How badly do you regret having gone to law school ?

[Anonymous]

My undergrad is in English. I graduated in 1990. I saw the movie The Paper Chase. I thought law school would be tough but interesting. I taught at a Catholic school, and I temped as a secretary (we were called secretaries back then) for a few different law practices in my hometown Midwestern city. One of the lawyers trusted me to make his weekly bank deposit. His two-lawyer criminal law firm made about $20K a week. I knew criminal law was lucrative. Another law firm was more traditional and established for more than half century. I am not sure if it was big law or old money law. The office was beautiful. Ultimately I decided not to pursue law. I went to graduate school in another field. I dated one of the single never married law partners after my summer temp job was over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

I can’t even get interviews for gs7 contract specialist jobs. Let alone any federal attorney job. I spent $140k on law school loans .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My undergrad is in English. I graduated in 1990. I saw the movie The Paper Chase. I thought law school would be tough but interesting. I taught at a Catholic school, and I temped as a secretary (we were called secretaries back then) for a few different law practices in my hometown Midwestern city. One of the lawyers trusted me to make his weekly bank deposit. His two-lawyer criminal law firm made about $20K a week. I knew criminal law was lucrative. Another law firm was more traditional and established for more than half century. I am not sure if it was big law or old money law. The office was beautiful. Ultimately I decided not to pursue law. I went to graduate school in another field. I dated one of the single never married law partners after my summer temp job was over.

Cool story, but what does it have to do with this thread since you NEVER WENT TO LAW SCHOOL?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

I can’t even get interviews for gs7 contract specialist jobs. Let alone any federal attorney job. I spent $140k on law school loans .

Name the law school, and include a couple others with a similar ranking so we have an idea what quality of law school you're talking about. It would be helpful to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

What year did you graduate?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

I can’t even get interviews for gs7 contract specialist jobs. Let alone any federal attorney job. I spent $140k on law school loans .

Didn’t you get an offer at BVA but turned it down? And it’s not worse than doc review.

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Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

I can’t even get interviews for gs7 contract specialist jobs. Let alone any federal attorney job. I spent $140k on law school loans .

Didn’t you get an offer at BVA but turned it down? And it’s not worse than doc review.

unpaid OT is worse than doc review. Being fired and made unsuitable for other federal employment is worse than doc review

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

I can’t even get interviews for gs7 contract specialist jobs. Let alone any federal attorney job. I spent $140k on law school loans .

Didn’t you get an offer at BVA but turned it down? And it’s not worse than doc review.

unpaid OT is worse than doc review. Being fired and made unsuitable for other federal employment is worse than doc review

Unpaid overtime = "being a professional"

[Anonymous]

Regretted law school? Nope, actually loved it.

I did truly come to hate practicing though....coddling and mollifying clients ultimately got to me. High-end Trusts and Estates. Almost all unrealistic. A lot downright mean. And more than a few purely evil.

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Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

I can’t even get interviews for gs7 contract specialist jobs. Let alone any federal attorney job. I spent $140k on law school loans .

Didn’t you get an offer at BVA but turned it down? And it’s not worse than doc review.

unpaid OT is worse than doc review. Being fired and made unsuitable for other federal employment is worse than doc review

Unpaid overtime = "being a professional"

Yea, wow. Professionals aren't paid overtime. They're classified as "exempt employees" for overtime purposes. You're not working in the mailroom or the cafeteria. You're a professional employee. If you're being paid OT as a document reviewer, that says right there that the firm considers you to be nothing but support staff.

[Anonymous]

I suspect there may be challenges here that are not particular to the legal profession working environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t regret it at all. I think I’m a natural-born litigator. I can’t imagine ever not litigating. It’s truly my calling.

My son-in-law could have written this. He loves his job. He’s a partner too.

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Anonymous wrote:I regret it, absolutely. I took out about $200k in loans at 8% interest and graduated right into the recession. I had to work for the sheistiest personal injury firms and compete against T14 grads also doing what they could to stay out of doc review. My last day as a lawyer was spent in a screaming match with the firm owner over settling a case of a tomato can "slip and fall" for only $20k. He ended the argument by telling me the GS 9 non-attorney fed gov job I managed to land was less than one year's tuition at my crap law school. As soon as I get PSLF I will consider letting my license expire.

I can’t even get interviews for gs7 contract specialist jobs. Let alone any federal attorney job. I spent $140k on law school loans .

Didn’t you get an offer at BVA but turned it down? And it’s not worse than doc review.

unpaid OT is worse than doc review. Being fired and made unsuitable for other federal employment is worse than doc review

Unpaid overtime = "being a professional"

Yea, wow. Professionals aren't paid overtime. They're classified as "exempt employees" for overtime purposes. You're not working in the mailroom or the cafeteria. You're a professional employee. If you're being paid OT as a document reviewer, that says right there that the firm considers you to be nothing but support staff.

People like you are why the profession in so miserable

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My undergrad is in English. I graduated in 1990. I saw the movie The Paper Chase. I thought law school would be tough but interesting. I taught at a Catholic school, and I temped as a secretary (we were called secretaries back then) for a few different law practices in my hometown Midwestern city. One of the lawyers trusted me to make his weekly bank deposit. His two-lawyer criminal law firm made about $20K a week. I knew criminal law was lucrative. Another law firm was more traditional and established for more than half century. I am not sure if it was big law or old money law. The office was beautiful. Ultimately I decided not to pursue law. I went to graduate school in another field. I dated one of the single never married law partners after my summer temp job was over.

Cool story, but what does it have to do with this thread since you NEVER WENT TO LAW SCHOOL?

LOL

[Anonymous]

If you enjoy being a lawyer, I mean really enjoy it, then you probably have a personality disorder . Possibly a sociopath too