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Fired an associate at reviews, told her not to come in, still comes in everyday
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Date: December 18th, 2018 8:56 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution tbf, said she doesn't have to come in and should focus on looking for a new Jerb. And yes, she knows she's dun here, we told her she gets paid for the next four months and that's it. What the fuck is wrong with her? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430141) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 10:56 AM Author: slap-happy ocher scourge upon the earth What else is she going to do? Probably using firm computer to search for a job. Seems like as good a use of her time as any (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432706) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:00 AM Author: drunken mauve private investor den If she is smart she will also download firm forms and briefs and manuals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432727) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:14 AM Author: lake round eye Can we get her to post here so we can put her in touch with cslg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432813) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:23 AM Author: drunken mauve private investor den Haha well I don't think a PI firm has much use for first-year biglaw training manuals and transactional forms ... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432880) |
Date: December 18th, 2018 9:01 PM Author: Geriatric Lime Bawdyhouse Why did you fire her? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430172) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:03 PM Author: Histrionic azure pisswyrm cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430184) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:03 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Because I was tasked with doing reviews (shit rolls down hill and I'm a baby partner). Not a single person would work with her because she is apparently, despite her HLS degree and prestigious clerkship, legit retarded. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430190) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Exciting point Why does she get 4 months of severance? Why not pull her office and give it to a paralegal or an intern? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430206) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Biglaw is more genteel than that, at least non-Latham biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430213) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:07 PM Author: Aphrodisiac gaped partner How did she get the job? Diversity? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430215) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:08 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution HLS + clerkship got her the job. To answer XO's next burning question, she is not black. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430229) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:08 PM Author: brindle degenerate AA admit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430218) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:11 PM Author: Geriatric Lime Bawdyhouse What does retarded mean in this context? Like she took 4 hours to do a memo that you could do in 3 hours? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430247) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:13 PM Author: garnet infuriating hairy legs i assume it has to be a lot worse than that if this is not flame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430256) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:14 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution No. Taking 4 hours is often a plus. Means she couldn't do even basic legal analysis, write coherently, or draft a subpoena that even a mildly experienced shitlaw paralegal could handle. At least that's what her reviews indicate. I didn't work with her. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430258) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:24 PM Author: nofapping motley range ESL? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430332) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:34 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Seems unlikely but couldn't say for certain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430393) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:37 PM Author: Racy chocolate pervert ethnicity? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430416) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:09 PM Author: Obsidian Excitant Fortuitous Meteor latinx. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430554) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:22 PM Author: confused shaky meetinghouse volcanic crater If some partner I never did any work for tried to give me my review and fire me, I'd tell them to fuck off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430620) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:23 PM Author: Histrionic azure pisswyrm ARPHA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430622) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:09 PM Author: Histrionic azure pisswyrm level of firm? NYC? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430235) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Wachtell's Houston office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430243) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:10 PM Author: Diverse Mischievous Cumskin Station What would you have done if she wanted six months of severance
How many hours did she bill for the year
What year was she
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:12 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Told her no
Roughly 1800 but mostly because people stopped giving her work.
First year out of her clerkship. |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:14 PM Author: Histrionic azure pisswyrm jesus 86'ing someone one year out of clerkship? was she technically there 15-18 months after starting aug-oct after her clerkship? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430257) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:14 PM Author: Diverse Mischievous Cumskin Station Yea seems kinda harsh. I was a bad first year. Takes a few years to figure things out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430263) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 6:48 AM Author: Henna Elastic Band Do you even remember 2008? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37431819) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:14 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Yeah. She spent the last couple months doing CLE presentations and shit. It was bad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430264) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:15 PM Author: garnet infuriating hairy legs can't just have her do doc review or whatever the corporate equiv is? shes pretty junior. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430267) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:17 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Not up to me, but most first level doc review is outsourced if not done by staff attys these days. Besides, with her creds, some other firm will hire her ASAP. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430282) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:16 PM Author: Histrionic azure pisswyrm really hard to understand how she could have made it through a clerkship if she was that bad. my judge had to fire someone the year before me (and wasn't the kind of ridiculous judge who'd actually done this before or regularly like kozinski or schendlen) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430276) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:17 PM Author: glassy hyperventilating karate Basically all prestigious law grads are retard now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430285) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:19 PM Author: Histrionic azure pisswyrm seems like a probable exaggeration (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430290) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:18 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution You'd think so. Shit happens, I guess. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430288) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:12 PM Author: glassy hyperventilating karate She knows the firm is too pussy to actually have her physically removed from the building and if she keeps showing up after 4 months she'll keep working and getting paid through at least 2021 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430252) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:15 PM Author: seedy library feces firing her after one year and she billed 1800? assholes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430269) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:23 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution In fairness, the 1800 includes all recordables (I.e., CLE prep etc). But yeah, biglaw often sucks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430324) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 12:10 PM Author: Laughsome avocado lodge CLE prep isn't billable. How many actual billables? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37433212) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:21 AM Author: Exhilarant bistre idea he suggested striped hyena Assuming 2 weeks of vacation, that's only 36 hours a week. How is 1800 hours a good thing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432873) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:19 PM Author: Diverse Mischievous Cumskin Station How did she react to the news
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:21 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Stone faced. Which I appreciated because I was worried she would cry or some shit. Given she was taken off (or fired off) all her cases a few months ago, she had to figure it was coming. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430310) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:23 PM Author: Diverse Mischievous Cumskin Station How did you break the news to her
Were you the helpful mentor, you’ll land on your feet somewhere. Or were you stern, as you often must be with young women these days. |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:29 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Closer to the former. I didn't tell her how insanely awful her reviews were but told her it just wasnt working out etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430360) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:36 PM Author: Diverse Mischievous Cumskin Station Were the reviews fair or were the partners acting whiny as they’re wont to do? (No offense) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430407) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:57 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Couldn't say for sure, but they were universally bad. That's pretty rare. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430499) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:03 PM Author: garnet infuriating hairy legs partners won't put the really bitch stuff in the actual review unless they want the person canned.
i actually once had a partner tell me the bitchy stuff orally in a review but he made it clear he didnt want it on the record. |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 9:54 PM Author: Topaz travel guidebook I live my life a quarter mile at a time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430489) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 10:49 AM Author: lake round eye (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432657) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:00 PM Author: blathering supple mental disorder chapel What is the problem here unless she is making trouble in the office? She is probably looking for jerbs from her desk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430518) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:10 PM Author: outnumbered indian lodge death wish she could do it from her apartment. reality is that she'd probably get isolated and depressed if she stayed in her apartment and her days would probably lose structure. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430561) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:45 PM Author: know-it-all parlour fat ankles jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37437379) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: erotic tank Very sad. She just doesn’t want her coworkers to know so she keeps up appearances. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430572) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:19 PM Author: 180 bearded base Is she hot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430602) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:38 PM Author: Cordovan charismatic therapy institution Nope. After all, this is biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430701) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:22 PM Author: Galvanic gay queen of the night pozpig you assholeeeee!!!!!!!!! this is my life!! plus, I just love the vibe in the office halls |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:38 PM Author: narrow-minded stage https://www.susmangodfrey.com/attorneys/elizabeth-hadaway/ This is the fired associate FYI |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:40 PM Author: Histrionic azure pisswyrm Subject: Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430709) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:42 PM Author: outnumbered indian lodge death wish I would impregnate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430715) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:42 PM Author: Rose metal generalized bond community account Would not kick her out of bed, but looks like she just started given two year skadden fellowship and clerkship. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430719) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:44 PM Author: narrow-minded stage She would be in year 1 with year ~3-4 analytical expectations and she didn't maek it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430725) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:47 PM Author: Rose metal generalized bond community account Doesn't seem right. Graduated 2015. Two year skadden puts her into mid-2017, at least. Then a one year clerkship puts her into mid-2018 before she starts at a firm even without taking any time off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37430738) |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 11:59 PM Author: Cerebral green wagecucks theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37431097) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 12:24 AM Author: Spruce self-centered sandwich (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37431180) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 1:32 AM Author: fuchsia passionate hell how do you know she's the one? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37431424) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 10:38 AM Author: Spruce self-centered sandwich She isn't, of course. It was just an excuse to post a hot associate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432589) |
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Date: December 21st, 2018 3:38 PM Author: Vigorous forum And I salute him for it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37448521) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 10:54 AM Author: slap-happy ocher scourge upon the earth This is possibly the most generic bio opener I've ver seen: "Ms. Hadaway represents plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation in state and federal court. " (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432694) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 10:58 AM Author: Spruce self-centered sandwich (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432722) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 7:45 PM Author: idiotic gunner I once asked a 2L during OCI what area of law she was interested in. She said, “I’m probably most interested in transactional and litigation.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37435942) |
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Date: December 21st, 2018 3:42 PM Author: Mind-boggling national Well, do u have a regulatory practice or maybe lobbying??? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37448549) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 8:07 PM Author: awkward cracking location chad Yeah lol. Didn't want to tie herself down, i guess. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37436054) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:01 AM Author: drunken mauve private investor den Very prestigious young woman. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432736) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:02 AM Author: Spruce self-centered sandwich Honestly, it is sad she'll probably have 1-2 kids tops. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432739) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 12:12 PM Author: drunken mauve private investor den Oh! You mean she should have more, right? To compete with all the regular folks having 5-6 kids. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37433235) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 4:23 PM Author: Spruce self-centered sandwich tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37434935) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 8:59 PM Author: outnumbered indian lodge death wish Yes. My initial reaction was I would like to breed with this woman many many times (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37436311) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:14 AM Author: lake round eye Weird outfit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432808) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:47 AM Author: Orchid marvelous faggotry Damn. Beautiful. I feel like there's a portrait of some identically looking woman in some run-down slave plantation mansion in the deep South. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37433047) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:50 AM Author: fuchsia passionate hell I love that career trajectory: SKADDEN FELLOWSHIP HELPING CHILDREN -> NOPES OUT OF PUBLIC INTEREST -> LAW FIRM KNOWN FOR MAKING MAXIMUM $$$ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37433064) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 8:53 PM Author: Vigorous forum Reminder:
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Date: December 18th, 2018 10:49 PM Author: Topaz travel guidebook WHAT IS LOVE? BABY DON'T HURT ME |
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Date: December 18th, 2018 11:58 PM Author: Stimulating site This is pretty stupid. Big law work is not that hard. If you can't get a HLS grad to do it then that's your douche partners failure - not this girl.
At least give her 2 years to figure it out. So dumb when partners expect kids who just spent 3 years on Harry Potter criminal law hypos are then supposed to waltz in and hit the ground running on litigating defaulted loans secured by pharmaceutical IP or whatever boring shit you do. |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 12:00 AM Author: Cerebral green wagecucks theatre probably true at random V100 milbank style firm but if she's actualy at S&G it makes sense for them to toughlove drop her ass if she wasn't cutting it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37431101) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 12:12 PM Author: Laughsome avocado lodge you think OP is at Susman? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37433234) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 6:46 AM Author: massive thriller crackhouse after a clerkship and law school it’s not unreasonable to expect a junior associate to be able to write a brief or write memos about issues in cases. responding to discovery requests and other random lit stuff i can understand needing coaching (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37431817) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 10:53 AM Author: slap-happy ocher scourge upon the earth Complete chickenshit to have a partner who doesn't even know her drop this news (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432690) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 10:54 AM Author: lake round eye Tbf, op isn’t a real partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432698) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:16 AM Author: confused shaky meetinghouse volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37432824) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:12 AM Author: Orchid marvelous faggotry Damn. Was she in a very demanding group? My mentee got shit canned after 1 yr at her firm but the dept was notorious for only hiring no junior than mid-levels, but decided to give her a shot. From the start, it was a losing battle.
Also from experience, partners are shitty at giving instructions. Do what they ask, and they yell at you for not going beyond that. Go beyond, and they yell at you for going off the reservation. Fuck that. "Why can't you read my mind?!" I don't know asshole, prbly because you're autistic. |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:43 PM Author: know-it-all parlour fat ankles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37437372) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 12:11 PM Author: Rusted Cruel-hearted Bbw How can someone at HLS not do basic legal writing and research? Seems like that should be a gimme (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37433221) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 12:13 PM Author: Laughsome avocado lodge law school doesn't teach you either or anything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37433240) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 8:57 PM Author: bat shit crazy resort dysfunction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37436293) |
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Date: December 21st, 2018 10:51 AM Author: confused shaky meetinghouse volcanic crater they don't even give them like a basic "this is how you write a memo and a brief" type of legal writing course? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37446599) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 3:51 PM Author: Carmine Roast Beef Kitty I’ve always heard that if the try to fire you you can just keep showing up and they won’t make you leave. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37434793) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 7:09 PM Author: burgundy sanctuary Doing due diligence for dat discrimination suit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37435789) |
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Date: December 19th, 2018 11:46 PM Author: Emerald organic girlfriend you're pretty self absorbed to think "you" fired her. a baby partner in big law does not make those kinds of decisions unless you're being very generous with the term "big law" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37437381) |
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Date: December 20th, 2018 7:23 AM Author: confused shaky meetinghouse volcanic crater OP was just a grocery clerk sent to collect a bill (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37438358) |
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Date: December 21st, 2018 10:12 AM Author: Orchid marvelous faggotry Is she still coming in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4158595&forum_id=2#37446353) |