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flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
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The year after graduating law school when I realized practic...
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plum dashing institution
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Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly i...
Burgundy crusty degenerate casino
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2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the b...
pearly glittery internal respiration shitlib
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what year is it rn
beta big-titted piazza
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Idiotic Forum
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Adventurous Becky Wagecucks
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2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my p...
Startled box office
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How’s life now
\'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'
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every year is the shittiest year of my life so far
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flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
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beta big-titted piazza
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wow, thats messed up
plum dashing institution
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flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
  01/28/26
Already underrated
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flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
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odious henna haunted graveyard
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flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
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tp
ungodly hissy fit toaster
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thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty yea...
Rose Very Tactful Home Scourge Upon The Earth
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many poeple are saying this
flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
  01/28/26
2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying at...
passionate shivering love of her life mediation
  01/28/26
2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now ...
flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
  01/28/26
ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw. in lat...
passionate shivering love of her life mediation
  01/28/26
Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their ...
Startled box office
  01/28/26
it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawye...
passionate shivering love of her life mediation
  01/28/26
Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude...
Startled box office
  01/28/26
cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler...
passionate shivering love of her life mediation
  01/28/26
Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an ...
Startled box office
  01/28/26
180, we beat the odds
passionate shivering love of her life mediation
  01/28/26
and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a
flatulent brass heaven legal warrant
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Idiotic Forum
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"oh. so you were just a loser then." *gary chuc...
Opaque Boyish Hall
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(never worked at a biglaw firm)
passionate shivering love of her life mediation
  01/28/26
regional large midlaw!!!
Opaque Boyish Hall
  01/28/26
2023
slippery blue filthpig
  01/28/26
2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I ...
Swashbuckling Depressive
  01/28/26
Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about n...
Orchid Comical Station Headpube
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Slackfist Cumdumpster
slippery blue filthpig
  01/28/26
Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to l...
bearded elastic band
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Skadden Farts https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=...
Orchid Comical Station Headpube
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Swashbuckling Depressive
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180
bearded elastic band
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i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out ...
Orchid Comical Station Headpube
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I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
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LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.
Swashbuckling Depressive
  01/28/26
2024
claret sickened church building
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2013
Orchid Comical Station Headpube
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slap-happy property dog poop
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2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm...
bearded elastic band
  01/28/26
2024-ongoing
bespoke aqua area turdskin
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2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thi...
lascivious house
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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: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626378)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Walnut titillating menage

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: plum dashing institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627484)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: Burgundy crusty degenerate 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=5310904#49626414)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: pearly glittery internal respiration shitlib

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: beta big-titted piazza

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: Idiotic Forum



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Adventurous Becky Wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628645)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: Startled box office

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: \'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'

How’s life now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49639234)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: violet beady-eyed market

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=5310904#49626491)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:06 PM
Author: beta big-titted piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626492)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626494)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: garnet trip state



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626854)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: beta big-titted piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627529)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: plum dashing institution

wow, thats messed up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627490)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: maroon incel pisswyrm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627541)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627659)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: bearded elastic band

Already underrated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628644)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: odious henna haunted graveyard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628698)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628700)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: ungodly hissy fit toaster

tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627673)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: Rose Very Tactful Home Scourge Upon The Earth

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: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant

many poeple are saying this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626570)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:25 PM
Author: passionate shivering love of her life mediation

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: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant

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: passionate shivering love of her life mediation

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: Startled box office

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: passionate shivering love of her life mediation

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: Startled box office

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: passionate shivering love of her life mediation

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: Startled box office

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: passionate shivering love of her life mediation

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: flatulent brass heaven legal warrant

and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626565)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Idiotic Forum



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627415)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: Opaque Boyish Hall

"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: passionate shivering love of her life mediation

(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: Opaque Boyish Hall

regional large midlaw!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627658)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:31 PM
Author: slippery blue filthpig

2023

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49626775)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Depressive

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: Orchid Comical Station Headpube

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: slippery blue filthpig

Slackfist Cumdumpster

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627750)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: bearded elastic band

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: Orchid Comical Station Headpube

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: Swashbuckling Depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628712)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: bearded elastic band

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628729)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: Orchid Comical Station Headpube

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: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


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: Swashbuckling Depressive

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: claret sickened church building

2024

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49627669)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: Orchid Comical Station Headpube

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: joran tindersloot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49639551)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:01 PM
Author: slap-happy property dog poop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310904#49628663)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: bearded elastic band

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: bespoke aqua area turdskin

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: lascivious house

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: Low-t Range

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)