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

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Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/21/17
Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a r...
Sick ungodly university reading party
  11/21/17
coming out of academia
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/22/17
You're fine
Sick ungodly university reading party
  11/22/17
I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,0...
big-titted feces
  11/22/17
I'd sell back my JD for 500K
apoplectic library
  11/22/17
Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two f...
excitant cobalt deer antler pit
  11/22/17
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Frum Pocket Flask Foreskin
  11/22/17
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rough-skinned windowlicker
  11/22/17
lol try any other profession
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds l...
excitant cobalt deer antler pit
  11/23/17
i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high inc...
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being per...
excitant cobalt deer antler pit
  11/23/17
Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make...
peach whorehouse sound barrier
  11/23/17
Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost ...
peach whorehouse sound barrier
  11/23/17
Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random dom...
bateful slate set black woman
  11/23/17
this can't be serious
razzle property
  11/22/17
I think he is
rough-skinned windowlicker
  11/22/17
Do m7 instead
rough-skinned windowlicker
  11/22/17
oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy...
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, y...
drab boltzmann market
  11/22/17
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Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
(peterman in 8 years)
Mind-boggling theater chad
  11/23/17
This is a really depressing hypothetical
peach whorehouse sound barrier
  11/23/17
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Idiotic sneaky criminal trailer park
  11/23/17
38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. ...
Boyish electric furnace corn cake
  11/23/17
and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is...
peach whorehouse sound barrier
  11/23/17
Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of a...
Boyish electric furnace corn cake
  11/23/17
I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted ...
peach whorehouse sound barrier
  11/23/17
I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though...
Boyish electric furnace corn cake
  11/23/17
lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?
excitant cobalt deer antler pit
  11/23/17
good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38...
peach whorehouse sound barrier
  11/23/17
I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningle...
excitant cobalt deer antler pit
  11/23/17
Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
that's less meaningless. in big law you'll probably be ...
peach whorehouse sound barrier
  11/23/17
alright man you can only help people that want to help thems...
excitant cobalt deer antler pit
  11/23/17
you fell for some meta flame
chartreuse mischievous rehab tattoo
  11/23/17
I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but t...
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year o...
excitant cobalt deer antler pit
  11/23/17
Maybe Evan and I could start a firm
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
Sorry peterman.
slimy chapel fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible
rough-skinned windowlicker
  11/23/17
that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
Just score 180 on the LSAT
rough-skinned windowlicker
  11/23/17
don't they waive it for old people?
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping...
chartreuse mischievous rehab tattoo
  11/23/17
Conflicted out of Audubon account
Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house
  11/23/17
Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus...
Lilac Supple Half-breed
  11/23/17


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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

??

(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: Sick ungodly university reading party

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: Sick ungodly university reading party

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: big-titted feces

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: apoplectic library

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: excitant cobalt deer antler pit

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: Frum Pocket Flask Foreskin



(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: rough-skinned windowlicker



(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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: excitant cobalt deer antler pit

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: excitant cobalt deer antler pit

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: peach whorehouse sound barrier

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: peach whorehouse sound barrier

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: bateful slate set black woman

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: razzle property

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: rough-skinned windowlicker

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: rough-skinned windowlicker

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: drab boltzmann market

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house



(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: Mind-boggling theater chad

(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: peach whorehouse sound barrier

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: Idiotic sneaky criminal trailer park



(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: Boyish electric furnace corn cake

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: peach whorehouse sound barrier

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: Boyish electric furnace corn cake

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: peach whorehouse sound barrier

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: Boyish electric furnace corn cake

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: excitant cobalt deer antler pit

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: peach whorehouse sound barrier

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: excitant cobalt deer antler pit

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: peach whorehouse sound barrier

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: excitant cobalt deer antler pit

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: chartreuse mischievous rehab tattoo

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: excitant cobalt deer antler pit

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: slimy chapel fortuitous meteor

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: rough-skinned windowlicker

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: rough-skinned windowlicker

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: chartreuse mischievous rehab tattoo

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: Jet stimulating jap step-uncle's house

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: Lilac Supple Half-breed

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)