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BIGLAW and navy reserves. Doable?

Anyone have any experience with this? A reservist would have...
Mauve Parlour Cuck
  12/27/12
It's extremely difficult/next to impossible
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  12/27/12
Why? Because they will get angry if you're gone for 2 weeks?...
Mauve Parlour Cuck
  12/27/12
uh isn't there a training period too? or are you already in ...
Stimulating old irish cottage library
  12/27/12
Legally they got accept it.
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  12/27/12
Big firms will frown on an associate joining the reserves. ...
nudist floppy candlestick maker
  12/27/12
Agreed. One guy at my firm pulled it off but he was full-ti...
learning disabled striped hyena
  12/27/12
This. I know a guy who managed JAG reserve in NYC biglaw for...
heady piazza international law enforcement agency
  12/28/12
Doable but not great for either career. Many people conside...
Galvanic Principal's Office Roast Beef
  12/27/12
1 is guaranteed to ruin ur weekend plans at least once a mon...
Azure knife
  12/27/12
True, though not mutually exclusive. Many times I have been...
Galvanic Principal's Office Roast Beef
  12/28/12
are ur military duties more exciting than ur lawyer duties
Azure knife
  12/28/12
Taking a nap vs. watching paint dry, excitement-wise.
Galvanic Principal's Office Roast Beef
  12/28/12
do you have to go underway?
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I've thought about doing this. What kind of pay/benefits do...
Beady-eyed party of the first part
  12/29/12
Like 500 bucks a month and option for dat Tricare. really pr...
big-titted theatre ceo
  12/29/12


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Date: December 27th, 2012 6:30 PM
Author: Mauve Parlour Cuck

Anyone have any experience with this? A reservist would have to do one weekend a month and two weeks a year of drilling. Basically all of their vacation time as a jr associate.

Do you think the firm would be okay with this? Easier to do as a first or second year than a fourth or fifth? You drill for 2 years then you stop the 2 week things. Trying to advise a buddy and I haven't the first clue, nobody at my firm does this that I am aware of but I'm sure its been done before.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22322205)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 6:32 PM
Author: Swollen light toilet seat genital piercing

It's extremely difficult/next to impossible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22322216)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 6:34 PM
Author: Mauve Parlour Cuck

Why? Because they will get angry if you're gone for 2 weeks?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22322227)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 7:06 PM
Author: Stimulating old irish cottage library

uh isn't there a training period too? or are you already in hte reserves

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22322371)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 7:12 PM
Author: razzle peach antidepressant drug marketing idea

Legally they got accept it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22322398)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 8:22 PM
Author: nudist floppy candlestick maker

Big firms will frown on an associate joining the reserves. They can't fire you for it under USERA, but they will find a way to get rid of you. Joining the reserves communicates your desire to not give your employer 100%, and they are quick to pick up on that.

- Former reservist and former BIGLAW associate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22322721)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 8:25 PM
Author: learning disabled striped hyena

Agreed. One guy at my firm pulled it off but he was full-time military before law school and joined reserves before going BIGLAW.

He also carefully selected a practice group with relatively more scheduling flexibility.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22322733)



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Date: December 28th, 2012 11:11 AM
Author: heady piazza international law enforcement agency

This. I know a guy who managed JAG reserve in NYC biglaw for a few years but he was passed over and is now inhouse. I do know a bunch of guys who manage both jag and regular reserve in DC biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22325614)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 11:57 PM
Author: Galvanic Principal's Office Roast Beef

Doable but not great for either career. Many people considering this seem to underestimate the amount of crap that has to get done between drills.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22323706)



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Date: December 27th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Azure knife

1 is guaranteed to ruin ur weekend plans at least once a month. other is navy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22323712)



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Date: December 28th, 2012 12:01 AM
Author: Galvanic Principal's Office Roast Beef

True, though not mutually exclusive. Many times I have been back in the crappy near-base hotel logged into Citrix and running changes or filling in [CITE] blanks while the rest of the officers in the unit enjoy wardroom dinner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22323735)



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Date: December 28th, 2012 12:10 AM
Author: Azure knife

are ur military duties more exciting than ur lawyer duties

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Date: December 28th, 2012 12:29 AM
Author: Galvanic Principal's Office Roast Beef

Taking a nap vs. watching paint dry, excitement-wise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22323933)



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Date: December 28th, 2012 1:08 PM
Author: Pearly curious parlor pozpig

do you have to go underway?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22326133)



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Date: December 28th, 2012 2:55 AM
Author: Soggy effete church



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Date: December 29th, 2012 12:39 PM
Author: Beady-eyed party of the first part

I've thought about doing this. What kind of pay/benefits do reservists get?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22330378)



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Date: December 29th, 2012 12:46 PM
Author: big-titted theatre ceo

Like 500 bucks a month and option for dat Tricare. really pretty trivial unless you were a doc reviewer and needed health insurance and the extra cash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2146890&forum_id=2#22330396)