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Is biglaw actually that bad?

People seem to ceaselessly bitch about biglaw saying its suc...
Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye
  01/19/26
It sucks ass Mr. Quotemo.
Olive rebellious hospital sex offender
  01/19/26
OK and the alternative?
Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye
  01/19/26
Have functioning testicles.
Olive rebellious hospital sex offender
  01/19/26
And do what? Livestreamer? Crypto? Alternative for almost ev...
Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye
  01/19/26
Have some ingenuity and go solo and do shitlaw, or get a bul...
Olive rebellious hospital sex offender
  01/19/26
it depends. depends on you, firm, practice group, what indiv...
cocky degenerate
  01/19/26
Lawyer ass answer
Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye
  01/19/26
lawyer ass answer for a lawyer ass profession. odd case!
cocky degenerate
  01/19/26
...
Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye
  01/19/26
It’s the correct answer tho
Blathering Temple Mediation
  01/19/26
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cocky degenerate
  01/19/26
This is true but most of the time these factors come togethe...
Concupiscible brilliant set son of senegal
  01/19/26
Cr, 95 percent of biglaw associates are whiny little bitches...
Smoky razzle shrine cuckold
  01/19/26
...
Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye
  01/19/26
You'll get in everywhere you apply!
Olive rebellious hospital sex offender
  01/19/26
It’s pretty bad
marvelous cream business firm
  01/19/26
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histrionic box office toaster
  01/19/26
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Sadistic incel codepig
  01/22/26
Do you want to learn from the best and be at the top of your...
Clear lodge
  01/19/26
No
Sadistic incel codepig
  01/19/26
it depends entirely on who you are working for. V10 and you ...
big-titted stimulating trailer park nibblets
  01/19/26
1st sentence is cr, but this can cut both ways. i assume at ...
cocky degenerate
  01/19/26
At v100 there often just isn't enough high stakes "emer...
Dun gaping
  01/19/26
no way, TTTs like Paul Hastings and Cadwalader are notorious...
zombie-like chocolate athletic conference therapy
  01/19/26
it's not good!
Bespoke heaven scourge upon the earth
  01/19/26
being employed is prison
Navy Haunting Corner
  01/19/26
i have a weird CV and have worked all kinds of legal jobs in...
Poppy gunner
  01/19/26
...
Zippy property haunted graveyard
  01/19/26
did you ace OCI
mewling piazza death wish
  01/19/26
are you happy you have so many different experiences, or wou...
zombie-like chocolate athletic conference therapy
  01/19/26
Big law is infinitely worse than prosecution imo. At least a...
Crusty Flatulent Office
  01/19/26
I was a partner at baker hostetttler. Was your firm more or ...
Blathering Temple Mediation
  01/19/26
You'll get in everywhere you apply!
wonderful chrome antidepressant drug national security agency
  01/19/26
If it was merely an issue of the workload and if the actual ...
Demanding federal locale coffee pot
  01/19/26
The partner I work for has created one of the cushiest niche...
Hyperactive juggernaut
  01/19/26
Im gay
Very tactful karate
  01/19/26


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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:18 AM
Author: Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye

People seem to ceaselessly bitch about biglaw saying its sucks etc. Find it hard to believe it’s that bad if you are smart, hard working, and somewhat socially well-adjusted especially given comp as outside of PE/IB/MBB/FAGMAN the alternative is to earn shit doing some BS corporate email job. Is it just lazy junior associates who have never worked a job ever after being in daycare for 25 years not being able to cope and flaming out?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600240)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:20 AM
Author: Olive rebellious hospital sex offender

It sucks ass Mr. Quotemo.

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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:23 AM
Author: Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye

OK and the alternative?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600245)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:25 AM
Author: Olive rebellious hospital sex offender

Have functioning testicles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600247)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:27 AM
Author: Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye

And do what? Livestreamer? Crypto? Alternative for almost everyone is menial suicide inducing wage cage job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600252)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:30 AM
Author: Olive rebellious hospital sex offender

Have some ingenuity and go solo and do shitlaw, or get a bullshit in house job. If you must live in NYC or LA or whatever you are most likely fucked.

I guess you could suck dick on camera if you are so inclined.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600256)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:25 AM
Author: cocky degenerate

it depends. depends on you, firm, practice group, what individual partners you end up working with, some luck, some economic factors, etc.

impossible to generalize.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600246)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:30 AM
Author: Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye

Lawyer ass answer

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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:31 AM
Author: cocky degenerate

lawyer ass answer for a lawyer ass profession. odd case!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600257)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:33 AM
Author: Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:31 PM
Author: Blathering Temple Mediation

It’s the correct answer tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602676)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:39 PM
Author: cocky degenerate



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Date: January 19th, 2026 11:03 PM
Author: Concupiscible brilliant set son of senegal

This is true but most of the time these factors come together to make for an unpleasant experience only made tolerable by how much money you can make.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602752)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:26 AM
Author: Smoky razzle shrine cuckold

Cr, 95 percent of biglaw associates are whiny little bitches who are afraid of work. You'll love it for sure, will probably even make partner on an accelerated timeline.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600250)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:28 AM
Author: Dashing lime orchestra pit round eye



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:32 AM
Author: Olive rebellious hospital sex offender

You'll get in everywhere you apply!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49600258)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: marvelous cream business firm

It’s pretty bad

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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: histrionic box office toaster



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 2:41 PM
Author: Sadistic incel codepig



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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: Clear lodge

Do you want to learn from the best and be at the top of your profession?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49601783)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: Sadistic incel codepig

No

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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: big-titted stimulating trailer park nibblets

it depends entirely on who you are working for. V10 and you have a higher chance of working for psychos who will make your life miserable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49601789)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: cocky degenerate

1st sentence is cr, but this can cut both ways. i assume at shitty v100 firms you're more likely to get dumb insecure striver partners who are assholes bc theyre dumb and insecure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49601809)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 9:59 PM
Author: Dun gaping

At v100 there often just isn't enough high stakes "emergency" type work available at a given time to make your life as miserable as is the norm at v10 even if the v100 partners would like to be able to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602610)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:10 PM
Author: zombie-like chocolate athletic conference therapy

no way, TTTs like Paul Hastings and Cadwalader are notorious toxic pits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602649)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: Bespoke heaven scourge upon the earth

it's not good!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49601794)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: Navy Haunting Corner

being employed is prison

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49601812)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 9:57 PM
Author: Poppy gunner

i have a weird CV and have worked all kinds of legal jobs including two stretches of grinding in biglaw lit. i have also been an assistant city attorney, a prosecutor, now i’m solo.

biglaw is not a ton of fun but the people who really bitch about are all younger types who have never had a real job. i have also driven trucks, installed windows, and worked on a paving crew. the worst day of biglaw was like an average day for most of the blue collar jobs i’ve done.

of the law jobs, prosecuting felony crimes was by far the worst grind and the most stressful. you’re in court nonstop, constantly having to respond to motions of varying quality, you’re prepping and coordinating multiple cases for trial every week not knowing what will go, opposing counsel aggressively tries to fuck you over at every step on condensed crim pro timelines, and the judges run the state ragged with the understanding that the ‘office can handle it.’ on top of that, nobody on either side is happy with plea deals and people tend to loathe prosecutors. biglaw stress is nothing compared to prosecuting. i should say the biglaw firms i worked for were not elite by any means so i don’t know what it’s like at the V10 places XO used to worship.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602605)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:01 PM
Author: Zippy property haunted graveyard



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:04 PM
Author: mewling piazza death wish

did you ace OCI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602632)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:12 PM
Author: zombie-like chocolate athletic conference therapy

are you happy you have so many different experiences, or would you prefer staying in the cushiest job you had

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602653)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:14 PM
Author: Crusty Flatulent Office

Big law is infinitely worse than prosecution imo. At least as a prosbro, the “emergencies” are actual (sometimes life or death) emergencies, and if a weekend or evening is ruined, it’s understandable. On the other hand, the number of holidays/weekends I had ruined by a psychopathic partner or GC who made up an emergency (and where they then didn’t look at the work until weeks later) makes me want to strangle somebody.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602654)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: Blathering Temple Mediation

I was a partner at baker hostetttler. Was your firm more or less preftigious?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602692)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:07 PM
Author: wonderful chrome antidepressant drug national security agency

You'll get in everywhere you apply!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602641)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:34 PM
Author: Demanding federal locale coffee pot

If it was merely an issue of the workload and if the actual value of the work product was roughly correlated to the output it’d be fine. It’s the completely performative and imagined/neurosis-fueled obsession about meaningless details as a profession wide cope for the resentment by clients and of clients by lawyers regarding clients frustrations with costs and inefficiency and expectations of 24/7 availability and effort, often not for any real business reason. If you deleted the needless combativeness, dickish gamesmanship around shit like holding drafts until 6 pm Friday to ruin the other side’s weekend, and the degree to which genuinely psychopathic personality types and behaviors are tolerated and frequently rewarded and encouraged, and if firms expected to retain a majority of associates long term instead of expecting and treating them like 90% won’t last 7 years let alone make partner, it would be a very good job. There are exceptions and people who get lucky and land in great situations and have great experiences. But the vast majority are playing a shitty game rigged against them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602684)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Hyperactive juggernaut

The partner I work for has created one of the cushiest niche specialties I've seen in biglaw. Basically most of our work is just recycling old filings with minor alterations. But we produce a lot of paper so the big corporations we work for just shrug and assume it's worth it. Our bills are a rounding error for them anyway.

There are scams and sweetheart deals scattered all throughout the economy. Some of them exist in biglaw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823768&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49602697)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: Very tactful karate

Im gay

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