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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Biglaw is going to collapse in a decade or so anyway. Junior associates don’t want to work. Clients are tired of the high and bringing more work in house. Most firms don’t have a plan for AI. And leadership is still chasing PPP with their heads in the sand. [/quote]

:roll:  :roll:  :roll:  ahahahahahahahahahahhaa bless your heart. [/quote]

It will reduce the number of junior associates hired…but make experienced attorneys more productive and richer.

I have never heard people despise their own employees like partners seem to despise their associates (except for a small chosen few).

It’s frankly strange.[/quote]

I've never met a partner who despises their associates. They certainly expect high quality work and responsiveness. Those aren't unreasonable expectations when the starting pay is north of $200k. A junior associate's main value is their responsiveness and attention to detail. Associates who only want to out in the bare minimum won't last long, especially if there's an economic slowdown. [/quote]

I guess you haven't met many senior partners.  They all complain that associates get paid too much...they get all the benefits paid by the firm that partners have to pay for themselves (the whole partner benefits thing is weird)...the associates are eating into their profit-per-partner, etc.

Associates are a necessary evil.  If AI can get rid of most of them...awesome.[/quote]

You can't bill out AI at $600 an hour. Firms lose money on first year associates because no client is actually paying their billable rates, but they make lots of money off of associates as a whole. Automating them away means less billable hours and less profit for partners   [/quote]

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