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Everytime I want to quit biglaw, I think about people in Shitlaw
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Date: August 2nd, 2014 3:16 PM Author: Cracking Selfie Kitchen I have seriously resolved to quit this job so many times. Time and time again I end up meeting or hearing about a friend of a friend who is stuck in shitlaw essentially doing the same shit for a quarter my salary (I literally cannot comprehend how people work these hours for 40k), and then feel like an asshole and cannot bring myself to quit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26047615) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2014 8:41 PM Author: demanding station son of senegal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26049180) |
Date: August 2nd, 2014 3:18 PM Author: misanthropic genital piercing wow this is a really introspective post. it's almost like you concluded something about your life, but then you considered other variables. have you considered publishing your memoirs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26047625) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2014 3:19 PM Author: cheese-eating theatre azn unnecessary but humorous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26047631) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2014 3:21 PM Author: Cracking Selfie Kitchen I laughed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26047644) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2014 8:28 PM Author: floppy glassy fortuitous meteor it is in the running for poast of the month (of course, it is only the 2nd, but i laughed like a motherfucker too) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26049102) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2014 8:42 PM Author: Slate Garrison Black Woman its a commentary on how shit the legal profession is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26049185) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2014 9:01 PM Author: disrespectful blood rage deer antler lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26049316) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:05 PM Author: Odious at-the-ready whorehouse legal warrant donny.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340576) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:07 PM Author: Smoky principal's office pisswyrm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340587) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:17 PM Author: bright comical marketing idea tyft (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340648) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:30 PM Author: Aquamarine stock car fucking laughing out loud at this one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340712) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 6:24 PM Author: Light sadistic old irish cottage indian lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340967) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:08 PM Author: Smoky principal's office pisswyrm the happiest lawyers i know are shitlaw criminal defense dudes. it's easy, they have hilarious stories, and low stress/lots of flexibility. they seem to make decent money eventually. i kind of look at them with envy but i'm not ready to try it out yet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340592) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:15 PM Author: azure laser beams Lol at low stress but otherwise cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340636) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:21 PM Author: Smoky principal's office pisswyrm i think the guys i know have a little more support structure around them than you, but fair.
still, they are by far the most relaxed lawyers i know and spend the least amount of time working. most of them are home and not thinking about work by early afternoon every day if they don't have any trial shit happening, which seems rare. it seems like once you are in a position where you are not hustling for clients all the time and have decent staff, that's where the chill lifestyle really sets in. i don't know anything about what it's like if you're less established or really out on your own. |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:29 PM Author: exhilarant pervert factory reset button hustling for clients is the most 180 part about shitlaw. There's a lot of stress because there's really no training. I'm at a relatively established shitlaw firm and they rarely give me direction. I stay up at night thinking I committed malpractice on the civil cases I handle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340709) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:32 PM Author: Aquamarine stock car this is in line with my solo crim law friends. One guy has this exact lifestyle, making six figs and is home by 3pm most days. I'm sure it can be stressful, but he has a good gig. Has hilarious stories, every day is an adventure.
Another friend of mine was at a firm for a long time, got shitcanned, then went solo crim defense. Loves it, says getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to him |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:17 PM Author: know-it-all coiffed jewess having people's freedom in your hands seems really chill (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340649) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:23 PM Author: Smoky principal's office pisswyrm i doubt too many criminal defense bros are losing sleep worrying about underserving the freedom interests of their 99% guilty clients. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340682) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:30 PM Author: exhilarant pervert factory reset button Very very few criminal attorneys handle only criminal cases. But criminal defense bros have to stay up worrying about fucking up a case to cover their own asses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340713) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 5:16 PM Author: Vibrant mental disorder hominid wait what, the other shitlaw thread said they all make 80-120K (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340641) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 6:22 PM Author: translucent toaster Fuck. Me too. There's a girl that was only ranked like 4 people below me and she's in bottom of the line insurance defense at a firm that churns through associates. I think of her and I'm scared straight. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340955) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 6:30 PM Author: dashing house boistinker Could make this an HBO miniseries: Scared Straight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2634508&forum_id=2#26340992) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 6:31 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy institution ?
why is shitlaw the only alternative |