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If I went to law school at 35, would I have a shot at biglaw?
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM Author: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point ?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736732) |
Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM Author: lemon sickened hell 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: lemon sickened hell 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: titillating bright site 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: walnut heaven clown 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: Pink chapel hunting ground 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: vivacious silver legend (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: slate friendly grandma (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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: Pink chapel hunting ground 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: Pink chapel hunting ground 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: mauve laser beams boiling water 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: mauve laser beams boiling water 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: hairraiser crystalline azn 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: boyish home keepsake machete 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: slate friendly grandma 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: slate friendly grandma 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: dull regret lay 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point (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: Exciting associate (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: mauve laser beams boiling water 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: hairless big-titted cuckold (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: Vengeful lascivious abode candlestick maker 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. |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:53 PM Author: mauve laser beams boiling water 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: Vengeful lascivious abode candlestick maker 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: mauve laser beams boiling water 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: Vengeful lascivious abode candlestick maker 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: Pink chapel hunting ground 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: mauve laser beams boiling water 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: Pink chapel hunting ground 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: mauve laser beams boiling water that's less meaningless.
in big law you'll probably be reviewing documents for privilege issues for a 29 year old 3rd year. |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:10 PM Author: Pink chapel hunting ground 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: buff mind-boggling striped hyena 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: Pink chapel hunting ground 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: massive voyeur 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: slate friendly grandma 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: slate friendly grandma 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: buff mind-boggling striped hyena 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: Avocado marvelous juggernaut point 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: Offensive Stirring Mediation 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) |