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Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
  01/28/26
The year after graduating law school when I realized practic...
fragrant cuck
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peach whorehouse pocket flask
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Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly i...
ruddy casino
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2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the b...
bat-shit-crazy gay wizard
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what year is it rn
Greedy snowy field
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Hot Swashbuckling Dysfunction Codepig
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avocado titillating degenerate tank
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2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my p...
multi-colored background story
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How’s life now
\'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'
  02/01/26
every year is the shittiest year of my life so far
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Greedy snowy field
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Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
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Violet Narrow-minded Stag Film
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Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
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Greedy snowy field
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wow, thats messed up
peach whorehouse pocket flask
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adulterous fat ankles
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Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
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Already underrated
glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry
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Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
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tan mildly autistic roommate base
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Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
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tp
cheese-eating elastic band
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thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty yea...
Mewling concupiscible set boltzmann
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many poeple are saying this
Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
  01/28/26
2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying at...
haunting half-breed lay
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2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now ...
Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
  01/28/26
ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw. in lat...
haunting half-breed lay
  01/28/26
Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their ...
multi-colored background story
  01/28/26
it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawye...
haunting half-breed lay
  01/28/26
Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude...
multi-colored background story
  01/28/26
cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler...
haunting half-breed lay
  01/28/26
Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an ...
multi-colored background story
  01/28/26
180, we beat the odds
haunting half-breed lay
  01/28/26
and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a
Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse
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Hot Swashbuckling Dysfunction Codepig
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"oh. so you were just a loser then." *gary chuc...
hateful locale
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(never worked at a biglaw firm)
haunting half-breed lay
  01/28/26
regional large midlaw!!!
hateful locale
  01/28/26
2023
Trip School Cafeteria Persian
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2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I ...
orange cocky abode
  01/28/26
Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about n...
Tripping chapel
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Slackfist Cumdumpster
Trip School Cafeteria Persian
  01/28/26
Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to l...
glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry
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Tripping chapel
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orange cocky abode
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glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry
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i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out ...
Tripping chapel
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I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
  02/01/26
LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.
orange cocky abode
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2024
Poppy knife
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2013
Tripping chapel
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joran tindersloot
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cowardly affirmative action parlour
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2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm...
glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry
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2024-ongoing
Sticky razzle doctorate psychic
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2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thi...
Mind-boggling bull headed market
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Mom was diagnosed with super aggressive cancer and died abou...
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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626378)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: fragrant cuck

The year after graduating law school when I realized practicing law was torture and I was sentenced to life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626382)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: peach whorehouse pocket flask



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: ruddy casino

Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly in the running

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626414)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy gay wizard

2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the best and the worst. Mom dropped dead of pancreatic cancer and met most of the people who I'd now consider my friends, had a lot of fun doing college shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:19 AM
Author: Greedy snowy field

what year is it rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Hot Swashbuckling Dysfunction Codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: avocado titillating degenerate tank



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628645)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: multi-colored background story

2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my parents basement while most of my Ls classmates had Biglaw and my local HS friends were well into their careers and I got dumped by my LS GF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626484)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: \'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'

How’s life now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49639234)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: Grizzly Nubile Reading Party

every year is the shittiest year of my life so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626491)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:06 PM
Author: Greedy snowy field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626492)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626494)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: Violet Narrow-minded Stag Film



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Greedy snowy field



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: peach whorehouse pocket flask

wow, thats messed up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627490)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: adulterous fat ankles



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627541)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627659)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry

Already underrated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628644)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: tan mildly autistic roommate base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628698)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: cheese-eating elastic band

tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627673)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: Mewling concupiscible set boltzmann

thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty years i’ve had in my adult life, how shit my shit life has been, lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626514)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:34 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse

many poeple are saying this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626570)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:25 PM
Author: haunting half-breed lay

2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying attention to how firms worked. i just went to ls because i had nothing better to do and i didn't try. i wrote on to law review but otherwise didn't try to get good grades.

realized how fucked i was after i graduated. bounced around between temp jobs at ID firms, i couldn;'t even get an ID job. i finally got one and the guy paid me $25 per BILLED hour and i was a contractor. i really thought i was life pwnd.

unbelievable that i eventually worked my way up to biglaw from that. but yeah, 2006-2007, either of those years could easily be the worst. by far.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626532)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse

2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now that i think about, cant beleive i didnt kms honestly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626561)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:38 PM
Author: haunting half-breed lay

ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw.

in late 2007 i got a job with a solo who did L&E (primarily traditional labor) and happened to take to it. in 2009, we hired a law clerk who was a 2L who'd gotten an offer from a regional bmore firm but the offer was rescinded bc of ITE.

he worked for us a few months and we kept in touch. he wound up at a baltimore firm called miles & stockbridge - basically, regional midlaw. the solo had to lay me off bc he lost a big client at the end of 2011 and the law clerk got me in at miles. i went from there to jackson lewis (ttt L&E firm), and from there to baker hostetler, where i wound up making partner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626579)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 2:05 PM
Author: multi-colored background story

Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their own sphere? It’s not true Milbank scale Biglaw but it’s not Lewis Brisbois either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626916)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:26 PM
Author: haunting half-breed lay

it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawyers are hit and miss. some are really good like me, but some are borderline retarded.

they pay first years in NYC, DC, etc like 120k lol. what do you expect at that salary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628763)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: multi-colored background story

Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude we weren’t perma fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626562)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: haunting half-breed lay

cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler, which is a shitty biglaw firm, but it's amazing i even made it there given that i was in literal shitlaw for a couple years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626564)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: multi-colored background story

Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an adjunct professor I emailed recommended me for. Made contacts and got skills there and eventually did 5 years as a counsel/NEP at a lower tier V100 before going back in-house (at a fund now).

Not sure what the path is without that initial break. Definitely threw as much work as i could to the adjunct professor (who was a V20 Biglaw partner).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626850)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: haunting half-breed lay

180, we beat the odds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626860)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: Stimulating blood rage bawdyhouse

and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626565)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Hot Swashbuckling Dysfunction Codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627415)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: hateful locale

"oh. so you were just a loser then."

*gary chuckles*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: haunting half-breed lay

(never worked at a biglaw firm)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627623)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: hateful locale

regional large midlaw!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627658)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:31 PM
Author: Trip School Cafeteria Persian

2023

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49626775)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: orange cocky abode

2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I had to do a hard reset. Doing the hard reset was difficult but I was ok with hard work. There was a relatively short period when it seemed like it wasn't going to work. I had sent several thousand job apps (!!!) and never closed the deal. Then I did and things were fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627418)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:03 PM
Author: Tripping chapel

Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about not being allowed 2 slices of pizza for work lunch etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627499)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:44 PM
Author: Trip School Cafeteria Persian

Slackfist Cumdumpster

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627750)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry

Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to link them?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628650)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Tripping chapel

Skadden Farts

https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1905801&mc=187&forum_id=2#20278379

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628706)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: orange cocky abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628712)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628729)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: Tripping chapel

i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out of law school like 10 months and quit my first job to start my solo firm. I was lying in bed (at my dad's house) reading those and was just like I have to fucking succeed at this or I'm going to kill myself working doc review

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628752)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out of me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49639487)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: orange cocky abode

LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628709)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Poppy knife

2024

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49627669)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: Tripping chapel

2013

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628643)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: joran tindersloot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49639551)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:01 PM
Author: cowardly affirmative action parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628663)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: glittery cruel-hearted karate cuckoldry

2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm 3 years into marriage and made like 15k all year, which did not go over well and was very embarrassing.

My dog turned 2 that year and was the only thing that kept me from abject despair. He'll be 16 this year and I would murder innumerable people to give him more life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628715)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:20 PM
Author: Sticky razzle doctorate psychic

2024-ongoing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628724)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:33 PM
Author: Mind-boggling bull headed market

2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628818)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: overrated excitant business firm

Mom was diagnosed with super aggressive cancer and died about 8 weeks later. Went through a break up at the same time. Had a lot of support from family n friends but was by far the worst.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49628832)