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[quote=Anonymous]I have generally always been an introvert - the type of a person who has a few close friends as opposed to lots of casual acquaintances.  In law school, I forced myself to socialize more, although it always was (and now, a decade and half later, still is) an effort.  I do feel like I made friends in law school (T14) and people were generally nice to each other (although from what I heard about the experience of others in other law schools, it is not always the case).  Interestingly enough, the law school classmates that I am still friends with are not the ones I would have expected to stay friends with after we graduated - but that's just life, I guess.  When I started working in biglaw, people put in such long hours that there was no choice but to become friends with people you worked with - you spent too much time together.  And all of us were too overworked to compete against each other.

I still work in biglaw.  I generally found that if you are good enough at what you do and are generally a nice person, opportunities come your way.  But yes, a frat boy who knows how to play the game will probably get better opportunities. I don't know how to change that.[/quote]

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