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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Yes, it's been the model that it's been difficult/impossible to make partner.  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.

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]

[b]What? They don't consider other government legal work or in house?[/b][/quote]

That surprises me too (speaking as a millenial who left Biglaw after 4 years for a position with a non-prestigious government agency). But then again, it doesn't really surprise me that much, because a lot of people can't see past the prestige factor. If they can't do something fantastic like USAO or DOJ or ACLU, they don't want to accept anything less. They deserve better, dammit. Or they are not willing to try something new. I left a general trial litigation practice in Biglaw to go to a specialized government appellate practice. I knew little about the practice area and so took a drastic pay cut because the government wouldn't credit all of my experience. It was worth it, but a lot of people can't envision going to a place their colleagues have never heard of, especially if they're going to take a 50% or more pay cut.[/quote]

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