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has anyone in history ever come back from biglaw burnout?
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Date: May 6th, 2013 6:51 PM Author: Bearded Twinkling Uncleanness Forum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146427) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 6:52 PM Author: Ultramarine electric hell sure (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146431) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 7:04 PM Author: useless aggressive stage selfie i've had interviews with "of counsel" types who spoke of taking a year off and then coming back... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146503) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 7:36 PM Author: Bearded Twinkling Uncleanness Forum i wanna take a year off (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146708) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 12:29 PM Author: slap-happy library I know several jr partners that did this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24935991) |
Date: May 6th, 2013 7:05 PM Author: Ultramarine electric hell Ive seen people in DC go biglaw to some sort of political job, kill at the political job and climb the ranks and then come back to a biglaw firm as lobbyist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146509) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 7:39 PM Author: frozen french generalized bond stead lobbyist is a 25 hour per week job that involves eating at 5* restaurants and getting drunk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146718) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 9:12 PM Author: Smoky trust fund How do you submit the receipts from the basement? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23147262) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 9:13 PM Author: exciting range http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2_pT0ClYa4 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23147270) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 1:49 PM Author: rusted weed whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936268) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 2:17 PM Author: Bearded Twinkling Uncleanness Forum 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936414) |
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Date: February 9th, 2014 4:08 PM Author: Tan sanctuary rigpig lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24984347) |
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Date: February 9th, 2014 4:20 PM Author: alcoholic stag film wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24984395) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 1:27 PM Author: burgundy cerebral boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936199) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 7:42 PM Author: Stubborn famous landscape painting abode Switching firms with a month or two off in between seems to have helped some laterals. Also depends on how burned out you are- if the fear of shitcanning isn't enough to motivate you and you have nothing else to work for (paying off loans, family expenses), there may be no coming back. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146729) |
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Date: June 5th, 2013 11:27 AM Author: Bearded Twinkling Uncleanness Forum i may be fucked then (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23333708) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 10:58 PM Author: Concupiscible alpha switching firms can definitely extend your lifespan by a year or two. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24939524) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 7:43 PM Author: awkward gaping I'm sure I could if I wanted to...but I surely don't want to. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23146733) |
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Date: June 5th, 2013 11:30 AM Author: big patrolman cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23333719) |
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Date: June 5th, 2013 11:28 AM Author: Vigorous Circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23333712) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 8:54 PM Author: Pungent indian lodge heard of bitchnuts who burned out and did other shit then came back years later
one became a law librarian
other opened some gay AZN restaurant or something
as long as u leave with say 4-5 years experience u can come back in some circumstances
but fuck BIGLAW>. anyone who goes back is INSANE |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 9:11 PM Author: topaz people who are hurt don't be so judgmental bro, maybe they have some dire financial needs. you never know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23147259) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 9:15 PM Author: crusty sex offender If you leave and start your own shit you can never come back. This is mainly because you figure out pretty quick that all the biglaw neurosis is bullshit and no one on earth gives a fuck if you spelled a word wrong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23147290) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 9:22 PM Author: thriller temple This is the biggest difference between BigLaw (and most MidLaw) firms. When I first joined my current firm, I told the partner, "I forgot to align the footnotes properly." (They were aligned left instead of justified.) At my old BigLaw firm, I would have been yelled at and forced to send an apology email and a revised version. This partner was just like, "Is that it? Don't worry about it. It is just a draft." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23147364) |
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Date: May 6th, 2013 9:46 PM Author: crusty sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23147607) |
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Date: June 5th, 2013 11:50 AM Author: exhilarant brilliant brethren ""I forgot to align the footnotes properly." (They were aligned left instead of justified.) "
*Shaking with rage*
that is a pet peeve of mine, tho. |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 1:33 PM Author: Orchid nursing home "This is the biggest difference between BigLaw (and most MidLaw) firms."
Revise to:
"This is the biggest difference between BigLaw and (most) MidLaw firms."
or:
"This is the biggest difference between BigLaw and most MidLaw firms."
**THIS is why you could never hack it in biglaw. You are a terrible writer.
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Date: February 1st, 2014 3:43 PM Author: magical church friendly grandma Bro it is grammatically incorrect to separate a preposition from its object with a colon. This is why you can never hack it in legal writing critique. HTH. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936846) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 10:51 PM Author: floppy umber coffee pot tanning salon Uh I don't see a colon anywhere bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24939481) |
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Date: June 5th, 2013 11:34 AM Author: onyx ceo funny how people borrow an insane amount of money to learn alongside a bevy of insufferable people for 3 years just so they have a chance at becoming someone's slave bitch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#23333729) |
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Date: June 5th, 2013 11:34 AM Author: mind-boggling pearl headpube bro of mine mine went BIGLAW -> complete burnout (because he has a psychotic work ethic, would regularly work 48 hours in a row, sleep in his office, etc) -> straight up quitting and going to a T20 B-school, dropping out after one year -> back to another biglaw firm (but smaller firm with less hours.
Dude still works full days every fucking saturday though, not much changed. His work ethic is crazy. |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 11:57 AM Author: Odious shimmering wagecucks persian what kind of personal life does he have (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24935873) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 1:16 PM Author: Razzmatazz emerald messiness I'm guessing he's Asian so probably not much of one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936158) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 11:44 AM Author: Crawly senate reading party If you mean come back to be "successful" at a big law firm, the answer is no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24935839) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 12:06 PM Author: histrionic disturbing lodge chad Yeah mainly guys who needed cash who came back to of counsel roles at peak of market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24935903) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 12:16 PM Author: adventurous codepig church building Come back professionally? Sure.
Come back psychologically? Rarely. |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 12:27 PM Author: Crawly senate reading party Explain? Permanent psychological damage? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24935986) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 1:44 PM Author: adventurous codepig church building No, just rarely able to be happy ever again in biglaw, or even moderately satisfied (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936253) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 1:35 PM Author: bipolar fuchsia chapel Barack Obama (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936230) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 2:07 PM Author: magical church friendly grandma Pretty sure he did some sort of "community organizing" PI job straight out of school and never looked back. I think the only BIGLAW experience he had was working at Sidley Austin for a summer or two. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936357) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 2:08 PM Author: bipolar fuchsia chapel yea bro he burned out of the summer gig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24936364) |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 10:58 PM Author: Free-loading Impressive Mediation Julius Caesar. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24939528) |
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Date: February 9th, 2014 4:11 PM Author: diverse main people Know an associate who got burned out, took a year off to travel, came back, then made partner 5 years later. He couldn't handle the workload and went in-house after a few years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24984362) |
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Date: February 9th, 2014 4:16 PM Author: Smoky trust fund Some weeks are better than others, but I'm not back yet. Been doing better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#24984374) |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 9:20 PM Author: jet new version (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#27699042) |
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Date: April 15th, 2015 9:26 PM Author: Swashbuckling gaped school cafeteria dopamine Robert E. Lee (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#27699079) |