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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Retired Big Law partner here.  All I can say is that in all of my years I have never - not once - met anyone who left Big Law who regretted the decision to leave any reason other than they’re now making less money.

Current Big Law lawyers will now pipe in and say either it’s not so bad or that it’s actually great and they love it.  And that’s fine.  But, again, they haven’t actually left so they really can’t know.

In my view, the biggest problem with big law isn’t necessarily the long hours, high stress, and ridiculous expectations that often come your way. It’s that it is with you, always. Even when you’re not working, you’re feeling like you need to be or you should be.  It’s just always a huge part of your identity.  At least that was my experience.

I don’t regret having done it, but only because of the money. I sure made a lot of it and it made retiring early very easy.[/quote]

Agree - Harvard Law grad, clerk, biglaw and gladky exited for DOJ[/quote]

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