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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My impression is that the legal market in DC still has a lot of lawyers looking for work. Many of them would be happy to work longer hours for a good job. I think the question is how do you compete with them. What makes you a better candidate than a recent grad willing to work unlimited hours?[/quote]

OP here. No, the question is rather "why should a law firm job necessarily mean with such long hours?" People just seem to accept this, yet in other countries being a lawyer at a law firm means regular hours (9-5 or 9-6,most of the time).[/quote]

Why don't you concern yourself with these maco questions after you've obtained a legal position -- which is a difficult thing to do.  If you went to a T14 school and did well, you're in good shape. If you went to some mediocre school around here -- think George Mason, American, Catholic, for example -- you really have your work cut out for you.  Perhaps the legal profession will change someday, but for now, partners ain't giving up what it took them so long to get.  And for every person who complains about the hours, it's next sucker up.  Law firm associates are largely fungible, but the top firms want to hire from the top schools.  You need to talk to your school's career services center and get going with any legal position you can find -- federal government ones are very hard to obtain straight out of law school, but there are county or city ones.[/quote]

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