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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started out in a prestigious law firm straight out of law school, and I'm so glad I did, because the standards were so very high, and the partners spent a lot of time mentoring young lawyers.  It's where I learned to how to write a good brief.   I now work for the government, and I'm dismayed by the work product I get from smart lawyers who went to good law schools.  They didn't get that training, and it shows.  I'm guessing that as a "lateral," you are being compared to lawyers that were trained by the firm to meet certain standards.  If you were right out of law school, they would be willing to teach you, but, at your current level of compensation, they don't expect to have to do that.

The question is whether you understand why your work is deficient and can figure out how to conform to their standards, or whether the job truly is just a bad fit for you.  If the latter, it is probably better to acknowledge that and move on on your own terms, before they have to ask you to leave.  [/quote]

I've also seen some of these lawyers from prestigious law firms come to the government after a few years and I haven't been all that impressed with them!  OP, you have probably had the misfortune of running into one of those impossible to please higher ups and now you are in such a bad place that you are doubting yourself and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.   This doesn't just happen at big firms.  This can happen anywhere.  Can you see about working for a different group or a different partner.  It may just not be a good fit with that firm.  The takeaway is that you cannot let this experience
define you or what you are capable of accomplishing in your life.  It may just be a temporary setback.[/quote]

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