Stubborn University Boltzmann Roughly the same, more if we are more profitable as a firm though obviously. It’s not a cravath type lock step partnership where you automatically get more equity/pay as you get more senior. You get more equity by generating rain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499576) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:34 PM Author: Insecure spot that's similar to me, although our profitability goes to the people who generate it....and I don't see myself doing what's necessary to generate more rain....I'll be probably be between $650k-850k until I tap out, not taking into account rate increases. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500320) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 6:16 PM Author: Stubborn University Boltzmann I’m hoping to land a few stable clients, but I’m happy where I at. Worst case for the future, I put myself out to pasture and live off investments and wife’s income. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35501041) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 6:24 PM Author: Insecure spot yeah, I have about $25k in "stable" clients each month....plus another $25k in clients who aren't particularly stable....I've always thought of just going to one of those virtual firms (like virtual law partners) that let's you keep 85% of your billings and work from wherever.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35501080) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:00 PM Author: bossy school selfie 1. I got a full ride scholarship and graduated with minimal debt, I was able to save a lot working for other firms for many years, and now I am a solo that makes decent (though not fantastic) money for relatively low stress/hours.
2. Probably not. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:03 PM Author: Henna weed whacker internal respiration Weird how RSF is nowhere to be found ITT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498764) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:06 PM Author: Aqua pistol How is that weird? It didn't cost him anything (daddy paid and probably pushed him to go) and he ended up doing jack shit like he would have anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35498780) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:38 PM Author: gay institution I don't mean to interrupt, but can you point me to the "biggest mistake of your life" thread? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499067) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:41 PM Author: Galvanic lay mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499096) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:47 PM Author: Galvanic lay mediation Law school was easily and quantifiably the worst mistake of my life. I paid full sticker for a t14, found law school to be terribly unengaging, got depressed, and today don't even practice law. I gave up three years of my physical prime plus $150k and got situational depression in exchange. Thank god I managed to find decent non-legal employment and now have a career I like.
I recommend LS only to people who have had real world experience with legal practice (e.g., paralegaled in a big firm for a few years) and still think it sounds good. My biggest mistake was just waltzing straight into LS from college without doing any research about what law school or legal practice are like. I found out I hated law only after I was already enrolled. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 1:48 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza no wonder you troll for hondas (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499154) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:19 PM Author: At-the-ready startled dragon Is there any other profession where people just blithely sign up without having the faintest clue what it's like?
Before entering law school I had never been in a courtroom - not even to sit on a jury. Imagine becoming a general contractor and you've never stepped foot in a house. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:21 PM Author: garnet godawful useless brakes Did you strike out? How did you land on your feet? How did you cope with your depression? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35502772) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:10 PM Author: Histrionic French Trailer Park Crotch 1. Yes and no. I could have built my company without a law degree but it would have been much more difficult to get into this industry as an outsider without one. I made just north of $2mm cash in the last 3.5 years, and my property I retained over and above that continues to appreciate in value and generate passive income.
I borrowed a total of $40,000 for my entire law degree, and around the same for my undergrad. I serviced the debt for four years after exhausting forbearance options and ultimately paid it all off in a lump sum a few months ago, so that's about $150,000 paid all-in for both degrees plus interest. That's an excellent ROI if you buy into the premise that I wouldn't have been able to accomplish what I've accomplished so far without it.
2. Absolutely not. Interest will murder you and your odds of eventually getting out from under it are nil. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:16 PM Author: Rambunctious ebony reading party 1. Yes. Make good $ inhouse, but i think i was on a pretty successful track in my career prior to law school, so i always wonder what if.
2. Lolno |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:20 PM Author: Lake Racy Mad-dog Skullcap 1. Yes. Full ride to a second tier night school. I made 70k per year for my day job through law school. Now I make 400k as a senior associate. Will never make partner but I think I’ll always be above my pre-law salary.
2. No. Pretty much the only reason law school was a good deal was that it was free |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 2:21 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499354) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:19 PM Author: Passionate emerald orchestra pit immigrant 180 bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500175) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:45 PM Author: Splenetic Jade Business Firm Fat Ankles also 6'4", played a little college ball (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500425) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 5:04 PM Author: Lake Racy Mad-dog Skullcap Lol. Are you saying I’m bullshitting or that I’m bragging about having a dead end job and a TTT law degree? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500581) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 6:12 PM Author: Stubborn University Boltzmann a dead end job and a TTT law degree is the (Xo 2018) version of (Xo 2006)’s SCOTUS -> Wachtell
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Date: February 27th, 2018 6:34 PM Author: Lake Racy Mad-dog Skullcap After all these years I finally maed it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35501135) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:18 PM Author: Splenetic Jade Business Firm Fat Ankles Just an (xo pumo) joke. Little 70k half ass job —> free night law school —> biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35502754) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 3:05 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish *orders LSAT materials*
seems like it worked out for most who didnt pay a lot |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 3:09 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza ull get in everywhre u apply (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499733) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 3:12 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35499755) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:23 PM Author: garnet godawful useless brakes He claims to have gotten into UVA with a 90K scholly. I believe him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35502780) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:14 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig By the way, none of the "success" stories apply if you don't go to a top 14 law school or score 170+ on your LSAT. So don't bother. Don't be doobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500150) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:20 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500184) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:30 PM Author: bossy school selfie Eh, you might be able to cop a decent scholarship or in-state acceptance with good grades and a high 160s score.
You're right, though, that the odds of success go way down the dumber you are. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:30 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish I can cop a full ride BIGSTATE JD with a 3.9, 167. Probably get like $50k at cornell and 150k at UT with those stats (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500293) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:42 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig how old are you and what do you do for a living other than the flying J? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500404) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:44 PM Author: cerebral faggotry He's late 20s but with a 50 year old's norwood. He is a secretary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500417) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:45 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500434) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:55 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig honestly people who have not been grinding since college are typically too lazy to succeed in law school and tolerate the practice of the law.
If you are obsessed with crypto to avoid the skull drudgery of being a wage cuck, and you haven't even begun servitude as a lawyer, there is no way you are likely to succeed in law school and stick with the shitty job long enough to make the time and money investment when you turn 30 worthwhile. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 5:03 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish makes sense ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500574) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 11:03 PM Author: Tan trip love of her life I have told you this exact same thing like 20 times on XO and you always just get MAF at the post, LOL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35503039) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 5:03 PM Author: cerebral faggotry Cr, if you dont like working a shit ton, dont become a lawyer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500578) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:20 PM Author: Splenetic Jade Business Firm Fat Ankles Lol, I like be when you get queerly self important and defensive of the law. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35502768) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:38 PM Author: garnet godawful useless brakes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532836) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 5:05 PM Author: Light Pea-brained Casino Corn Cake Don’t know if this is true. I know a lot of successful usc/Ucla/Fordham even Loyola and Hastings bros. Your brother is a success story! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500591) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 6:19 PM Author: swashbuckling tanning salon pozpig he got lucky. he is also not lazy like most people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35501050) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:22 PM Author: Splenetic Jade Business Firm Fat Ankles He has better hair and facial aesthetics, but at least you’re taller!
Edit: and more prestigious |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:17 PM Author: At-the-ready startled dragon Monetarily, absolutely yes. No way would I have this much $$$ if I hadn't gone to law school. That being said I hate the practice of law. Also, I am currently making $0 as a shitlawyer so we will see how long this holds.
At sticker, even the money wouldn't have made sense - I had a full ride, which made a huge difference. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:33 PM Author: gold stimulating boistinker Yeah, more than full scholly, chill for three years, summer associate + bar stipend + BigLaw + severance + unemployment - lotta free money for doing shitall. At sticker, no way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500311) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:33 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish ung (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500315) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:42 PM Author: cerebral faggotry Nah, I realized I hate working hard. The "professions" all require way too much hard work in practice.
If I could do over, I'd just gun for a fed gov jerb straight out of college doing whatever random shit and then essentially never work hard again
OR, I should have worked hard in something I actually care about, e.g., maybe become a veterinarian.
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:47 PM Author: Mind-boggling ape High IQ Bros need work or they get bored (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500444) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:52 PM Author: cerebral faggotry I got a 170 LSAT first try with one month study, not sure what that means re: IQ, but I hate working hard
I'd rather be bored than stressed |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 4:54 PM Author: offensive incel twinkling uncleanness it was for me. i started out in shitlaw (fucked off at a T50 flagship state law school, but wrote on to law review). i eventually traded up to biglaw and made partner this year. making around 320k but should go up in the coming years by quite a lot from what i understand.
it would not have been a good deal at 300k, no. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 5:07 PM Author: peach soul-stirring chad horrible deal. I liked the rigor of 1L but if I could do it again, I'd do it for free then drop out so as not to waste the subsequent two years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35500605) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 9:55 PM Author: Laughsome masturbator ticket booth 1) yes, full ride at low t2. 135k at easy gvt job now 2) no way |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:11 PM Author: hyperactive mad cow disease legal warrant 1. For me, yes. Total loans were $40K out of a TTTT with mostly a full ride. Went solo immediately. Made like $55K first year, and been averaging about $180K the last couple years, more this year. Legit work about 25-30 hours per week
2. No. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:38 PM Author: curious spruce friendly grandma clown Yes. It was a good deal for me.
1. $200k-$250k in-house + $30k-$50k in authorized side practice permitted to to be conducted from my office with use of office resources + $20k-$40k bonus + working on getting a $30k political board appointment that meets twice a month at night for two hours (once a month in June and July, never in August). No debt but I am considering helping my wife with hers.
2. Not in a million fucking years UNLESS it was Yale and I was positive that I would obtai some academic or no risk government position that qualified me for loan forgiveness and I was positive loan forgiveness wasn’t going anywhere. |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:39 PM Author: buff aromatic stage blood rage 1) yes. law school didn't cost very much because i chose adequate school + scholarship instead of prestigious school + loans. and it's not like i was doing anything better with my time so screwing around for 3 years was a perfectly fine way to live for a while. now i have a job that i like at a firm that i like and live a pretty comfortable lifestyle.
2) lol |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:42 PM Author: yellow autistic piazza Whoa Jenny sighting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35502932) |
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Date: February 27th, 2018 10:52 PM Author: buff aromatic stage blood rage i accidentally came here through typing muscle memory while procrastinating last night. unfortunately, i left browser tab open so when i just sat down to do work i instead relapsed into posting. very sad stuff. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35502978) |
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Date: February 28th, 2018 12:02 AM Author: Mildly autistic hissy fit My cost for law school was:
$30K/year tuition probably an opportunity cost of $60K/year.
So about a cost of $300K minus about $100K since tuition was covered by my parents.
I was a state university grad, had a BBA in marketing, graduated with a 3.6 GPA. Pretty underwhelming job prospects.
Went to a low 2nd tier LS, on a 161 LSAT.
Now, earning about 250-300K running my own firm (grossing over $600K, at least for now, but things can go either way depending on how laws might affect my practice). It was worth it, but I was close to not even breaking into the legal field. If I failed to do so, things could be very different, and it wouldn't have been worth it at all. I was very fortunate for getting the opportunity that I did, and I can pretty much live anywhere I want (I could shut down my practice, and just freelance as an attorney if I wanted, and still get by). When I started out, I had horrible job prospects, hit by ITE (2008 job market), and graduated LS with a 3.0 GPA. I got my first job because I knew someone who had an opening, and could only afford to pay me $40K in my first year, got ignored/rejected by 100+ firms I sent my resume to. |
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Date: February 28th, 2018 12:13 AM Author: floppy gaming laptop 1) yes. biglaw associate. planned on going to law school for free (the best school to give me a full ride, which ended up being Chicago). but a elderly & eccentric relative said he'd pay my full tuition if I copped HYS. so I copped HYS.
now, he is dead. coincidentally, i got a share of the inheritance when my siblings did not.
this was also important for social reasons, because my branch of the family very badly FLAGGING at academic and vocational achievement and they needed one child with (fake) preftige
also, when I graduated UG, job market not great
2) lol fuck no |
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Date: February 28th, 2018 4:19 AM Author: Filthy mother national security agency 1. Yes. I went T6 at sticker and paid off after 5 years. Now I have a good job, no debt - couldn't have done with bs english degree
2. Yes, but only if you really have no other options and you are going to HYS. Even then, you should try something else for a few years because you are hahafucked at 300k, you will have to be a lawyer for a decade minimum. |
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Date: March 3rd, 2018 10:04 AM Author: milky contagious set messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35526169) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:06 PM Author: Thriller church building dopamine Was for me. I went from no SA to A3 clerkship to V100 to V15. Now a seventh year, will collect 400K in 2018. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532635) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:08 PM Author: garnet godawful useless brakes How the hell did you strike out but land a federal clerkship? Socially diseased, academically talented? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532649) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:10 PM Author: Carmine Gay Wizard Seventh year means he was in LS during peak ITE. Lots of folks with good grades got shut out of OCI in 2009 or so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532663) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:15 PM Author: Bearded Crackhouse Pervert This. My firm recruited great students and dinged 60 percent of them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532695) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:18 PM Author: Thriller church building dopamine Yup, exactly right. To be fair I was essentially right out of UG with no work experience and took the whole biglaw interview process way too casually. I openly discussed my desire for the right work life balance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532709) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:24 PM Author: Bearded Crackhouse Pervert Ljl at family-havers, thought the V-37 partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532747) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:11 PM Author: Transparent mood pretty 180. i got to go to LS in the CITY (spent a lot of time going to class on the UWS when i was in school if you take my meaning) and now i'm a law partner making $1mil+ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532672) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:16 PM Author: Bearded Crackhouse Pervert Lmao, stfu RSF. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532699) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:13 PM Author: Bearded Crackhouse Pervert I went from $38k per year to $300k per year, at a cost of $350k over the course of 13 years. It will have been a great decision if I live to 43. I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four months ago.
Also, I am underinsured and the lifestyle my children are currently enjoying will almost certainly be shattered. |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:18 PM Author: Carmine Gay Wizard So is that a yes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532707) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:23 PM Author: Bearded Crackhouse Pervert It’s really in flux at the moment. At $38k I couldn’t afford to drink myself to death. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532743) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:28 PM Author: Claret volcanic crater death wish Sorry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532772) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:30 PM Author: Bearded Crackhouse Pervert It could be worse. I could be balding.
Oh, right. I am now thanks to the chemo. |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 2:56 PM Author: ungodly disgusting juggernaut property Jesus Christ is this serious? We are pulling for you bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532908) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 3:00 PM Author: gay institution So it wasn't worth it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532924) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 5:44 PM Author: Aqua pistol Jfc, I hope this is flame. If not, good luck and I'm sorry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35533881) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 3:02 PM Author: awkward bawdyhouse Yes, I am a 9-6 inhousemo making +$300k and took $$ from a lower T14 over better schools to keep debt down.
If I could go all the way back to HS/before college I would study something else and not do this again because I'd create a better track. After graduating as a poli sci shithead from a "non-target" school I don't know that I actually could create a better track so would go again.
edit: if I went again I would not go at sticker, I would do the same thing I did last time. |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 5:43 PM Author: Aqua pistol "If I could go all the way back to HS/before college I would study something else and not do this again because I'd create a better track."
Anyone who says this without saying what they would have studied should be shot repeatedly with pellets. |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 6:06 PM Author: awkward bawdyhouse calm down little guy. if i was at a target school i'd take whatever i want and just make sure i had a high gpa. if a non-target school i'd study economics or something and apply to banking jobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35533999) |
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Date: March 4th, 2018 3:10 PM Author: lilac bearded pocket flask Overall it wasn't that bad a deal for me, and if traveling back in time I'd probably do it again, but anyone after Class of 2011 is a moron. Back what I was in biglaw, I interviewed a guy from 2015-16 who said he didn't even want to practice law but thought law school would be interesting. I can think of many better ways to throw away $300k, including literally setting it on fire and watching the flames. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3905405&forum_id=2#35532986) |