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[quote=Anonymous]Never happened in my 18 years in biglaw..

Maybe thirty years ago? I assume it happened.  But not anymore.  What’s changed? Paralegals used to be omnipresent in big law. Now you might have a few paralegals assigned to litigation, but all of the other hordes of paralegals have been replaced by associates and computers. I’m a transactional attorney, and we don’t use paralegals anymore. In fact,  I needed one a couple years ago, and it was near impossible to find one in my firm - when I did, she was super old and highly incompetent, and screwed something up in a royal way. It’s the only time I have ever been yelled at by a client in my whole career!

Also, like in most professions, the split between the haves and have nots has grown in thirty years. Lawyers reside firmly in the one percent, while paralegals have two year associate degrees. There’s not a whole lot of natural interplay between those two classes anymore. Which is why ppl above re noting that lawyers date lawyers, but not paralegals.

Also, as much as tv likes to suggest otherwise, my experience with biglaw is that most layers are at least aspirationally very into their families and generally being pretty decent people. Sometimes long hours puts pressure on that. And in nyc, I notice a bit more bravado among male lawyers. But most lawyers are just former nerds who are trying to do good work and put in their hours, so they can get home to their spouse and kids.  They’re not into sexual power plays in the office or triggering sexual harassment lawsuits. I’m sure examples exist of inappropriate behaviors, but I’m not super aware. [/quote]

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