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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is 2006 all over again, I remember.  My offer from Biglaw was 125K, bumped to 135K before I started, soon after jumped to 160K.  [/quote]

Yep - and 2000-2001- always happens when there's a lawyer labor crunch  - and all those kids who get sucked in by the paycheck will be spit out in 5-8 years with mediocre experience looking for a better life.  Don't do it - suck it up - go be an AUSA or Honors lawyer - you'll be a better lawyer in the long run and have better prospects.[/quote]
Recent-ish grad here. I, and most of my classmates, would have done Honors or been AUSAs if we could. Most of those jobs are far more competitive than biglaw though.[/quote]

+1. My last year in DOJ, my component got 6000 applicants who listed us in their top two and we had four available openings. Obviously some of the resumes were poor, but there were at least hundreds, if not thousands, of applicants who were reasonably qualified to get a biglaw job.

I do agree there are some people who could get DOJ Honors jobs who choose to start in biglaw and instead of admitting its for the salary, convince themselves its about the training or other resources firms offer. I think those people are making a mistake, or at least being dishonest with themselves about their motives.[/quote]It seems pretty reasonable to choose BigLaw instead of Honors when you are in your 30s with more than 200k in student loans.  It makes sense to cash the pay check, catch up a bit financially and then transition to government.  It's harder to go the other way.[/quote]

Don't disagree with that. Just think folks should use that logic instead of convincing themselves it's for the training and formal mentoring programs, etc.[/quote]

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