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| The key word in 14:41's long winded yet accurate post is "former". In some way or another, 14:41 opted out-maybe by setting up his or her own practice (not entirely opting out but getting closer to having more control), going to work for another firm in a lesser capacity (which will catch up with him/her in the long run), or leaving law altogether. People have priorities and make their choices based on those priorities. OP seems a little naive complaining about Big Law posts in an area so rife with attorneys and I certainly don't believe for one minute that these posts are the work of one or two people. I don't know if it was five years ago or if it is still true today, but at one point there were more students in law school than actual practicing lawyers. Big Law promises big bucks and fresh graduates are lured to firms with promises of wealth and roses. However, these people work like fucking dogs in terms of hours and availability once bitten. Some take to it like moths to a flame, some slave and complain and yet do nothing, a very select few in a very select catagory of law find out how to make it work and some opt out altogether. The ones who want to take a break in their career are threatened by the leaps and bounds by the others who choose to stay in the war. They are kind of like people who can't afford their health insurance but also can't afford to let it lapse. Very few get to strive to perserve important principles; most are embroiled in one big pocket fighting another big pocket. Half of these attorneys never see a courtroom. There are many gray areas, but it does come down to the pursuit of the all mighty dollar in one respect or another and maintaining what one considers an appropriate life style in this area. |
Anonymous
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Righton, 14:41.
Signed, Another reformed BigLawyer |
Anonymous
| Haha, my DH (BigLaw, about to leave) thinks the BigLaw moniker is hysterical. He said he wants to start a firm called BIGLAW. BigLaw sucks crap btw and I don't care if I can never shop at Whole Foods again if I can have a husband. |
Anonymous
| Why Biglaw instead of IB (investment banking)? You work your butt off in both but you can retire much earlier from IB with loads more money. Or medicine? Same deal but the pace can be more gradual. |
Anonymous
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14:41: This is why I tell all my interns at the State Department not to become lawyers or spend big bucks on law school unless you really want to become a lawyer. We have many equal stressors, but not the target on the back mentality.
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Anonymous
Why not IB or MD? Because we majored in art history. |
Anonymous
| There are problems and issues that are unique to lawyers working at a large law firms. By saying "big law" people know the work environment without having to describe it. |
Anonymous
Exactly. It's a convenient short-hand that is very descriptive to anyone in that field. |
Anonymous
Do you really think a career in medicine still promises loads of money and an early retirement? Maybe if you're a Beverly Hills dermatologist, but otherwise, I don't think so. We have a lot of doctors in our immediate family, in areas like general medicine, pulmonology, emergency medicine, etc, and they are not riding the gravy train. |
Anonymous
Wouldn't be a problem if people would start registering 
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Anonymous
Yeah, but it would kill the boards. The drama is a big draw for lots of people. And some people speak the truth when they're anonymous, while they wouldn't if their name were posted (even a screen name). I'm on another pregnancy-related board that's not anonymous, and if someone posts "how do you like this name for my baby?" and I hate it, I don't respond. Here, people will tell you the name is hideous and why they think so - which can sometimes be a good thing. |
Anonymous
Ha ha! This is so true!! Many of us were very book smart in college but naieve and not terribly clued in about the real world. I went to law school because I wanted to study law and policy. How quaint. I had no idea what it meant to practice law in the real world, and I was too naive to think about asking. So I rocked the LSAT at age 20, went to a great law school, got one of those highly coveted BigLaw jobs. Only to discover that it really sucked. I bet many followed the same path. 
Happily, I can laugh about it now. My 20 year old self was a very smart and sweet girl. But she had no clue about the real world!
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Anonymous
| Maybe they have zero common sense. Maybe they are just not the sharpest knife in the drawer. This from a lawyer who sees it all. |
Anonymous
Are you talking about the people in IB, the famous hedge fund managers, who destroyed retirement portfolios for most Americans while walking away with millions? I don't know, I guess some people actually want to get up in the morning and look in the mirror. |
Anonymous
And the Big Law who represent them. |