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"I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:07 pm
by IAFG
lol @ everyone who says this. just lol.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:22 pm
by patogordo
just for a few years until i can lateral to a midlaw firm as partner

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:30 pm
by Danger Zone
Why lol? Unless you mean in an interview. Then lol. But I wouldn't think anything of it if a classmate said that.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:32 pm
by Hutz_and_Goodman
IAFG wrote:lol @ everyone who says this. just lol.
Why? Because no one likes it? Because no one can control how long they're there?

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:35 pm
by Lacepiece23
Sorry. posted this in the wrong thread

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:41 pm
by Flanker1067
That's not funny. I know people who went into biglaw with that attitude and I hope it works out for them. It's actually a great plan if you want a certain job, like in house, where it practically is the only way.

But yes I agree that it would be funny in an interview.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:44 pm
by El Pollito
You are incomprehensibly prestigious right now.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:50 pm
by brotherdarkness
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Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:56 pm
by 09042014
Wanting to be a lawyer is just LOL

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:59 pm
by transferror
Desert Fox wrote:Wanting to be a lawyer is just LOL
...says the lawyer lol

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:00 am
by 84651846190
Danger Zone wrote:Why lol? Unless you mean in an interview. Then lol. But I wouldn't think anything of it if a classmate said that.
Because everyone who says it is a stupid shithead who doesn't know anything about biglaw.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:00 am
by 09042014
transferror wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Wanting to be a lawyer is just LOL
...says the lawyer lol
well I don't want to be a lawyer

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:01 am
by 84651846190
Flanker1067 wrote:That's not funny. I know people who went into biglaw with that attitude and I hope it works out for them. It's actually a great plan if you want a certain job, like in house, where it practically is the only way.

But yes I agree that it would be funny in an interview.
Most in house jobs are objectively terrible in just about every way except for hours/stress.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:03 am
by transferror
Desert Fox wrote:
transferror wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Wanting to be a lawyer is just LOL
...says the lawyer lol
well I don't want to be a lawyer
well i don't want to be condescending

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:04 am
by 09042014
transferror wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
transferror wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Wanting to be a lawyer is just LOL
...says the lawyer lol
well I don't want to be a lawyer
well i don't want to be condescending
Learnnnnnnn from meeeeeeeeeeee

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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:06 am
by manu6926
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Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:08 am
by Dr. Filth
i'd love to about whatever prompted this, iafg

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:10 am
by drive4showLSAT4dough
lol at expecting any kind of job to be fun

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:12 am
by brotherdarkness
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Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:14 am
by Hipster but Athletic
Lol at anyone who says lol at anyone who says I'd like to work in biglaw for a while.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:15 am
by patogordo
lol at anyone

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:15 am
by 84651846190
brotherdarkness wrote:
Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
Danger Zone wrote:Why lol? Unless you mean in an interview. Then lol. But I wouldn't think anything of it if a classmate said that.
Because everyone who says it is a stupid shithead who doesn't know anything about biglaw.
I don't follow... I'd think someone was a stupid shithead if they said they were planning to become a partner at whichever biglaw shop they work at after graduation, but I'd think the opposite if they acknowledged that their time in biglaw is likely to be short-lived.
"I'd like to work in biglaw...." No, just no. No one who knows what biglaw is would "like" to work in biglaw, unless you also like hurting yourself.

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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:19 am
by manu6926
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Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:21 am
by worldtraveler
I think I know one person happy in big law, and she is at a lifestyle firm so it doesn't really count.

Re: "I'd like to work in biglaw for a while..."

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:21 am
by Hipster but Athletic
Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
brotherdarkness wrote:
Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
Danger Zone wrote:Why lol? Unless you mean in an interview. Then lol. But I wouldn't think anything of it if a classmate said that.
Because everyone who says it is a stupid shithead who doesn't know anything about biglaw.
I don't follow... I'd think someone was a stupid shithead if they said they were planning to become a partner at whichever biglaw shop they work at after graduation, but I'd think the opposite if they acknowledged that their time in biglaw is likely to be short-lived.
"I'd like to work in biglaw...." No, just no. No one who knows what biglaw is would "like" to work in biglaw, unless you also like hurting yourself.
What if someone is in their third year of law school, has accumulated a lot of debt, has summered in "biglaw", and wants to "work in biglaw for a while" so as to pay off their debt as quickly as possible and to put themselves in a position where they could work in a different, less taxing position in a few years? They are incorrect about this? Is the reason they are incorrect because no matter the benefits, having to work with a bunch of cryptic, pompous, whiney assholes for any amount of time not worth it?