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If I went to law school at 35, would I have a shot at biglaw?

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cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/21/17
Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a r...
hideous misunderstood brunch
  11/21/17
coming out of academia
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/22/17
You're fine
hideous misunderstood brunch
  11/22/17
I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,0...
Slimy old irish cottage
  11/22/17
I'd sell back my JD for 500K
Razzle-dazzle hell pervert
  11/22/17
Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two f...
Talented bawdyhouse
  11/22/17
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peach well-lubricated mood pisswyrm
  11/22/17
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translucent base masturbator
  11/22/17
lol try any other profession
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds l...
Talented bawdyhouse
  11/23/17
i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high inc...
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being per...
Talented bawdyhouse
  11/23/17
Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make...
Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib
  11/23/17
Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost ...
Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib
  11/23/17
Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random dom...
beady-eyed candlestick maker site
  11/23/17
this can't be serious
slap-happy kitchen voyeur
  11/22/17
I think he is
translucent base masturbator
  11/22/17
Do m7 instead
translucent base masturbator
  11/22/17
oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy...
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, y...
Judgmental pontificating home
  11/22/17
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cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
(peterman in 8 years)
soggy big partner
  11/23/17
This is a really depressing hypothetical
Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib
  11/23/17
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Aquamarine school
  11/23/17
38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. ...
rough-skinned soul-stirring international law enforcement agency mental disorder
  11/23/17
and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is...
Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib
  11/23/17
Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of a...
rough-skinned soul-stirring international law enforcement agency mental disorder
  11/23/17
I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted ...
Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib
  11/23/17
I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though...
rough-skinned soul-stirring international law enforcement agency mental disorder
  11/23/17
lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?
Talented bawdyhouse
  11/23/17
good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38...
Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib
  11/23/17
I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningle...
Talented bawdyhouse
  11/23/17
Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
that's less meaningless. in big law you'll probably be ...
Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib
  11/23/17
alright man you can only help people that want to help thems...
Talented bawdyhouse
  11/23/17
you fell for some meta flame
irradiated corn cake trailer park
  11/23/17
I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but t...
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year o...
Talented bawdyhouse
  11/23/17
Maybe Evan and I could start a firm
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
Sorry peterman.
geriatric bull headed athletic conference
  11/23/17
I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible
translucent base masturbator
  11/23/17
that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
Just score 180 on the LSAT
translucent base masturbator
  11/23/17
don't they waive it for old people?
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping...
irradiated corn cake trailer park
  11/23/17
Conflicted out of Audubon account
cordovan hateful electric furnace
  11/23/17
Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus...
umber stimulating rehab
  11/23/17


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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736732)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM
Author: hideous misunderstood brunch

Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a relatively steady career in something up to that point and a decent story for why you now are in law school. For example, you were in some business job moving up the ladder, interacted with the company's outside counsel every so often and found their work interesting. If your resume is all over the place it won't work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736771)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 1:56 AM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

coming out of academia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34746228)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:36 PM
Author: hideous misunderstood brunch

You're fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752711)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:39 PM
Author: Slimy old irish cottage

I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,000,000.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752728)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:10 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle hell pervert

I'd sell back my JD for 500K

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752892)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:40 PM
Author: Talented bawdyhouse

Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two fingers than be a 38 year old biglaw first year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752731)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:45 PM
Author: peach well-lubricated mood pisswyrm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752755)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: translucent base masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752906)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:22 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

lol try any other profession

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757438)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:43 PM
Author: Talented bawdyhouse

you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds like a midlife crisis. i’m 5 year’s younger than you, did two years of biglaw and never looked back. biglaw is soul crushing at any age. i can’t imagine what it’d be like as a 38 year old signature page monkey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757560)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high incomes and lack perspective about how shitty the vast majority of white collar work is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757571)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM
Author: Talented bawdyhouse

i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being perpetually water boarded dude. your logic here (lemme spend 200k + 3years to do the very worst white collar work bc i wrongly think all white collar work sucks) makes me hope, for your sake, that you won’t be smart enough to even have the option to become a biglawyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757574)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:51 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757599)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib

if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make 6 figures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757607)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757615)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:07 PM
Author: Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib

just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost of attending and the missed income for 3 years, you'd at best break even in your early 40's... and that's if you get biglaw (who knows what the economy will be like in 3 years)... if you don't get biglaw then you are in a worse position financially and have a more stressful career than snapping photos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757689)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:42 PM
Author: beady-eyed candlestick maker site

Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random domestic plumber

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758110)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:42 PM
Author: slap-happy kitchen voyeur

this can't be serious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752738)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: translucent base masturbator

I think he is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752909)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: translucent base masturbator

Do m7 instead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752913)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:20 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy academic administration position

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757424)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:20 PM
Author: Judgmental pontificating home

I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, you'll get in. If you look 43, you're fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752953)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:19 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757421)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:46 PM
Author: soggy big partner

(peterman in 8 years)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757575)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:50 PM
Author: Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib

This is a really depressing hypothetical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757597)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 8:04 PM
Author: Aquamarine school



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758471)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: rough-skinned soul-stirring international law enforcement agency mental disorder

38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. Why would you want to deal with all the bullshit associates deal with from the age of 38 until you're like 46?

That said, only do this if you can't even imagine doing anything else with your life, are incredibly passionate about, and believe you have the talent necessary to stick it out (biglaw) for the long haul.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757601)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:53 PM
Author: Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib

and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is 40

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757612)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: rough-skinned soul-stirring international law enforcement agency mental disorder

Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of all law students graduate with little/no debt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757614)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM
Author: Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib

I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted more money. if he had 200k socked away then he should just day trade with that or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757696)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM
Author: rough-skinned soul-stirring international law enforcement agency mental disorder

I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though it doesn't have to be) and don't consider it a viable career option.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757712)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Talented bawdyhouse

lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757618)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM
Author: Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib

good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38, that makes his scenario even more terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757698)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757619)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:56 PM
Author: Talented bawdyhouse

i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningless grunt work for someone 10+ years younger than him either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757628)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:58 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757642)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM
Author: Charismatic orchestra pit shitlib

that's less meaningless.

in big law you'll probably be reviewing documents for privilege issues for a 29 year old 3rd year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757699)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:10 PM
Author: Talented bawdyhouse

alright man you can only help people that want to help themselves. God bless you. i love it when hardheaded people suffer the consequences of their own hardheadedness

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757704)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM
Author: irradiated corn cake trailer park

you fell for some meta flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757713)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but thank you for counsel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757721)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:21 PM
Author: Talented bawdyhouse

whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year old or just shooting yourself in the face, “should” seems like a more important question than “could”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757750)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:59 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

Maybe Evan and I could start a firm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757645)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:00 PM
Author: geriatric bull headed athletic conference

Sorry peterman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757648)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757700)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:15 PM
Author: translucent base masturbator

Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757727)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:17 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757730)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: translucent base masturbator

Just score 180 on the LSAT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757735)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:44 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

don't they waive it for old people?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758118)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:11 PM
Author: irradiated corn cake trailer park

what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping posts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757706)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: cordovan hateful electric furnace

Conflicted out of Audubon account

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757717)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: umber stimulating rehab

Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus after 45 to do bs paperwork. Sounds 180. Much better than a welder who will already be retired and broke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757737)