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So, got an offer for BIGLAW Staff Attorney

But they are saying I'd be exempt, so wouldn't get OT pay. ...
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
are you the poster who waited five months to here back after...
coiffed vivacious principal's office
  01/10/11
No
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
I normally don't do this, but here is not the same as hear.
Spruce Spot Blood Rage
  01/10/11
what kinda hourly u looking at
Arrogant Associate Library
  01/10/11
Staff attorneys are salaried at every firm I've every know t...
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
define your future role
Greedy comical address stain
  01/10/11
Basically a dedicated diligence/ doc review attorney
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
these pay like 90k-ish?
Greedy comical address stain
  01/10/11
lol
Arrogant Associate Library
  01/10/11
i'm a "star" midlevel who made close to 250k last ...
Pea-brained Drunken Juggernaut Stage
  01/10/11
Expect biglaw partners to treat you with less respect than t...
Wild temple becky
  01/10/11
I'm not trying to be a dick, but why would a "star"...
Bateful trailer park
  01/19/11
You are right at the range, yes.
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
That's like $40/hr. Does doc review really pay that well?
Arrogant Associate Library
  01/10/11
Hey MFE, I thought you were supposed to know all this shit.
Spruce Spot Blood Rage
  01/10/11
The glut of lawyers has surely pushed that figure down to $1...
Arrogant Associate Library
  01/10/11
MFE
Useless Azn
  01/10/11
yes this is true, staff attorneys can earn up to $100k to st...
Blathering talented senate twinkling uncleanness
  01/10/11
shut the fuck up dickfaggot.
Thirsty filthy double fault
  01/10/11
this thread is depressing
histrionic lodge stock car
  01/10/11
Why? Staff attorney isn't a bad gig and I am an Associate a...
Spruce Spot Blood Rage
  01/10/11
it's not a career, brother. it's just a glorified temp job.
histrionic lodge stock car
  01/10/11
Depends on the firm. We have a couple of staff attorneys th...
Spruce Spot Blood Rage
  01/10/11
sounds horrible.
histrionic lodge stock car
  01/10/11
And yet your firm continues to hire lit associates. Why?
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
Who says we are hiring?
Spruce Spot Blood Rage
  01/10/11
Everyone.
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
Very weird trolling.
Spruce Spot Blood Rage
  01/10/11
I don't see how it is trolling. I mean you work for a perfe...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
LOL
Arrogant Associate Library
  01/10/11
it can be. my midlaw firm has staff attorneys that do a lot ...
Dead High-end Menage Roast Beef
  01/13/11
im sure it would get boring, but i often think id rather do ...
Buck-toothed tan cuckold lay
  01/10/11
Do you ADD fuckers actually read the OP instead of just comm...
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
Yes?
histrionic lodge stock car
  01/10/11
I thought the perks entailed 2 bathroom breaks a day and a p...
Buck-toothed tan cuckold lay
  01/10/11
Those are contract attorneys.
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
Staff attorneys are not hourly so they are professionals and...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
The payment arrangement is only part of the test. Some sala...
Fantasy-prone bespoke national
  01/14/11
no staff attorney that I know makes overtime. But they have...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
They never learn to litigate so its a career killer. WTF goo...
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
100k for mindless work and reasonable hours is a lot of xoxo...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
It doesnt last forever and when you finally get fired you ar...
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
There are a lot of people spreading outright lies on this in...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
except for everything.
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
SUP SHITLAW STEVE TROLLING FOR SHITLAW?
Useless Azn
  01/10/11
PSA - not all lawyers are litigators. And - that's simply...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
MOST lawyers are litigators and if you never go to court or ...
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
Again - in most firms that I'm familiar with there are AT LE...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
lmao. You = delusional.
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
You = liar I possess facts.
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
I've been litigating for 7 years and have never defended a d...
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
Many firms call their staff attorneys "associates"...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
I can think of one firm (i think) that does this and it is t...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
I was being responsive to steve's comment and the response i...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
"MOST lawyers are litigators and if you never go to cou...
Sickened yarmulke
  01/10/11
"if you never go to court or handle depositions you are...
Fantasy-prone bespoke national
  01/14/11
lol
Cracking crotch
  01/10/11
This has to be a myth, ala MIDLAW. Seems like a great opp...
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
It's not a myth- I have two good friends who are staff attor...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
Awesome.
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
The real problem is that staff attorneys are not people to m...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
Yea, I have no doubt I'd be the first to be cut if economy g...
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
wait, then what the fuck is the point of getting a law degre...
Blathering talented senate twinkling uncleanness
  01/10/11
bingo.
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
Again - untrue. many firms converted a LOT of associates to...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
This is complete BS. Plenty of firms got rid of 100% of thei...
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
I could name at least 5 v100 firms that demoted associates t...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
Please do.
Disrespectful state milk
  01/10/11
McDermott Will & Emery converted a bunch of first year a...
Confused half-breed
  01/13/11
Just because your firm demoted associates to "legal ass...
arousing clear step-uncle's house boltzmann
  01/10/11
You know - you guys want to believe whatever you want instea...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
FBD this is true. I agree some limited number of firms conv...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
I'm not saying that some staff attorneys weren't laid off - ...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
We are talking relative terms. On a percentage basis you we...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
No way.
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
Yes way. It was a slaughter at a lot of firms. Firms basic...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
large swaths of associates weren't laid off? Where have you...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
No firm fired more than 10-20 percent of it's associates and...
chestnut locus
  01/10/11
Most firms reported 10-20% but counting all the stealths, pu...
diverse doctorate area
  01/13/11
except Latham which fired and laid off 40%.
Gaped Appetizing Turdskin
  01/19/11
For the record, Latham had already done all that in 2007. M...
diverse doctorate area
  01/13/11
Neither are associates. They probably kept the junior associ...
Wild temple becky
  01/10/11
congrats dood. hoap its a chill lifetyle!
Self-absorbed center
  01/10/11
And yes, I am worried about exit options and the like, but I...
narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces
  01/10/11
what's the hesitation if you've been out of work for a year?...
laughsome faggot firefighter
  01/10/11
ya broski, jump on this shit
Greedy comical address stain
  01/10/11
If you have been trying and failing to get work as an associ...
maroon abnormal round eye travel guidebook
  01/10/11
How did you get this?
Sickened yarmulke
  01/10/11
tcq
beta lascivious alpha reading party
  01/13/11
i know staff attorneys who are wokred has hard as regular as...
sepia selfie
  01/10/11
Our staff attorneys are salaried and they certainly don't wo...
maroon abnormal round eye travel guidebook
  01/10/11
do biglaw staff attorneys all have biglaw associate type cre...
fiercely-loyal bonkers crackhouse headpube
  01/10/11
GW top 30% so they have biglaw credentials circa 2007
Useless Azn
  01/10/11
You are going to be paid 1/2 to do as much work as an associ...
Aqua Church
  01/11/11
I would guess it depends on the firm
Obsidian casino
  01/11/11
I am sure it's universal. What incentive to they have NOT...
Aqua Church
  01/11/11
seems like a bad long-term move. you get shitty experience. ...
startling charcoal base therapy
  01/12/11
how did you get this job, brother?
beta lascivious alpha reading party
  01/13/11
...
beta lascivious alpha reading party
  01/13/11
Lol, desperate faggot
Aqua Church
  01/14/11
uh, how is looking into staff attorney positions any more de...
beta lascivious alpha reading party
  01/17/11
The job itself is not desperate, it's actually a good job im...
Aqua Church
  01/18/11
and desperation is rare ITE, or something? i'm interested in...
beta lascivious alpha reading party
  01/19/11
Fair to say that there are plenty of desperate people ITE wh...
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
stfu
Sickened yarmulke
  01/17/11
id do anything for this type of job but they would never con...
fiercely-loyal bonkers crackhouse headpube
  01/17/11
why not?
beta lascivious alpha reading party
  01/17/11
TT median
fiercely-loyal bonkers crackhouse headpube
  01/17/11
that was basically a lock for staff atty type jobs in 2006 2...
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11
2006-2007 was another world, brother.
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
i hear even a few 5'2 aspies from shitstain T14's got biglaw...
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11
Right around median, not 5'2" but yes, and I'll even ra...
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
*below median there, fixed that for you.
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11
Oh, you're one of those faggots that has nothing to do but a...
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
post your grades course by course.
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11
Why don't I just post my 1L GPA? 3.3.
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
3.3 is below median at NU. like texas, NU has a relatively i...
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11
It is 3.3 (3.2-3.4 - it isn't a set number but there are ran...
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
incoherent. NU has a 3.4 median. you were below median by a ...
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11
LOL, you don't even know how NU's curve works. http://media...
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
lol @ not even being able to click "view image." y...
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11
Man, the saddest thing about the internet is that I won't ge...
Sickened yarmulke
  01/19/11
I'd kill for this job
Misanthropic lavender legal warrant
  01/19/11
what are you doing when your clerkship is up? MDH can't get ...
multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button
  01/19/11


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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:29 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

But they are saying I'd be exempt, so wouldn't get OT pay.

Is this normal? I thought staff attorneys usually were non-exempt and entitled to OT?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17021907)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:31 PM
Author: coiffed vivacious principal's office

are you the poster who waited five months to here back after interview

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17021938)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:33 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17021959)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:49 PM
Author: Spruce Spot Blood Rage

I normally don't do this, but here is not the same as hear.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022147)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:34 PM
Author: Arrogant Associate Library

what kinda hourly u looking at

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17021982)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:23 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

Staff attorneys are salaried at every firm I've every know to have them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022396)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:34 PM
Author: Greedy comical address stain

define your future role

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17021988)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:35 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

Basically a dedicated diligence/ doc review attorney

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17021997)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:40 PM
Author: Greedy comical address stain

these pay like 90k-ish?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022053)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:42 PM
Author: Arrogant Associate Library

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022069)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:43 PM
Author: Pea-brained Drunken Juggernaut Stage

i'm a "star" midlevel who made close to 250k last year with bonus and i would kill for that job if it had any security.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022078)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:24 PM
Author: Wild temple becky

Expect biglaw partners to treat you with less respect than they would a Thai whore. At least they might have a future use for the whore.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023786)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:40 PM
Author: Bateful trailer park

I'm not trying to be a dick, but why would a "star" anything be so desperate for a job?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092309)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:48 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

You are right at the range, yes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022137)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:50 PM
Author: Arrogant Associate Library

That's like $40/hr. Does doc review really pay that well?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022153)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:51 PM
Author: Spruce Spot Blood Rage

Hey MFE, I thought you were supposed to know all this shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022158)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:53 PM
Author: Arrogant Associate Library

The glut of lawyers has surely pushed that figure down to $12-18/hr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022169)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:22 PM
Author: Useless Azn

MFE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023755)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 9:57 PM
Author: Blathering talented senate twinkling uncleanness

yes this is true, staff attorneys can earn up to $100k to start, don't know if that figure goes up after years put in, also don't know what the hours required are

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023546)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 11:28 PM
Author: Thirsty filthy double fault

shut the fuck up dickfaggot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17024353)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:41 PM
Author: histrionic lodge stock car

this thread is depressing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022055)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:50 PM
Author: Spruce Spot Blood Rage

Why? Staff attorney isn't a bad gig and I am an Associate at a V50.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022151)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:52 PM
Author: histrionic lodge stock car

it's not a career, brother. it's just a glorified temp job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022164)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:53 PM
Author: Spruce Spot Blood Rage

Depends on the firm. We have a couple of staff attorneys that were senior assocaites that had kids and then came back as staff attorneys. They are well liked/respected and work the hours they want.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022172)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:54 PM
Author: histrionic lodge stock car

sounds horrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022179)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:55 PM
Author: chestnut locus

And yet your firm continues to hire lit associates. Why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022182)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:56 PM
Author: Spruce Spot Blood Rage

Who says we are hiring?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022191)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:11 PM
Author: chestnut locus

Everyone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022298)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:12 PM
Author: Spruce Spot Blood Rage

Very weird trolling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022308)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:19 PM
Author: chestnut locus

I don't see how it is trolling. I mean you work for a perfectly respectable firm which has weathered the storm as well as any other.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022363)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:55 PM
Author: Arrogant Associate Library

LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022183)



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Date: January 13th, 2011 3:09 AM
Author: Dead High-end Menage Roast Beef

it can be. my midlaw firm has staff attorneys that do a lot more than doc review. they are basically just people who work less hours and get paid less, but do similar shit as associates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17042921)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 7:52 PM
Author: Buck-toothed tan cuckold lay

im sure it would get boring, but i often think id rather do that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022163)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:17 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

Do you ADD fuckers actually read the OP instead of just commenting on the fucking threat title? Anyone have any answers for my question?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022355)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:21 PM
Author: histrionic lodge stock car

Yes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022379)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:23 PM
Author: Buck-toothed tan cuckold lay

I thought the perks entailed 2 bathroom breaks a day and a peak out a window once a week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022394)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:24 PM
Author: chestnut locus

Those are contract attorneys.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022406)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:22 PM
Author: chestnut locus

Staff attorneys are not hourly so they are professionals and exempt at every firm I know that has them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022388)



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Date: January 14th, 2011 12:03 AM
Author: Fantasy-prone bespoke national

The payment arrangement is only part of the test. Some salaried employees (salaried non-exempt) get overtime.

Lawyers are salaried professionals who are exempt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17050426)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:23 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

no staff attorney that I know makes overtime. But they have very reasonable billable requirements and opportunity to earn a bonus above the billables. So it's not a bad deal all-in-all if you want a balanced life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022400)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:25 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

They never learn to litigate so its a career killer. WTF good is a balanced life if you are permanently useless?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022419)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:26 PM
Author: chestnut locus

100k for mindless work and reasonable hours is a lot of xoxo dream.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022436)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:28 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

It doesnt last forever and when you finally get fired you are unemployable. Its only any okay option for moms who really dont give a shit about their careers. When I see males taking these jobs I cringe. These kids really would be better off in shitlaw, taking home 60k, but learning how to do actual litigation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022468)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:29 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

There are a lot of people spreading outright lies on this interwebs - please don't contribute. Nothing in your post is true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022482)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:31 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

except for everything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022493)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:24 PM
Author: Useless Azn

SUP SHITLAW STEVE TROLLING FOR SHITLAW?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023787)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:27 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

PSA - not all lawyers are litigators.

And - that's simply not true that staff attorneys can't litigate or participate at any level of legal work. They will be used to the extent of their abilities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022459)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:29 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

MOST lawyers are litigators and if you never go to court or handle depositions you are not learning litigation skills. You = useless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022481)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:32 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

Again - in most firms that I'm familiar with there are AT LEAST as many transactional attorneys as litigators - most have many more transactional attorneys than litigators.

And staff attorneys are given assignments they are capable of handling including depositions and going to court.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022501)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:33 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

lmao. You = delusional.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022510)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:34 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

You = liar

I possess facts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022528)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:38 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

I've been litigating for 7 years and have never defended a depo against a staff attorney. Aside from them showing up for retarded scheduling conferences I've never even seen a staff attorney in court. You are full of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022576)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:39 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

Many firms call their staff attorneys "associates" and to the outside world they are associates and "staff attorney" is an internal record keeping matter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022598)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:41 PM
Author: chestnut locus

I can think of one firm (i think) that does this and it is totally non-responsive to my comment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022618)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:44 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

I was being responsive to steve's comment and the response is you would never necessarily know whether the attorney working opposite of you is an "associate" or a "staff attorney" based on the title on their business card, the cut of their suit, the type of briefcase that they care or the make of their tie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022660)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 11:27 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

"MOST lawyers are litigators and if you never go to court or handle depositions you are not learning litigation skills. You = useless."

This reads like an LSAT question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17024334)



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Date: January 14th, 2011 12:05 AM
Author: Fantasy-prone bespoke national

"if you never go to court or handle depositions you are not learning litigation skills."

Court appearances and depositions are a pretty small portion of litigation. Motion practice massively swamps both. Of course, I'm talking about nonshitlaw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17050450)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:30 PM
Author: Cracking crotch

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022484)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:27 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

This has to be a myth, ala MIDLAW.

Seems like a great opportunity for a firm to hire a desperate attorney, pay them 1/2 a 1st year associate, and have them work 80 hours a week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022453)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:29 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

It's not a myth- I have two good friends who are staff attorneys. One comes in every day at 8 and leaves at 5 - the other keeps more flexible hours, but bills 35 or so a week.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022469)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:29 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

Awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022479)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:30 PM
Author: chestnut locus

The real problem is that staff attorneys are not people to most firms so they are the first to be cut. During ITE many firms fired all their staff attorneys or a much higher percentage than associates.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022483)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:31 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

Yea, I have no doubt I'd be the first to be cut if economy goes sour.

But I'm hoping I can at least stick it out 2-3 years and pay down some loans and just get the hell out of law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022494)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:17 PM
Author: Blathering talented senate twinkling uncleanness

wait, then what the fuck is the point of getting a law degree?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023687)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:31 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

bingo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022495)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:33 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

Again - untrue. many firms converted a LOT of associates to staff attorneys and kept their staff attorneys because they could bill them at a lower rate when clients were screaming about bills. Staff attorneys are probably more recession proof.

Also, there is not up or out for staff attorneys. If you continue to be profitable to the firm they'll keep you around forever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022521)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:35 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

This is complete BS. Plenty of firms got rid of 100% of their staff attorneys. Practically ZERO firms went around demoting associates to staff attorneys.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022545)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:36 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

I could name at least 5 v100 firms that demoted associates to staff attorneys.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022560)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:38 PM
Author: Disrespectful state milk

Please do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022579)



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Date: January 13th, 2011 9:36 PM
Author: Confused half-breed

McDermott Will & Emery converted a bunch of first year associate offers to staff attorney offers back in '09.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17049056)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:42 PM
Author: arousing clear step-uncle's house boltzmann

Just because your firm demoted associates to "legal assistants" doesn't mean it's an industry-wide practice. Firms that don't advertise on the condom dispensers at truck stops have staff attorneys.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022638)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:46 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

You know - you guys want to believe whatever you want instead of listening to someone who knows better. That's fine. I'm done fighting you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022678)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:36 PM
Author: chestnut locus

FBD this is true. I agree some limited number of firms converted associates to staff attorney, but most fired many staff attorneys. Read the ATL articles from that time period.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022556)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:37 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

I'm not saying that some staff attorneys weren't laid off - but the idea that somehow you were safe as an associate and definitely fired as a staff attorney is laughably untrue.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022572)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:39 PM
Author: chestnut locus

We are talking relative terms. On a percentage basis you were much better off as an associate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022591)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:40 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

No way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022606)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:43 PM
Author: chestnut locus

Yes way. It was a slaughter at a lot of firms. Firms basically put underused juniors on doc review/dd and fired staff attorneys and cut their use of contract attorneys to avoid firing a large swath of associates. Except Latham of course.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022645)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:45 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

large swaths of associates weren't laid off? Where have you been?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022666)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:48 PM
Author: chestnut locus

No firm fired more than 10-20 percent of it's associates and a lot of good firms at most ramped up forcing people out and did not can a lot of people. A number of firms fired 100 percent of staff attorneys. How do you like dem apples.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022699)



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Date: January 13th, 2011 1:53 AM
Author: diverse doctorate area

Most firms reported 10-20% but counting all the stealths, push outs, long runways for departures for seniors, etc. it was probably upwards of 20% for the v100 on average. Firms like Latham cut a third of their associates if you total up everyone starting the clock at Bear Stearns and run it through the end of 2009. But you're right in this argument that it was still worse to be a staff attorney.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17042680)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:34 PM
Author: Gaped Appetizing Turdskin

except Latham which fired and laid off 40%.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092252)



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Date: January 13th, 2011 1:50 AM
Author: diverse doctorate area

For the record, Latham had already done all that in 2007. Most of the 2007 first year class was essentially a huge doc review team for the entire year leading up to Lehman. It was absurd.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17042674)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:27 PM
Author: Wild temple becky

Neither are associates. They probably kept the junior associates to do the work of more senior associates they fired/forced out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023816)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:29 PM
Author: Self-absorbed center

congrats dood. hoap its a chill lifetyle!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022475)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:30 PM
Author: narrow-minded big-titted tanning salon feces

And yes, I am worried about exit options and the like, but I've been out of work for over a year and this is the first thing I"ve landed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022485)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:35 PM
Author: laughsome faggot firefighter

what's the hesitation if you've been out of work for a year?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022541)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:17 PM
Author: Greedy comical address stain

ya broski, jump on this shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023691)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:19 PM
Author: maroon abnormal round eye travel guidebook

If you have been trying and failing to get work as an associate for a year I really don't think you can afford to be picky.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023725)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 11:27 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

How did you get this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17024343)



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Date: January 13th, 2011 12:20 AM
Author: beta lascivious alpha reading party

tcq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17042194)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 8:45 PM
Author: sepia selfie

i know staff attorneys who are wokred has hard as regular associates. they just make them do the mind numbing work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17022668)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:19 PM
Author: maroon abnormal round eye travel guidebook

Our staff attorneys are salaried and they certainly don't work as hard as regular associates. They do however get all the shit jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023714)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:21 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal bonkers crackhouse headpube

do biglaw staff attorneys all have biglaw associate type credentials

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023740)



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Date: January 10th, 2011 10:27 PM
Author: Useless Azn

GW top 30% so they have biglaw credentials circa 2007

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17023820)



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Date: January 11th, 2011 7:38 PM
Author: Aqua Church

You are going to be paid 1/2 to do as much work as an associate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17030988)



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Date: January 11th, 2011 7:39 PM
Author: Obsidian casino

I would guess it depends on the firm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17031001)



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Date: January 11th, 2011 7:41 PM
Author: Aqua Church

I am sure it's universal.

What incentive to they have NOT to work you like a damn dog? At least in boom times for associates if they work you TOO hard they will lateral.

Staff attorneys don't have that option.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17031013)



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Date: January 12th, 2011 10:39 PM
Author: startling charcoal base therapy

seems like a bad long-term move. you get shitty experience. what do you bring to an employer later when you get laid off?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17041216)



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Date: January 13th, 2011 4:08 PM
Author: beta lascivious alpha reading party

how did you get this job, brother?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17046322)



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Date: January 13th, 2011 11:58 PM
Author: beta lascivious alpha reading party



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17050365)



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Date: January 14th, 2011 2:04 PM
Author: Aqua Church

Lol, desperate faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17053687)



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Date: January 17th, 2011 11:41 PM
Author: beta lascivious alpha reading party

uh, how is looking into staff attorney positions any more desperate than you taking a non-legal job with a nonprofit? like you, i'm just doing what i can to get by.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17079665)



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Date: January 18th, 2011 10:06 AM
Author: Aqua Church

The job itself is not desperate, it's actually a good job imo.

You continuing to bump this thread reeks of desperation though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17082271)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:25 PM
Author: beta lascivious alpha reading party

and desperation is rare ITE, or something? i'm interested in how this particular dood got this particular job because his school/grades seem to be similar to my own. i also thought some others might be able to weigh in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092180)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:29 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

Fair to say that there are plenty of desperate people ITE who would be biglaw pre-ITE.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092217)



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Date: January 17th, 2011 11:44 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

stfu

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17079697)



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Date: January 17th, 2011 11:43 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal bonkers crackhouse headpube

id do anything for this type of job but they would never consider me for it :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17079692)



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Date: January 17th, 2011 11:44 PM
Author: beta lascivious alpha reading party

why not?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17079696)



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Date: January 17th, 2011 11:44 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal bonkers crackhouse headpube

TT median

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17079710)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:27 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

that was basically a lock for staff atty type jobs in 2006 2007.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092200)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:34 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

2006-2007 was another world, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092254)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:35 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

i hear even a few 5'2 aspies from shitstain T14's got biglaw in spite of having for shit below median grades.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092258)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:37 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

Right around median, not 5'2" but yes, and I'll even raise you one "terrible personality".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092283)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:38 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

*below median

there, fixed that for you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092292)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:41 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

Oh, you're one of those faggots that has nothing to do but argue about my 1L grades back in the middle part of the last decade. And no, it was median.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092328)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:42 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

post your grades course by course.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092332)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:44 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

Why don't I just post my 1L GPA? 3.3.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092359)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:45 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

3.3 is below median at NU. like texas, NU has a relatively inflated median of around 3.4 or above.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092369)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:49 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

It is 3.3 (3.2-3.4 - it isn't a set number but there are ranges for grades).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092404)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:51 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

incoherent. NU has a 3.4 median. you were below median by a full tenth.

http://i.imgur.com/9a0T1.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092421)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:52 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

LOL, you don't even know how NU's curve works. http://media.photobucket.com/image/oh%20u%20mad/rastabori/Stlying.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092432)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:53 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

lol @ not even being able to click "view image." you got biglaw with below median, so good job. you will never get back 2 biglaw, so killself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092447)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:58 PM
Author: Sickened yarmulke

Man, the saddest thing about the internet is that I won't get to actually see your face when I get back in the game. But don't worry, I know you'll be mad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092483)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:29 PM
Author: Misanthropic lavender legal warrant

I'd kill for this job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092211)



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Date: January 19th, 2011 2:29 PM
Author: multi-colored jade haunted graveyard factory reset button

what are you doing when your clerkship is up? MDH can't get you a staff atty job at his biglaw firm?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1532079&forum_id=2#17092219)