The Sidley Summer Associate biter story is nuts....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate big law with a burning passion. She probably did something strange but the way they are gleefully destroying her (when I’m positive many summer associates and firm lawyers are fired for sexual assault and harassment with no fanfare) is just disgusting.

I was a summer associate the summer of “Aquagirl” and the way the other summers and blogs were going on and on about her was just so gross. It really turned me off BigLaw (not that I needed any additional impetus really).

Couldn't hack big law, eh? Did they chew you right up and spit you out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate big law with a burning passion. She probably did something strange but the way they are gleefully destroying her (when I’m positive many summer associates and firm lawyers are fired for sexual assault and harassment with no fanfare) is just disgusting.

I was a summer associate the summer of “Aquagirl” and the way the other summers and blogs were going on and on about her was just so gross. It really turned me off BigLaw (not that I needed any additional impetus really).

+1. In most fields, the intern would get fired, but their coworkers wouldn't feel the need to spread this all over the internet to affect them for their whole career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Biting people is not “a serious error in judgment”. It’s assault and battery.

Tell us you’re not a lawyer without telling us you’re not a lawyer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Biting people is not “a serious error in judgment”. It’s assault and battery.

Tell us you’re not a lawyer without telling us you’re not a lawyer.

I see that you’re not. Thanks for telling us. 😁

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably age 24-25. Hate to break it to you but the maturity level of young people today is far lower than the 60s, 70s, 80s. The advent of social media has people living into childhood & coddling far longer than they should. Kids don't even play outside anymore.... they are shuttled to pre constructed activities. This hinders social skills.

BigLaw needs to screen for maturity and psychology now.

100% correct.

This is then an even greater lessen to this generation. If their parents can’t impart appropriate behavior as their child ages, then society will deliver swift consequences.

[Anonymous]

But is she hot? I can fix her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably age 24-25. Hate to break it to you but the maturity level of young people today is far lower than the 60s, 70s, 80s. The advent of social media has people living into childhood & coddling far longer than they should. Kids don't even play outside anymore.... they are shuttled to pre constructed activities. This hinders social skills.

BigLaw needs to screen for maturity and psychology now.

95% of summer associates are that age so that’s not a big reach.

[Anonymous]

This is why law school admissions committees care so much about work experience now. I bet this is someone straight from undergrad or has barely any other work experience at a real job before this.

Unfortunately so many students this age were emotionally stunted during the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why law school admissions committees care so much about work experience now. I bet this is someone straight from undergrad or has barely any other work experience at a real job before this.

Unfortunately so many students this age were emotionally stunted during the pandemic.

+1 and there is a lot of biting going on in offices. Apparently it's one of the things holding back the RTO movement as execs seek to assess the benefits of RTO vs. the challenges (legal, medical, morale) that biting adds to the mix.

[Anonymous]

I was a summer associate at Sidley in NY in 2006 and they fired a summer for stealing her secretary's purse. It was insane - they had her on camera even though she denied it and when they took it out of her desk she didn't have any real explanation for why she did it. Must have been a kleptomaniac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate big law with a burning passion. She probably did something strange but the way they are gleefully destroying her (when I’m positive many summer associates and firm lawyers are fired for sexual assault and harassment with no fanfare) is just disgusting.

I was a summer associate the summer of “Aquagirl” and the way the other summers and blogs were going on and on about her was just so gross. It really turned me off BigLaw (not that I needed any additional impetus really).

Couldn't hack big law, eh? Did they chew you right up and spit you out?

Oh I could hack it - and the firm called me for years after my summer asking me to join. Nope, I had better options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Biting people is not “a serious error in judgment”. It’s assault and battery.

Tell us you’re not a lawyer without telling us you’re not a lawyer.

I see that you’re not. Thanks for telling us. 😁

I am, which is how I know the difference between “assault” and “battery.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a summer associate at Sidley in NY in 2006 and they fired a summer for stealing her secretary's purse. It was insane - they had her on camera even though she denied it and when they took it out of her desk she didn't have any real explanation for why she did it. Must have been a kleptomaniac.

Right. And was this girl splashed all over the pages of ABL and XOXOhth? Nope, only the ones who do silly things get ostracized and humiliated. The criminals and sociopaths get a big pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was a summer associate at Sidley in NY in 2006 and they fired a summer for stealing her secretary's purse. It was insane - they had her on camera even though she denied it and when they took it out of her desk she didn't have any real explanation for why she did it. Must have been a kleptomaniac.

Right. And was this girl splashed all over the pages of ABL and XOXOhth? Nope, only the ones who do silly things get ostracized and humiliated. The criminals and sociopaths get a big pass.

No it was pretty hush hush. But it was also the summer of Aquagirl so she couldn't really compete.

[Anonymous]

The story lacks details. Did she bite other summer associates? Did she mean to do it as a joke?