Re: If I knew a smart, well-pedigreed kid who was considering LS
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:37 pm
Disregard.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhiskyKronk wrote:lolol at spelling whisky with an E.
I chose law school over med school because I was too fucking burned out on sciences. There are quite a bit of people who I know who feel the same way, too.Blessedassurance wrote:How do you know you'll enjoy being a lawyer?Curious1 wrote:Interest doesn't matter at all?
Haha did you look up my post history? That was pretty cool. That wasnt my lifes goal, I just thought Id get a decent scholly.Blessedassurance wrote:
Try not to listen to him. When he first came to this site, his life's goal was to go to Indiana. Watch him kick, scream and level accusations of elitism. What manner of creature manages a 3.2 or thereabouts in Political science?
Doc review is something young litigation associates do. The corporate equivalent is due diligence (circle ups are a type of due diligence). How much of this you do is overstated. Second and third years still do some, but at places like Cravath they're also running their own smaller deals. My perception is that corporate associates do less diligence than litigators do doc review and get more responsibility earlier. On the flip side, litigation is far more interesting for most people at the higher levels.Curious1 wrote:This is sweet, thanks.No, only academics like reading law review articles.
Being a practicing corporate lawyer is a mix of cool things and "WTF" things.
At lower levels, you do things like circle-ups. Which is literally going through an SEC filing and circling every number and noting whether it needs backup from accounting (if a revenue figure or something like that) or the deal team (if it's something like the number of stores a company has). Then you get back a bunch of data and you go back through the circled figures to verify that they match the data. This is one of the "WTF" things.
At higher levels you do stuff like negotiate with your counter-party's lawyer to settle a claim in a bankruptcy proceeding for less than face value. Do background research on the law and be like "look you've got like a Q% chance of winning this in front of the judge and it'll cost you $X to litigate; why not just take our offer of $Y?"
Ultimately you're an advisor. Clients call you up and ask things like "we're thinking of doing X, what problems might you run into?"
ALSO: Chemistry and Biology are no fun and economics is more bullshit than even law.
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That's basically what I thought--at lower levels you do shitwork, which is fine, and the higher up you get, the more it becomes a sales job where you have to pitch clients. I keep hearing about this "doc review", and I'm sure it's necessary in big firms as well. Is that something farmed out to young associates? I've heard one way they want to get rid of you is to saddle you to tons of doc review, is that true?
Definitely sounds better than working as a doctor (unless it's like one of those doctors in House who seem to just sit around in huge offices looking at paperwork all day)
Tell us where you end up. So we can all try and avoid that schoolBlessedassurance wrote:Yale, where else?Curious1 wrote:And...you're applying to law school why? Where are you hoping to go?
Well, YHS to be exact.
The thing about me, dogg, is I dont have to try. Thats why everything else is just bonus.Blessedassurance wrote:You're trying too hard dude. I'm going to just ignore you. You've outlived your entertainment value. You're getting all cryptic and shit, I think I hurt your feelings. Sorry.bport hopeful wrote:Im also gunna leave you with this:
Everything you are doing, you are doing for tang. You may not know it, or realize it. But thats basically what life boils down to. And Im already on that shit, homie. Everything else Im doing is bonus.
Let me put it to you in a way your Whiskey drinking nerd ass can understand.
Think of me as Sonic; I already burnt past the flag, Im just trying to jump in the golden ring.
Have fun trying to get what Ive already achieved.
Youre an insufferable twat. Hope real life works out better for you.Blessedassurance wrote:So you settled on Law School because you suck at everything else? That sounds about right.freestallion wrote:Etc etc...
I also really disliked econ. I don't know 100% whether I'll enjoy law or not, but it seems like a better bet than science or ibanking which I know I'd hate.
I'm very happy for you. I wish you all the best.bport hopeful wrote:You were onto something. Drinking and sex are two awesome things. Ive done a lot of each. Now Im onto the Golden Ring. Enjoy Yale mang. Ill be pounding while youre working 80 hour weeks.
Why so sensitive, bro?bport hopeful wrote:Youre an insufferable twat. Hope real life works out better for you.Blessedassurance wrote:So you settled on Law School because you suck at everything else? That sounds about right.freestallion wrote:Etc etc...
I also really disliked econ. I don't know 100% whether I'll enjoy law or not, but it seems like a better bet than science or ibanking which I know I'd hate.
Blessedassurance wrote:Also, and trust me on this, you wanna be where I'm at. It's people like mumofcad you should try to avoid. She's doubly insufferable, married, has kids and probably sleeps early. She also likes to lecture on morality and other crap to that effect and is in general, just fucking neurotic.freestallion wrote: Tell us where you end up. So we can all try and avoid that school
We should be bff's. Do you like skittles?
That's the point bro. Using the E spelling is prolish.Blessedassurance wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhiskyKronk wrote:lolol at spelling whisky with an E.