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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Yes, it's been the model that it's been difficult/impossible to make partner.  But before, if you were smart, had great credentials, and worked hard, you would be able to find something at the end that was interesting and let you have a middle-class life.  You wouldn't have the riches of biglaw partnership - but that was OK.

Now, I see our best associates take their shot at USAOs, DOJ, ACLU, Innocence Project, etc. and miss -- and find themselves more or less adrift as they realize they can't do the work they want to do AND earn enough to live in a city like DC AND have some semblance of a family life.   Which I don't think is unreasonable to ask for people as talented as they are.  [/quote]

I don't think this is actually true, the same jobs that were available 10 years ago are still there.  If people don't want those options, and only want to work for super selective employers like the USAO or want to work for a nonprofit that pays poorly, that is a function of their choices.  There are far fewer BigLaw associates today than 5 or 10 years ago, so they are competing with a smaller pool now.  Yes,government hiring is tight, but that has been pretty much the case for lawyers since Bush took office.  [/quote]

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