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Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly i...
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what year is it rn
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2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my p...
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every year is the shittiest year of my life so far
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thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty yea...
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many poeple are saying this
Cream comical church building
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2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying at...
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2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now ...
Cream comical church building
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ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw. in lat...
drab black woman hissy fit
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Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their ...
Dashing Ebony Hospital
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it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawye...
drab black woman hissy fit
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Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude...
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cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler...
drab black woman hissy fit
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Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an ...
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180, we beat the odds
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and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a
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(never worked at a biglaw firm)
drab black woman hissy fit
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regional large midlaw!!!
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2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I ...
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i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out ...
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I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
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LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.
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2024-ongoing
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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Cream comical church building



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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Slippery stirring old irish cottage den

The year after graduating law school when I realized practicing law was torture and I was sentenced to life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626382)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: big-titted parlour



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: Pontificating psychic

Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly in the running

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626414)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: Provocative Frisky Corner

2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the best and the worst. Mom dropped dead of pancreatic cancer and met most of the people who I'd now consider my friends, had a lot of fun doing college shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:19 AM
Author: nofapping sandwich locale

what year is it rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: carnelian property



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Pearly Hairraiser Set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628645)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: Dashing Ebony Hospital

2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my parents basement while most of my Ls classmates had Biglaw and my local HS friends were well into their careers and I got dumped by my LS GF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626484)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: \'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'

How’s life now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49639234)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Smoky Vivacious Filthpig

every year is the shittiest year of my life so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626491)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:06 PM
Author: nofapping sandwich locale



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: Cream comical church building



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: aggressive bawdyhouse



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: Cream comical church building



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: nofapping sandwich locale



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: big-titted parlour

wow, thats messed up

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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: Chestnut anal public bath gaping



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Cream comical church building



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: sooty heaven incel

Already underrated

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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: Cream comical church building



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: histrionic coffee pot



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: Cream comical church building



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: nudist resort

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: wonderful mental disorder stock car

thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty years i’ve had in my adult life, how shit my shit life has been, lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626514)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:34 PM
Author: Cream comical church building

many poeple are saying this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626570)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:25 PM
Author: drab black woman hissy fit

2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying attention to how firms worked. i just went to ls because i had nothing better to do and i didn't try. i wrote on to law review but otherwise didn't try to get good grades.

realized how fucked i was after i graduated. bounced around between temp jobs at ID firms, i couldn;'t even get an ID job. i finally got one and the guy paid me $25 per BILLED hour and i was a contractor. i really thought i was life pwnd.

unbelievable that i eventually worked my way up to biglaw from that. but yeah, 2006-2007, either of those years could easily be the worst. by far.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626532)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: Cream comical church building

2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now that i think about, cant beleive i didnt kms honestly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626561)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:38 PM
Author: drab black woman hissy fit

ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw.

in late 2007 i got a job with a solo who did L&E (primarily traditional labor) and happened to take to it. in 2009, we hired a law clerk who was a 2L who'd gotten an offer from a regional bmore firm but the offer was rescinded bc of ITE.

he worked for us a few months and we kept in touch. he wound up at a baltimore firm called miles & stockbridge - basically, regional midlaw. the solo had to lay me off bc he lost a big client at the end of 2011 and the law clerk got me in at miles. i went from there to jackson lewis (ttt L&E firm), and from there to baker hostetler, where i wound up making partner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626579)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 2:05 PM
Author: Dashing Ebony Hospital

Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their own sphere? It’s not true Milbank scale Biglaw but it’s not Lewis Brisbois either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626916)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:26 PM
Author: drab black woman hissy fit

it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawyers are hit and miss. some are really good like me, but some are borderline retarded.

they pay first years in NYC, DC, etc like 120k lol. what do you expect at that salary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628763)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: Dashing Ebony Hospital

Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude we weren’t perma fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626562)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: drab black woman hissy fit

cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler, which is a shitty biglaw firm, but it's amazing i even made it there given that i was in literal shitlaw for a couple years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626564)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: Dashing Ebony Hospital

Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an adjunct professor I emailed recommended me for. Made contacts and got skills there and eventually did 5 years as a counsel/NEP at a lower tier V100 before going back in-house (at a fund now).

Not sure what the path is without that initial break. Definitely threw as much work as i could to the adjunct professor (who was a V20 Biglaw partner).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626850)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: drab black woman hissy fit

180, we beat the odds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626860)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: Cream comical church building

and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49626565)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: carnelian property



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: Curious international law enforcement agency codepig

"oh. so you were just a loser then."

*gary chuckles*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49627424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: drab black woman hissy fit

(never worked at a biglaw firm)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49627623)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Curious international law enforcement agency codepig

regional large midlaw!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49627658)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:31 PM
Author: Frozen school cafeteria kitty cat

2023

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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: avocado nowag address

2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I had to do a hard reset. Doing the hard reset was difficult but I was ok with hard work. There was a relatively short period when it seemed like it wasn't going to work. I had sent several thousand job apps (!!!) and never closed the deal. Then I did and things were fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49627418)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:03 PM
Author: Flatulent forum

Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about not being allowed 2 slices of pizza for work lunch etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49627499)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:44 PM
Author: Frozen school cafeteria kitty cat

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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: sooty heaven incel

Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to link them?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628650)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Flatulent forum

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https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1905801&mc=187&forum_id=2#20278379

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628706)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: avocado nowag address



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: sooty heaven incel

180

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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: Flatulent forum

i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out of law school like 10 months and quit my first job to start my solo firm. I was lying in bed (at my dad's house) reading those and was just like I have to fucking succeed at this or I'm going to kill myself working doc review

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628752)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out of me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49639487)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: avocado nowag address

LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628709)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: French Awkward Mediation National

2024

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49627669)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: Flatulent forum

2013

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628643)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: joran tindersloot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49639551)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:01 PM
Author: exhilarant light nibblets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628663)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: sooty heaven incel

2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm 3 years into marriage and made like 15k all year, which did not go over well and was very embarrassing.

My dog turned 2 that year and was the only thing that kept me from abject despair. He'll be 16 this year and I would murder innumerable people to give him more life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628715)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:20 PM
Author: Buff athletic conference dog poop

2024-ongoing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628724)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:33 PM
Author: Big seedy cruise ship

2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628818)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: Thriller coral candlestick maker

Mom was diagnosed with super aggressive cancer and died about 8 weeks later. Went through a break up at the same time. Had a lot of support from family n friends but was by far the worst.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628832)