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Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly i...
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2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying at...
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2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now ...
cream electric fat ankles corn cake
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ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw. in lat...
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Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their ...
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it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawye...
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Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude...
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cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler...
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Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an ...
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180, we beat the odds
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(never worked at a biglaw firm)
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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: cream electric fat ankles corn cake



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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Brindle knife house

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=5310904#49626382)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: Blue hairraiser ticket booth azn



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: Cocky bistre locus incel

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=5310904#49626414)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: impertinent multi-billionaire

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=5310904#49626416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:19 AM
Author: citrine razzle-dazzle pozpig

what year is it rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: provocative confused genital piercing



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: titillating half-breed parlor



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: cracking spruce institution stock car

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=5310904#49626484)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: rough-skinned hateful sweet tailpipe son of senegal

How’s life now

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: contagious masturbator garrison

every year is the shittiest year of my life so far

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:06 PM
Author: citrine razzle-dazzle pozpig



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: cream electric fat ankles corn cake



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: beady-eyed locale



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:56 PM
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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: citrine razzle-dazzle pozpig



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: Blue hairraiser ticket booth azn

wow, thats messed up

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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Bateful corner

Already underrated

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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:09 PM
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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: Onyx appetizing stead love of her life

tp

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: filthy bisexual meetinghouse ape

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=5310904#49626514)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:34 PM
Author: cream electric fat ankles corn cake

many poeple are saying this

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:25 PM
Author: Racy menage

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=5310904#49626532)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: cream electric fat ankles corn cake

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=5310904#49626561)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:38 PM
Author: Racy menage

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=5310904#49626579)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 2:05 PM
Author: cracking spruce institution stock car

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=5310904#49626916)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:26 PM
Author: Racy menage

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=5310904#49628763)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: cracking spruce institution stock car

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=5310904#49626562)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: Racy menage

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=5310904#49626564)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: cracking spruce institution stock car

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=5310904#49626850)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: Racy menage

180, we beat the odds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626860)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: cream electric fat ankles corn cake

and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a

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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: provocative confused genital piercing



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: Slippery diverse stag film kitty

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

*gary chuckles*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: Racy menage

(never worked at a biglaw firm)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627623)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Slippery diverse stag film kitty

regional large midlaw!!!

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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:31 PM
Author: irate emerald windowlicker

2023

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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: heady maize double fault potus

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=5310904#49627418)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:03 PM
Author: Mentally impaired autistic church building nowag

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=5310904#49627499)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:44 PM
Author: irate emerald windowlicker

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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: Bateful corner

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=5310904#49628650)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Mentally impaired autistic church building nowag

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=5310904#49628706)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: heady maize double fault potus



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: Bateful corner

180

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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: Mentally impaired autistic church building nowag

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=5310904#49628752)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: heady maize double fault potus

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=5310904#49639487)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: heady maize double fault potus

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628709)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Volcanic Crater Resort

2024

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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: Mentally impaired autistic church building nowag

2013

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628643)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone tanning salon



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:01 PM
Author: Zippy light lay



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: Bateful corner

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=5310904#49628715)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:20 PM
Author: rose market foreskin

2024-ongoing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628724)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:33 PM
Author: Vigorous shivering nursing home cuckold

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=5310904#49628818)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: ruby goal in life field

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=5310904#49628832)