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The year after graduating law school when I realized practic...
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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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How’s life now
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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
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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 ...
razzmatazz olive senate cuckold
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ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw. in lat...
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Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their ...
kink-friendly circlehead depressive
  01/28/26
it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawye...
Violent godawful ticket booth cumskin
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Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude...
kink-friendly circlehead depressive
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cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler...
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  01/28/26
Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an ...
kink-friendly circlehead depressive
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180, we beat the odds
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and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a
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"oh. so you were just a loser then." *gary chuc...
Ivory razzle factory reset button
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(never worked at a biglaw firm)
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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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  01/28/26
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
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2024-ongoing
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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold



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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle center

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: comical frozen national



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: Wonderful Potus Chapel

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: navy cruel-hearted weed whacker immigrant

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: Dull outnumbered stead

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: Federal zombie-like hunting ground



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Indecent Obsidian Location



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: kink-friendly circlehead depressive

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: Dead community account church building

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: Dull outnumbered stead



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: Amber Wagecucks



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Dull outnumbered stead



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: comical frozen national

wow, thats messed up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49627490)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: indigo boltzmann



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Beta house-broken travel guidebook puppy

Already underrated

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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: saffron bipolar tanning salon



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: Flesh mental disorder

tp

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: painfully honest unholy church

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: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold

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: Violent godawful ticket booth cumskin

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: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold

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: Violent godawful ticket booth cumskin

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: kink-friendly circlehead depressive

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: Violent godawful ticket booth cumskin

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: kink-friendly circlehead depressive

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: Violent godawful ticket booth cumskin

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: kink-friendly circlehead depressive

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: Violent godawful ticket booth cumskin

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: razzmatazz olive senate cuckold

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: Federal zombie-like hunting ground



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: Ivory razzle factory reset button

"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: Violent godawful ticket booth cumskin

(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: Ivory razzle factory reset button

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: bonkers brindle faggotry

2023

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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: Chocolate useless hell codepig

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: sinister diverse ape multi-billionaire

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: bonkers brindle faggotry

Slackfist Cumdumpster

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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: Beta house-broken travel guidebook puppy

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: sinister diverse ape multi-billionaire

Skadden Farts

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: Chocolate useless hell codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2),#49628712)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: Beta house-broken travel guidebook puppy

180

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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: sinister diverse ape multi-billionaire

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: Chocolate useless hell codepig

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: khaki police squad

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: sinister diverse ape multi-billionaire

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: Silver sanctuary



(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: Beta house-broken travel guidebook puppy

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: startled dark institution

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: haunting mauve preventive strike market

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: crystalline background story lettuce

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)