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how do people do BIGLAW for 20+ years?

it seems insane
Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio
  06/04/25
Many human beings are possessed by an indomitable will to li...
Overrated carnelian site
  06/04/25
none of those aforementioned things sounds as bad as 20 year...
Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio
  06/04/25
The same way that there are weirdos with blown out pain rece...
Overrated carnelian site
  06/04/25
wow. I've never seen someone so poetically describe biglaw....
Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio
  06/04/25
I’m awful, but the alternatives to poasting for ventin...
Overrated carnelian site
  06/04/25
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buff clown
  06/05/25
Sup
Vigorous field
  06/05/25
irrational levels of scrutiny damn that one hit home
Nudist locus
  06/05/25
And I still somehow over looked the billing pressure.
Overrated carnelian site
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Curious haunted graveyard yarmulke
  06/26/25
It’s just self selection. It isn’t that complica...
Fishy Fiercely-loyal Factory Reset Button Church Building
  06/04/25
Also all the people who bitch about biglaw are the ones who ...
Fishy Fiercely-loyal Factory Reset Button Church Building
  06/04/25
very few people in BIGLAW make $10m a year, even most equity...
Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio
  06/04/25
OK
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  06/04/25
This is what you tell yourself champ. You are right if ...
boyish claret chad
  06/06/25
No, I mean they (you) didn't have what it takes. Hope that ...
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  06/06/25
hey off topic but can you recommend any good blepharoplasty ...
racy forum
  06/06/25
this isn't an explanation
Glittery Legend Shrine
  06/27/25
I witness a lot of people leave and flounder. They all seem...
wine doctorate
  06/04/25
I'm just a few years from 20. I think I'm going to maek it.
beady-eyed bronze jew
  06/04/25
how big baller are you (aka, net worth)
Diverse embarrassed to the bone nursing home
  06/05/25
I'm actually very poor
beady-eyed bronze jew
  06/05/25
180
ruddy senate
  06/05/25
Forsake everything for the love of the law
Infuriating Peach Spot Pocket Flask
  06/04/25
I have been in biglaw for less than 6 years, but I can see l...
Dashing pea-brained hissy fit
  06/04/25
that only works if you are recycling old work then billing 3...
Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio
  06/04/25
you are such a dumb nigger you are the most retarded blac...
Comical point foreskin
  06/04/25
Don't want to get into specifics, but I do the same thing th...
Dashing pea-brained hissy fit
  06/04/25
180
Bipolar knife
  06/05/25
you're literally on twitter and reddit all day you stupid tr...
Mint contagious cuckoldry
  06/05/25
no idea, I think I came along at the exact time when the new...
bateful theater stage
  06/04/25
One thing- it helps a lot if you're one of those people who ...
Dashing pea-brained hissy fit
  06/05/25
In the zone
Bipolar knife
  06/05/25
...
Bipolar knife
  06/27/25
...
racy forum
  06/27/25
1. Biglaw is not a uniform experience. 2. It gets easier wh...
Exciting stain
  06/05/25
In my experience, biglaw just gets more and more stressful
beady-eyed bronze jew
  06/05/25
i dont think they do anymore.
indigo rigor
  06/05/25
I graduated in 2010 and know plenty still in biglaw. Only a ...
Exciting stain
  06/05/25
what else are they gonna do? seriouisly
pink boiling water gas station
  06/05/25
become park rangers
indigo rigor
  06/05/25
this is the main reason why they stay. they have no skills t...
orange messiness
  06/05/25
The area I practice in is so narrow that I'd be totally fuck...
Dashing pea-brained hissy fit
  06/05/25
you're literally a reddit tranny
Mint contagious cuckoldry
  06/06/25
What part of "generous six figure income" do you n...
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  06/27/25
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  06/27/25
Feel the same about law in general. Hoping I can make my exi...
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  06/27/25
I got into Film Curation. That’s one way.
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  06/27/25
they have figs for a mouth
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  06/27/25
i do not understand
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  06/27/25


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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio

it seems insane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987780)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:13 PM
Author: Overrated carnelian site

Many human beings are possessed by an indomitable will to live. They survive years in captivity, tortured by their enemies. Survive terminal illnesses long past the point of medical reason. Endure decades long marriages to third wave feminists and other modern varieties of women. You don’t see how there are a select few who can suspend disbelief and ignore the subtle passage of time in a high-paying job, choosing not to pay attention to everything that’s passing them by and focusing instead on everything they’ll have coming to them when they finally retire?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987799)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio

none of those aforementioned things sounds as bad as 20 years in BIGLAW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987800)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: Overrated carnelian site

The same way that there are weirdos with blown out pain receptors who can hold their hands in a bucket of ice water for 20 minutes, there are people in this world who do not seem to care about crushing volumes of tedious work that are subjected to irrational levels of scrutiny in an environment plagued with unnecessary interpersonal conflict. Some even seem to enjoy it!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987809)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio

wow. I've never seen someone so poetically describe biglaw. I was almost moved to tears. you are 1000x the writer that Karlstack is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987814)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: Overrated carnelian site

I’m awful, but the alternatives to poasting for venting my pent up negativity are unreasonable amounts of exercise or being bitchy around friends and family

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987821)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Navy new version



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:20 AM
Author: buff clown



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: Vigorous field

Sup

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989378)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: Nudist locus

irrational levels of scrutiny

damn that one hit home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989432)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: Overrated carnelian site

And I still somehow over looked the billing pressure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48990290)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:19 PM
Author: Curious haunted graveyard yarmulke



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: Fishy Fiercely-loyal Factory Reset Button Church Building

It’s just self selection. It isn’t that complicated. Some people end up liking it a lot don’t the ones who do stay.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987816)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Fishy Fiercely-loyal Factory Reset Button Church Building

Also all the people who bitch about biglaw are the ones who weren’t fit for it and flamed out. Equity partners making $10m a year aren’t writing pearl clutching LinkedIn poasts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987831)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio

very few people in BIGLAW make $10m a year, even most equity partners make nothing close to that. And it seems like most firms are 75% non-equity partners nowadays.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987882)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Fishy Fiercely-loyal Factory Reset Button Church Building

OK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987888)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:40 PM
Author: boyish claret chad

This is what you tell yourself champ.

You are right if you mean “not fit for it” they value other than working as much as possible to make money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48992245)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:46 PM
Author: Fishy Fiercely-loyal Factory Reset Button Church Building

No, I mean they (you) didn't have what it takes. Hope that helps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48992275)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: racy forum

hey off topic but can you recommend any good blepharoplasty surgeons in LA? Thanks!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48992292)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:33 PM
Author: Glittery Legend Shrine

this isn't an explanation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#49053905)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: wine doctorate

I witness a lot of people leave and flounder. They all seem to think they will go on to some amazing new life after they leave. Instead it is just more disappointment, but now without the paycheck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987828)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: beady-eyed bronze jew

I'm just a few years from 20. I think I'm going to maek it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987852)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:40 AM
Author: Diverse embarrassed to the bone nursing home

how big baller are you (aka, net worth)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48988120)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:04 PM
Author: beady-eyed bronze jew

I'm actually very poor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989398)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:20 PM
Author: ruddy senate

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989455)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:46 PM
Author: Infuriating Peach Spot Pocket Flask

Forsake everything for the love of the law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987859)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 10:54 PM
Author: Dashing pea-brained hissy fit

I have been in biglaw for less than 6 years, but I can see lasting 20 because I lucked into a niche area where I can rely heavily on my knowledge in this narrow area of the law and recycle my old work with moderate modifications.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987869)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:02 PM
Author: Adulterous Sexy Set Digit Ratio

that only works if you are recycling old work then billing 3x as much under the guise that it's not recycled. is that what ur doing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987884)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:06 PM
Author: Comical point foreskin

you are such a dumb nigger

you are the most retarded black gorilla nigger in this dump

seriously--fuck you, retard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987892)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:11 PM
Author: Dashing pea-brained hissy fit

Don't want to get into specifics, but I do the same thing the partner I work for does, and our clients are large corporations who seem happy with the end result.

So I'm not losing any sleep over our billing practices.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987901)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:18 AM
Author: Bipolar knife

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48988163)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:16 PM
Author: Mint contagious cuckoldry

you're literally on twitter and reddit all day you stupid tranny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989437)



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Date: June 4th, 2025 11:16 PM
Author: bateful theater stage

no idea, I think I came along at the exact time when the new cogs weren't quite there yet and the old doods who had just coasted through the good ole days were sunning themselves, the guys headed that way looked dead though, just dead, I remember running into one as we passed each other on the escalator on a sunday morning as I was going down for coffee from already being in the office writing some bullshit and he smiled when he saw me and cheefully asked if I could come by his office, since it was a sunday I felt entitled to say "sure I'm just headed down to get some coffee, see you in 20" as he escalated past, I don't see how that man can still be alive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48987910)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:19 AM
Author: Dashing pea-brained hissy fit

One thing- it helps a lot if you're one of those people who don't need a lot of sleep and naturally have a lot of mental endurance. I used to play WoW a lot, and whenever a new expansion was released, I would always pull all-nighters and end up as one of the first on my server to reach max level. Not as any kind of a goal, just was the natural way I played.

In times when work gets especially busy, I do sometimes find myself working at home til 3 am or so, getting a few hours of sleep and then doing the same thing the next night. Doesn't really affect me as long as it's not too many weeks in a row like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48988023)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:19 AM
Author: Bipolar knife

In the zone

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48988165)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:19 AM
Author: Bipolar knife



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:20 AM
Author: racy forum



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:30 AM
Author: Exciting stain

1. Biglaw is not a uniform experience.

2. It gets easier when you know the drill. Even fire drills and other emergencies become routine because you’ve seen literally everything. That makes it a lot less stressful.

3. When you are senior you can have other people do stuff for you. That means you are more in control of own time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48988115)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 3:03 PM
Author: beady-eyed bronze jew

In my experience, biglaw just gets more and more stressful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989646)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:45 AM
Author: indigo rigor

i dont think they do anymore.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48988124)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 1:49 AM
Author: Exciting stain

I graduated in 2010 and know plenty still in biglaw. Only a handful of years left. It would actually be weird if they left at this point. Why bother to make it 15 years if you aren’t going to stay 20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48988130)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 12:51 PM
Author: pink boiling water gas station

what else are they gonna do? seriouisly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989140)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:03 PM
Author: indigo rigor

become park rangers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989387)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:03 PM
Author: orange messiness

this is the main reason why they stay. they have no skills that are useful outside of biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989394)



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Date: June 5th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Dashing pea-brained hissy fit

The area I practice in is so narrow that I'd be totally fucked if it suddenly went away. That's both a good and bad side of biglaw. My firm operates at such volume that they can allow my partner and me to handle this tiny area of the law and become quite expert at it. And now I can do my job largely on cruise control, secure in the knowledge that few other lawyers have expertise in this area.

But if I hadn't done a couple of federal clerkships I'd barely have any general practical legal knowledge at all. I try to stay up to speed on the federal stuff in case all this goes away. And also so I can feel like a lawyer at all instead of some narrow legal technician.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48989517)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Mint contagious cuckoldry

you're literally a reddit tranny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48992315)



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Date: June 6th, 2025 12:54 PM
Author: bearded appetizing resort people who are hurt

What part of "generous six figure income" do you not understand?

See people whine about BIGLAW all the time but don't think there's any other profession where a pure grinder can grind his way so quickly into a fat six fig income.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#48992305)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:18 AM
Author: charismatic mad-dog skullcap native



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: Offensive chapel halford



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:56 AM
Author: slippery fantasy-prone roommate telephone

Feel the same about law in general. Hoping I can make my exit before I hit 20 years in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#49053200)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:21 AM
Author: turquoise kink-friendly principal's office dragon

I got into Film Curation. That’s one way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#49053257)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:19 AM
Author: doobsian translucent prole famous landscape painting

they have figs for a mouth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#49053308)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: Glittery Legend Shrine

i do not understand

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5733509&forum_id=2...id.#49053907)