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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Yes, it's been the model that it's been difficult/impossible to make partner.  [b]But before, if you were smart, had great credentials, and worked hard, you would be able to find something at the end that was interesting and let you have a middle-class life.  You wouldn't have the riches of biglaw partnership - but that was OK.  [/b]

Now, I see our best associates take their shot at USAOs, DOJ, ACLU, Innocence Project, etc. and miss -- and find themselves more or less adrift as they realize they can't do the work they want to do AND earn enough to live in a city like DC AND have some semblance of a family life.   Which I don't think is unreasonable to ask for people as talented as they are.  [/quote]

I tend to agree. When I was an associate 20 years ago this was the norm. I realized by my fourth year at a big law firm that I wasn't going to be happy there longer term. I bailed and found a job in-house with a large company and had a very nice life. I didn't make boatloads but the rewards were there. I had choices. I had work life balance and a decent compensation and benefits package. Many of my friends at my level stayed with the firm and the majority of them either made partner or non-equity/counsel status. The paid their dues but they have pretty decent lives now. I'm not sure the younger associates now feel like there's a reason to sacrifice for their firm. It is the rare ones in the bunch who will be rewarded for this at review time.[/quote]

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