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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a relatively young partner (non-equity) and in my experience the horrors of biglaw are nowhere near as bad as they’re made out to be in this thread. Part of it is practice area—I have a niche regulatory focus so the hours are more manageable. But even for general litigators and transactional lawyers, there may be times when you’re super busy but NO ONE consistently works 80 hours per week. Hell almost no one consistently works 60. Associates may have months here and there when they’re at that pace, but it’s temporary. Unless you work at Kirkland or some other sweatshop.

My average day is 10-7. I typically work 0-4 hours over the weekend, on my own schedule.  I have partners who leave at 5 to eat dinner with their kids every day; I have one partner who coaches sports and frequently ducks out to do weeknight practices at 4 or 5.  People do work hard, but let’s not go overboard. Also once you are more senior you get to work hard but You largely get to structure your own schedule and are accountable solely to your clients. No admin crap. That’s very freeing. [/quote]

When I was in biglaw, my problem wasn’t as much the quantity of hours but the type of work and the personalities I worked with. It was a second career, and I had never thought that so many neurotic, anxious, and downright unsocialized people could work for the same employer. [/quote]

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