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how do people do BIGLAW for 20+ years?
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:06 PM Author: chocolate shaky dilemma reading party it seems insane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987780) |
Date: June 4th, 2025 10:13 PM Author: dull bossy area Many human beings are possessed by an indomitable will to live. They survive years in captivity, tortured by their enemies. Survive terminal illnesses long past the point of medical reason. Endure decades long marriages to third wave feminists and other modern varieties of women. You don’t see how there are a select few who can suspend disbelief and ignore the subtle passage of time in a high-paying job, choosing not to pay attention to everything that’s passing them by and focusing instead on everything they’ll have coming to them when they finally retire? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987799) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:15 PM Author: chocolate shaky dilemma reading party none of those aforementioned things sounds as bad as 20 years in BIGLAW (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987800) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:20 PM Author: dull bossy area The same way that there are weirdos with blown out pain receptors who can hold their hands in a bucket of ice water for 20 minutes, there are people in this world who do not seem to care about crushing volumes of tedious work that are subjected to irrational levels of scrutiny in an environment plagued with unnecessary interpersonal conflict. Some even seem to enjoy it! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987809) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:21 PM Author: chocolate shaky dilemma reading party wow. I've never seen someone so poetically describe biglaw. I was almost moved to tears. you are 1000x the writer that Karlstack is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987814) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:25 PM Author: dull bossy area I’m awful, but the alternatives to poasting for venting my pent up negativity are unreasonable amounts of exercise or being bitchy around friends and family (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987821) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:32 PM Author: Drab erotic kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987832) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:20 AM Author: red odious trump supporter blood rage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48988167) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:59 PM Author: Buff racy church round eye Sup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989378) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:14 PM Author: Narrow-minded vibrant karate irrational levels of scrutiny
damn that one hit home |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:12 PM Author: dull bossy area And I still somehow over looked the billing pressure. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48990290) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:19 PM Author: Beady-eyed Pearly Field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49052899) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:22 PM Author: mint giraffe rehab It’s just self selection. It isn’t that complicated. Some people end up liking it a lot don’t the ones who do stay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987816) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:32 PM Author: mint giraffe rehab Also all the people who bitch about biglaw are the ones who weren’t fit for it and flamed out. Equity partners making $10m a year aren’t writing pearl clutching LinkedIn poasts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987831) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:01 PM Author: chocolate shaky dilemma reading party very few people in BIGLAW make $10m a year, even most equity partners make nothing close to that. And it seems like most firms are 75% non-equity partners nowadays. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987882) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:03 PM Author: mint giraffe rehab OK (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987888) |
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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:40 PM Author: exciting ocher stag film This is what you tell yourself champ.
You are right if you mean “not fit for it” they value other than working as much as possible to make money. |
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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:46 PM Author: mint giraffe rehab No, I mean they (you) didn't have what it takes. Hope that helps. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48992275) |
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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:49 PM Author: adulterous new version library hey off topic but can you recommend any good blepharoplasty surgeons in LA? Thanks! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48992292) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:33 PM Author: Orchid Tattoo this isn't an explanation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053905) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:31 PM Author: Startling Tantric Heaven Quadroon I witness a lot of people leave and flounder. They all seem to think they will go on to some amazing new life after they leave. Instead it is just more disappointment, but now without the paycheck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987828) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:43 PM Author: Saffron pisswyrm nursing home I'm just a few years from 20. I think I'm going to maek it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987852) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:40 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy pit preventive strike how big baller are you (aka, net worth) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48988120) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:04 PM Author: Saffron pisswyrm nursing home I'm actually very poor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989398) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:20 PM Author: white step-uncle's house 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989455) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:46 PM Author: Opaque mother Forsake everything for the love of the law (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987859) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:54 PM Author: Comical skinny woman I have been in biglaw for less than 6 years, but I can see lasting 20 because I lucked into a niche area where I can rely heavily on my knowledge in this narrow area of the law and recycle my old work with moderate modifications. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987869) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:02 PM Author: chocolate shaky dilemma reading party that only works if you are recycling old work then billing 3x as much under the guise that it's not recycled. is that what ur doing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987884) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:06 PM Author: Gold charismatic azn lodge you are such a dumb nigger
you are the most retarded black gorilla nigger in this dump
seriously--fuck you, retard |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:11 PM Author: Comical skinny woman Don't want to get into specifics, but I do the same thing the partner I work for does, and our clients are large corporations who seem happy with the end result.
So I'm not losing any sleep over our billing practices. |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:18 AM Author: Brass parlor 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48988163) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:16 PM Author: Stirring sinister theater you're literally on twitter and reddit all day you stupid tranny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989437) |
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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:16 PM Author: internet-worthy station keepsake machete no idea, I think I came along at the exact time when the new cogs weren't quite there yet and the old doods who had just coasted through the good ole days were sunning themselves, the guys headed that way looked dead though, just dead, I remember running into one as we passed each other on the escalator on a sunday morning as I was going down for coffee from already being in the office writing some bullshit and he smiled when he saw me and cheefully asked if I could come by his office, since it was a sunday I felt entitled to say "sure I'm just headed down to get some coffee, see you in 20" as he escalated past, I don't see how that man can still be alive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48987910) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:19 AM Author: Comical skinny woman One thing- it helps a lot if you're one of those people who don't need a lot of sleep and naturally have a lot of mental endurance. I used to play WoW a lot, and whenever a new expansion was released, I would always pull all-nighters and end up as one of the first on my server to reach max level. Not as any kind of a goal, just was the natural way I played.
In times when work gets especially busy, I do sometimes find myself working at home til 3 am or so, getting a few hours of sleep and then doing the same thing the next night. Doesn't really affect me as long as it's not too many weeks in a row like that. |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:19 AM Author: Brass parlor In the zone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48988165) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:19 AM Author: Brass parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053217) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:20 AM Author: adulterous new version library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053218) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:30 AM Author: ungodly big point 1. Biglaw is not a uniform experience. 2. It gets easier when you know the drill. Even fire drills and other emergencies become routine because you’ve seen literally everything. That makes it a lot less stressful. 3. When you are senior you can have other people do stuff for you. That means you are more in control of own time |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 3:03 PM Author: Saffron pisswyrm nursing home In my experience, biglaw just gets more and more stressful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989646) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:45 AM Author: Flatulent histrionic toaster i dont think they do anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48988124) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:49 AM Author: ungodly big point I graduated in 2010 and know plenty still in biglaw. Only a handful of years left. It would actually be weird if they left at this point. Why bother to make it 15 years if you aren’t going to stay 20. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48988130) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:51 PM Author: laughsome kitchen what else are they gonna do? seriouisly (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989140) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:03 PM Author: Flatulent histrionic toaster become park rangers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989387) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:03 PM Author: Frum twisted potus this is the main reason why they stay. they have no skills that are useful outside of biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48989394) |
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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: Comical skinny woman The area I practice in is so narrow that I'd be totally fucked if it suddenly went away. That's both a good and bad side of biglaw. My firm operates at such volume that they can allow my partner and me to handle this tiny area of the law and become quite expert at it. And now I can do my job largely on cruise control, secure in the knowledge that few other lawyers have expertise in this area.
But if I hadn't done a couple of federal clerkships I'd barely have any general practical legal knowledge at all. I try to stay up to speed on the federal stuff in case all this goes away. And also so I can feel like a lawyer at all instead of some narrow legal technician. |
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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:56 PM Author: Stirring sinister theater you're literally a reddit tranny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#48992315) |
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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:54 PM Author: translucent 180 personal credit line What part of "generous six figure income" do you not understand?
See people whine about BIGLAW all the time but don't think there's any other profession where a pure grinder can grind his way so quickly into a fat six fig income. |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:18 AM Author: Chestnut glittery halford theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053306) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:21 AM Author: motley crystalline chad garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053309) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:56 AM Author: Ultramarine antidepressant drug Feel the same about law in general. Hoping I can make my exit before I hit 20 years in (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053200) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:21 AM Author: Glassy high-end market wrinkle I got into Film Curation. That’s one way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053257) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:19 AM Author: Maroon Know-it-all University they have figs for a mouth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053308) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:34 PM Author: Orchid Tattoo i do not understand (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2)#49053907) |