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Anonymous wrote:To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts? It seems to me like there might be some overlap.

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls.

Yes, it all makes sense now.

+1 Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because <drum roll please> . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area. There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle". Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.

This, plus a lot of the trolling here uses the same tired vernacular from the old law school websites.

TTT will never get old

lol, yes. I remember being totally horrified how mean people were there when I posted my stats. Well guess what guys, I got into that Ivy and made law review despite my apparently unimpressive LSAT. so there!

Anonymous wrote:Yea autoadmit is 180 and I still read and post there every day. There are your typical loser in-house rejects like TMF but also a great personal injury lawyer who has started a law firm in LA and after just 5 years makes 5 million per year (not kidding). His name is calishitlawguru and he is 180 and has helped many other posters transition to personal injury work where a lot of money is.

Autoadmit is generally much smarter than this board due in large part to its unmoderated policy.

TITCR.

You guys were a bunch of depraved lunatics and betas but at least it was an ethos.

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Yea autoadmit is 180 and I still read and post there every day. There are your typical loser in-house rejects like TMF but also a great personal injury lawyer who has started a law firm in LA and after just 5 years makes 5 million per year (not kidding). His name is calishitlawguru and he is 180 and has helped many other posters transition to personal injury work where a lot of money is.

Autoadmit is generally much smarter than this board due in large part to its unmoderated policy.

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I was on the law school site when it was still the princeton review boards (very early 00s). I agree there was some helpful information there, but I left the day I got into law school and never looked back. Amusingly, several posters on the board at the same time as me also went to my law school and we still keep in touch (though we never talk about the boards lol).

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Anonymous wrote:To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts? It seems to me like there might be some overlap.

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls.

Yes, it all makes sense now.

+1 Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because <drum roll please> . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area. There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle". Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.

This, plus a lot of the trolling here uses the same tired vernacular from the old law school websites.

And many of us who are lawyers have put big law behind us years ago. We can't go back and get a do-over to try and make partner (and why would we?). If you're in big law as an associate, "enjoy" it while it lasts (and it won't - you're not special). If you're a big law partner, focus on your business (notice, I didn't say "job") - you don't need to come here and brag about how much you make (we already know).

Doesn’t it has to last for *some* associates, though? I mean, people are special and do make partner...

Not in today's economy it won't. The "some associates" you noted are 1-out-of-50-or-100. With those odds, it's very unwise to think you're the special one. To hearken back to my big law days, the people who made partner fell into the following categories: (i) those who have the right corporate connections (i.e. mom/dad/uncle/aunt, etc... the CEO of a major company, on lots of boards, etc...), (ii) those who had the right political connections (i.e. name the political family), (iii) the absolute best of the best lawyers (i.e. former Supreme Court clerks), (iv) the very rare associate who has the charm to bring in business, or has friends who founded profitable tech companies, and (v) those associates who are indispensable to a rainmaker. Everyone else gets scraps.

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Anonymous wrote:To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts? It seems to me like there might be some overlap.

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls.

Yes, it all makes sense now.

+1 Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because <drum roll please> . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area. There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle". Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.

What’s GA?

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Anonymous wrote:To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts? It seems to me like there might be some overlap.

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls.

Yes, it all makes sense now.

+1 Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because <drum roll please> . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area. There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle". Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.

This, plus a lot of the trolling here uses the same tired vernacular from the old law school websites.

And many of us who are lawyers have put big law behind us years ago. We can't go back and get a do-over to try and make partner (and why would we?). If you're in big law as an associate, "enjoy" it while it lasts (and it won't - you're not special). If you're a big law partner, focus on your business (notice, I didn't say "job") - you don't need to come here and brag about how much you make (we already know).

Doesn’t it has to last for *some* associates, though? I mean, people are special and do make partner...

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Anonymous wrote:To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts? It seems to me like there might be some overlap.

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls.

Yes, it all makes sense now.

+1 Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because <drum roll please> . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area. There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle". Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.

This, plus a lot of the trolling here uses the same tired vernacular from the old law school websites.

And many of us who are lawyers have put big law behind us years ago. We can't go back and get a do-over to try and make partner (and why would we?). If you're in big law as an associate, "enjoy" it while it lasts (and it won't - you're not special). If you're a big law partner, focus on your business (notice, I didn't say "job") - you don't need to come here and brag about how much you make (we already know).

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Anonymous wrote:To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts? It seems to me like there might be some overlap.

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls.

Yes, it all makes sense now.

+1 Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because <drum roll please> . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area. There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle". Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.

This, plus a lot of the trolling here uses the same tired vernacular from the old law school websites.

Never heard of it.

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Anonymous wrote:To the many lawyers on the board - did any of you read/post on Autoadmit in the early-mid aughts? It seems to me like there might be some overlap.

Yes. There are times I think half of DCUM are old AA trolls.

Yes, it all makes sense now.

+1 Many of the former GA, AA and TLS posters are here because <drum roll please> . . . they're now moms and dads still living in the DC area. There's a lot of big law discussion here because many posters haven't mentally moved on from their "glory days" - i.e. I could have been a big law equity rainmaker, but I went in house for the "lifestyle". Kinda like former high school football players saying that they could have gone pro if they hadn't blow out their knee.