Benders and biglaw Forum

[Anonymous User]

this is my biggest concern about biglawl too

From what I've seen you generally know when to stay moderately sober and when to go all out.

Oh good. That's pretty much what I was unclear about. Provided I can generally tell when sobriety's called for, I'm fine.

Have sent emails to counsel (not a partner) saying I planned to head to a bar with hubs, got back "great, have one for me." You will know.

[Anonymous User]

I believe an ability to respond to work emails while hammered is a BigLaw prerequisite.

[Right2BearArms]

Have drunkenly typed out more than one email on my phone from a bar. My policy generally is, if its not the night before a closing, and it was not important enough for you to email me about before 10 pm (assuming it has not been an ongoing issue / something I should have anticipated) you will get the best response I can muster and I will clean it up in the morning. Have never had a problem with this approach.

Have also done substantive work pretty drunk (unplanned) and it can be done. Recently compiled a 400 page purchase agreement after helping kill a bottle of bourbon at happy hour on a Friday. Co-worker's wife went into labor early and the senior associate needed help, I was at the bar across the street and agreed to come back and help. She knew I was f'ed up, and I took my sweet time making sure I didn't miss anything. A 30 minute task took over an hour, but it got done.

Tl;dr: don't worry too much, you learn how to roll with it.