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Cold hard truth - outside of V5 BIGLAW hours are not bad
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:03 AM Author: 180 mauve prole It's basically 45-50 hour weeks with like 10 random weekends a year kind of fucked.
Outside of V5 most people don't hit bonus. |
Date: November 21st, 2017 12:04 AM Author: bipolar outnumbered elastic band genital piercing So why does the whole board whine about this shit and tell people not to go to law school ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736710) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:04 AM Author: Filthy rigor market law school is a very dangerous financial gamble because you not cop biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736716) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:08 AM Author: Maize Doctorate Success rate is 90% ... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736746) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM Author: Filthy rigor market that's not even true at like HLS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736770) |
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Date: January 7th, 2018 2:30 PM Author: emerald dashing feces (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#35102885) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:08 AM Author: 180 mauve prole It's self selection. The type of people who tend to become lawyers are the type of people who tend to be miserable people who will never be happy in life.
Be honest with yourself, if you are a happy person and/or generally know how to make yourself happy, BIGLAW probably won't be hell. But, if you are a miserable person anyway you will hate BIGLAW. |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:13 AM Author: offensive aphrodisiac clown This also rings true. I give juniors work expecting them to do a competent job, but they kill themselves over shit that doesn't matter all the time. It's a personality thing where some people just can't see the big picture and strike that balance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736767) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM Author: bipolar outnumbered elastic band genital piercing Signing up for the February LSAT right now ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736768) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:18 AM Author: Useless painfully honest base I imagine there is probably a large subset of naive people who grew up in a bubble and just assumed they would be successful pursing their aspirations because that's what happens when you're smart. Then they realized the only actual jobs in law which don't require bootstrapping are in biglaw, you can't just make the theoretical spacelaw practice of your dreams materialize out of nowhere, and subsequently are thoroughly miserable. Not only to they have to come to terms with the fact that they were an idiot, but now instead of doing what they were "supposed" to do (ie some vague dream) they end up doing some of the most pointless make-GC work that exists and work more hours than all of their non-finance friends (even if the average is less than what xo makes it out to be). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736792) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:05 AM Author: offensive aphrodisiac clown Largely true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34736720) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:18 AM Author: stubborn green half-breed Its somewhat true, but you're on call 24/7 and you can definitely get fucked.
You can easily luck out and bill 1200 hours a year for a ocuple of years. You can also get fucked and bill 2500 a year. |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:20 AM Author: 180 mauve prole Possible. Agreed.
However, let's dispel of the notion that people who bill under bonus get shitcanned immediately. Outside of the top firms you can last 5+ years with 1500 a year. |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 9:45 AM Author: odious becky (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34738527) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 9:39 AM Author: 180 mauve prole Bump as BIGLAW whiners stroll into their offices an hour after staff. Most of you will be leaving by 7. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34738467) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 9:44 AM Author: Aquamarine Mother Native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34738518) |
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Date: January 7th, 2018 2:29 PM Author: Useless painfully honest base lol at "leaving by 7" like that isn't TTT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#35102867) |
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Date: January 7th, 2018 9:53 PM Author: Erotic volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#35105630) |
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Date: January 7th, 2018 2:30 PM Author: cobalt beady-eyed haunted graveyard lol 9:39 is way too early to get into MFH biglaw.
I cop dat gentleman's 10:45 |
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Date: January 7th, 2018 9:53 PM Author: Lime Rambunctious Circlehead Yarmulke Who gives a fuck when you actually arrive at the office. It's nice but doesn't mean the lifestyle doesn't suck. I come in late as fuck but frequently work late and work nearly every weekend (to varying degrees) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#35105625) |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 9:39 AM Author: odious becky (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34738471) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 1:22 PM Author: 180 mauve prole BUMP as BIGLAW whiners work 3 hours today and leave at 3pm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#34748867) |
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Date: January 7th, 2018 2:27 PM Author: khaki fat ankles theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804301&forum_id=2#35102859) |
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Date: January 7th, 2018 9:50 PM Author: Violet swashbuckling multi-billionaire Some of the worst places are out of the V5
Quinn, K&E, etc. |