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Of course, all this assumes you really want to be a BigLaw partner.  Reading your posts, I'm not sure you really want it.  It almost seems like you're seeking it because that's what you're [i]supposed[/i] to want.  That's not criticism because it's how many people (including me perhaps) ended up in BigLaw.  But I just think you ought to consider carefully what you really want for yourself.

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I agree. OP, why do you want to be a Biglaw partner -- for the work, for the money, for the title? Be sure there's a good and genuine reason before you chase it, because it is hard to get and miserable if it doesn't turn out to give you the benefits you hoped. Even as a 5th year associate working my ass off, I could see that the senior associates and partners worked just as hard or even harder than I did, plus had the added stress of client management and firm politics. Unless you genuinely love the work or really need the money, it is not worth it.

Of course, it is possible to wind up working just as hard at DOJ, for less than half the salary. But often there are intangibles that may compensate -- as another poster stated, autonomy and control over your own docket. This was very important to me. I hated being doled out assignments at BigLaw. Even when the assignments were great, like writing a brief rather than doing the discovery, I never had any control over the case or over my schedule. It's completely different at the government, where I control pretty much everything. I could never go back. It makes it worth the 70% pay cut, at least for me. I also find the people I am working with much more pleasant, and for the most part, no less intelligent or driven.[/quote]

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