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Would Biglaw be sooo cr if no loans and LS stipend/full scholly?
| appetizing coiffed hell | 01/21/15 |
| Electric Tank | 01/21/15 |
| Razzle-dazzle new version | 01/21/15 |
| Rusted Infuriating Half-breed | 01/21/15 |
| Razzle-dazzle new version | 01/21/15 |
| green travel guidebook | 01/21/15 |
| Disturbing Exhilarant Gas Station Elastic Band | 01/21/15 |
| appetizing coiffed hell | 01/21/15 |
| spectacular sadistic school | 01/21/15 |
| Olive candlestick maker | 01/21/15 |
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| Vigorous Church Building | 01/21/15 |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 9:55 AM Author: appetizing coiffed hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157319) |
Date: January 21st, 2015 9:56 AM Author: Electric Tank no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157325) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 9:58 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle new version Yeah, do 3 years in biglaw and save 300K. Then move on, your time is done. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157328) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 10:01 AM Author: Rusted Infuriating Half-breed lower v100 firms were literally doing this for ee/cs bros who were ip lit paralegals. sending them to literal TTTTs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157334) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 10:02 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle new version There was some crazy high demand for ee/cs for a while. Tapered off a little now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157336) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 10:14 AM Author: green travel guidebook No. Fatal biglaw flaws are: 1) big lawyers aren't trained as managers and don't view their new hires as long term investments, so actually learning the technical fine points of practicing law (as opposed to billing for stuff like doc review or plowing diligence) in biglaw requires a lot of luck, 2) insane business model of essentially shareholder direct management that relied on now-eroded professional mores and dignity to sustain itself, and 3) the value of legal work, by its nature, is hard to quantify and measure, which makes it harder to justify premium prices in the current business climate when clients require more specific proof of the value that corresponds to the premium you attach. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157379) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 10:47 AM Author: Disturbing Exhilarant Gas Station Elastic Band TITCR.
In addition, biglaw is a pure example of "shit only rolls downhill"-- every biglaw bro has had the experience of a partner setting a tight deadline, working over the weekend to get it done, and then getting a call/email from the partner a week or so later that is some variant of, "Did you ever do <x>?" or "I know you sent <x>, but I never had a chance to review it and can't find it... can you resend?" Then turning his comments on the next version of x have a tight deadline, and the associate may even get criticism for "not following up." Indignities like this are tolerable occasionally, but in biglaw it's constant. |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 2:59 PM Author: appetizing coiffed hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27158887) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 10:24 AM Author: spectacular sadistic school No because you'd quit in less than a year. The only thing that keeps the vast majority of associates from getting up from their desks and walking out is the massive debt shackle they wear. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157397) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 12:25 PM Author: Olive candlestick maker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157859) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 10:30 AM Author: marvelous smoky whorehouse laser beams Only because you could immediately quit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2787934&forum_id=2#27157409) |
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Date: January 21st, 2015 4:18 PM Author: Vigorous Church Building Potentially. If you had a full scholarship to a good school and did well, you could probably clerk for two years, then work at a firm for three years, then become an AUSA. This works best if you grew up in or around a secondary market and got your clerkships and firm job there. That said, I understand some people wouldn't consider the leading firms in secondary markets to be "biglaw."
I think the IP example above is a decent option too, if you're okay with doing patent prosecution and related work for a living. You would again be setting yourself to leave the firm in a few years, but in this case to go in house or to one of the many IP pros boutiques. |