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If I went to law school at 35, would I have a shot at biglaw?

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Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/21/17
Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a r...
vermilion immigrant
  11/21/17
coming out of academia
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/22/17
You're fine
vermilion immigrant
  11/22/17
I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,0...
shaky indigo toaster
  11/22/17
I'd sell back my JD for 500K
Grizzly adulterous dopamine
  11/22/17
Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two f...
Offensive plaza
  11/22/17
...
yellow lettuce main people
  11/22/17
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insecure stage
  11/22/17
lol try any other profession
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds l...
Offensive plaza
  11/23/17
i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high inc...
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being per...
Offensive plaza
  11/23/17
Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make...
provocative honey-headed chapel
  11/23/17
Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost ...
provocative honey-headed chapel
  11/23/17
Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random dom...
haunting glittery ticket booth
  11/23/17
this can't be serious
Ivory step-uncle's house degenerate
  11/22/17
I think he is
insecure stage
  11/22/17
Do m7 instead
insecure stage
  11/22/17
oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy...
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, y...
Electric Slippery Theater Son Of Senegal
  11/22/17
...
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
(peterman in 8 years)
spectacular goal in life corner
  11/23/17
This is a really depressing hypothetical
provocative honey-headed chapel
  11/23/17
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Milky Stock Car Toilet Seat
  11/23/17
38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. ...
Maize racy brethren
  11/23/17
and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is...
provocative honey-headed chapel
  11/23/17
Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of a...
Maize racy brethren
  11/23/17
I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted ...
provocative honey-headed chapel
  11/23/17
I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though...
Maize racy brethren
  11/23/17
lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?
Offensive plaza
  11/23/17
good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38...
provocative honey-headed chapel
  11/23/17
I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningle...
Offensive plaza
  11/23/17
Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
that's less meaningless. in big law you'll probably be ...
provocative honey-headed chapel
  11/23/17
alright man you can only help people that want to help thems...
Offensive plaza
  11/23/17
you fell for some meta flame
Cerebral fuchsia indian lodge tank
  11/23/17
I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but t...
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year o...
Offensive plaza
  11/23/17
Maybe Evan and I could start a firm
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
Sorry peterman.
Domesticated contagious cruise ship weed whacker
  11/23/17
I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible
insecure stage
  11/23/17
that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
Just score 180 on the LSAT
insecure stage
  11/23/17
don't they waive it for old people?
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping...
Cerebral fuchsia indian lodge tank
  11/23/17
Conflicted out of Audubon account
Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed
  11/23/17
Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus...
Comical sadistic ape area
  11/23/17


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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736732)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM
Author: vermilion immigrant

Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a relatively steady career in something up to that point and a decent story for why you now are in law school. For example, you were in some business job moving up the ladder, interacted with the company's outside counsel every so often and found their work interesting. If your resume is all over the place it won't work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736771)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 1:56 AM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

coming out of academia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34746228)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:36 PM
Author: vermilion immigrant

You're fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752711)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:39 PM
Author: shaky indigo toaster

I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,000,000.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752728)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:10 PM
Author: Grizzly adulterous dopamine

I'd sell back my JD for 500K

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752892)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:40 PM
Author: Offensive plaza

Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two fingers than be a 38 year old biglaw first year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752731)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:45 PM
Author: yellow lettuce main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752755)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: insecure stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752906)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:22 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

lol try any other profession

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757438)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:43 PM
Author: Offensive plaza

you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds like a midlife crisis. i’m 5 year’s younger than you, did two years of biglaw and never looked back. biglaw is soul crushing at any age. i can’t imagine what it’d be like as a 38 year old signature page monkey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757560)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high incomes and lack perspective about how shitty the vast majority of white collar work is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757571)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM
Author: Offensive plaza

i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being perpetually water boarded dude. your logic here (lemme spend 200k + 3years to do the very worst white collar work bc i wrongly think all white collar work sucks) makes me hope, for your sake, that you won’t be smart enough to even have the option to become a biglawyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757574)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:51 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757599)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: provocative honey-headed chapel

if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make 6 figures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757607)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757615)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:07 PM
Author: provocative honey-headed chapel

just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost of attending and the missed income for 3 years, you'd at best break even in your early 40's... and that's if you get biglaw (who knows what the economy will be like in 3 years)... if you don't get biglaw then you are in a worse position financially and have a more stressful career than snapping photos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757689)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:42 PM
Author: haunting glittery ticket booth

Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random domestic plumber

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758110)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:42 PM
Author: Ivory step-uncle's house degenerate

this can't be serious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752738)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: insecure stage

I think he is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752909)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM
Author: insecure stage

Do m7 instead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752913)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:20 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy academic administration position

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757424)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:20 PM
Author: Electric Slippery Theater Son Of Senegal

I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, you'll get in. If you look 43, you're fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752953)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:19 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757421)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:46 PM
Author: spectacular goal in life corner

(peterman in 8 years)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757575)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:50 PM
Author: provocative honey-headed chapel

This is a really depressing hypothetical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757597)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 8:04 PM
Author: Milky Stock Car Toilet Seat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758471)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: Maize racy brethren

38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. Why would you want to deal with all the bullshit associates deal with from the age of 38 until you're like 46?

That said, only do this if you can't even imagine doing anything else with your life, are incredibly passionate about, and believe you have the talent necessary to stick it out (biglaw) for the long haul.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757601)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:53 PM
Author: provocative honey-headed chapel

and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is 40

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757612)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Maize racy brethren

Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of all law students graduate with little/no debt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757614)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM
Author: provocative honey-headed chapel

I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted more money. if he had 200k socked away then he should just day trade with that or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757696)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM
Author: Maize racy brethren

I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though it doesn't have to be) and don't consider it a viable career option.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757712)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Offensive plaza

lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757618)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM
Author: provocative honey-headed chapel

good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38, that makes his scenario even more terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757698)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757619)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:56 PM
Author: Offensive plaza

i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningless grunt work for someone 10+ years younger than him either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757628)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:58 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757642)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM
Author: provocative honey-headed chapel

that's less meaningless.

in big law you'll probably be reviewing documents for privilege issues for a 29 year old 3rd year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757699)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:10 PM
Author: Offensive plaza

alright man you can only help people that want to help themselves. God bless you. i love it when hardheaded people suffer the consequences of their own hardheadedness

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757704)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM
Author: Cerebral fuchsia indian lodge tank

you fell for some meta flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757713)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but thank you for counsel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757721)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:21 PM
Author: Offensive plaza

whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year old or just shooting yourself in the face, “should” seems like a more important question than “could”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757750)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:59 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

Maybe Evan and I could start a firm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757645)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:00 PM
Author: Domesticated contagious cruise ship weed whacker

Sorry peterman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757648)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757700)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:15 PM
Author: insecure stage

Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757727)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:17 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757730)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: insecure stage

Just score 180 on the LSAT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757735)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:44 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

don't they waive it for old people?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758118)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:11 PM
Author: Cerebral fuchsia indian lodge tank

what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping posts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757706)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: Buck-toothed Whorehouse Half-breed

Conflicted out of Audubon account

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757717)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: Comical sadistic ape area

Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus after 45 to do bs paperwork. Sounds 180. Much better than a welder who will already be retired and broke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757737)