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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: Excitant brindle keepsake machete (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: Mauve Meetinghouse 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: Electric coral organic girlfriend trailer park 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: Excitant brindle keepsake machete 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: self-absorbed milky toilet seat 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: Mauve Meetinghouse 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: Amber marvelous school mother 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: Snowy low-t ticket booth circlehead 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: Mahogany Famous Landscape Painting Volcanic Crater 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: supple incel chad (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: Excitant brindle keepsake machete 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: hyperventilating hissy fit foreskin 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: soul-stirring primrose associate 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: spectacular stage (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: Light theater 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: Excitant brindle keepsake machete 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: Yapping Friendly Grandma Base 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: Deranged blood rage 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: Ruby bull headed doctorate 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: mildly autistic national (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: Mischievous boyish temple party of the first part 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: silver exciting new version 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: heady green milk 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: dark locale 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: heady green milk (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: Canary set fanboi ""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: Rambunctious razzle station "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: swashbuckling gaping forum 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: translucent shitlib 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: Clear big ratface mediation 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: Shivering cobalt corner 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: wonderful piazza double fault 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: 180 casino sandwich 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: Slippery halford dysfunction 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: tan stimulating property 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: aqua motley library Come back professionally? Sure.
Come back psychologically? Rarely. |
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Date: February 1st, 2014 12:27 PM Author: Slippery halford dysfunction 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: aqua motley library 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: Khaki Goyim 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: swashbuckling gaping forum 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: Khaki Goyim 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: Dashing abode 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: erotic yellow rehab 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: Snowy low-t ticket booth circlehead 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 9:26 PM Author: Razzmatazz Old Irish Cottage Stag Film Robert E. Lee (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2248982&forum_id=2#27699079) |