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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What I don't see mentioned enough is the effect on existing biglaw lawyers if the market were suddenly flooded with experienced lawyers who think $200k is a sweet salary. Even if those ex-fed lawyers ultimately are fired in a few years (and certainly never make partner) I think there would be a big temptation for firms to unload their more expensive associates and junior partners in favor of cheaper options in the short term. Somebody with 20+ years practicing can definitely do an associate's job, even in an unfamiliar area, and a smart firm would offer a lifestyle billing requirement in exchange for "low" salaries. It could potentially remake the DC law market.[/quote]
lol anyone who actually worked in biglaw knows how dumb this sounds.  Firms aren’t to replace their associates and junior partners with feds accustomed to completely different work/life balance.  If there is a mass exodus of fed attorneys at most it will drive down salaries of biglaw staff attorneys and doc reviewers.[/quote]

You're saying firms are too hidebound to change their hiring pipeline - which is a fair point, law firms are snobby and change slowly. But if they are too previous about it, their clients will find it's pretty cheap to expand in-house operations and outsource less. [/quote]

Most of the work government attorneys do just doesn’t translate to the private sector.  Further, most companies have already figured out what work can be done more cheaply in house.  Whatever happens with DOGE just isn’t gong to remake the legal job market.  Government law jobs are a very good gig, working 10 hours more a week or having to commute doesn’t justify returning to Biglaw, which is about a hundred times harder with far less job security,[/quote]

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