What are the positive aspects of Biglaw - besides salary? Forum

[BilkaAtty]

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[lymenheimer]

[Winter is Coming]

Free cheese plates when new hours requirements are announced.

[Abbie Doobie]

Free cheese plates when new hours requirements are announced.

one cheese per associate, please

[zot1]

Impressing family friends.

[Anonymous User]

More job options down the line - it opens a lot of doors.

Opportunity to do high level work (though you can also get this elsewhere, not just in biglaw).

[Abbie Doobie]

i think the most obvious one is models and bottles

[zot1]

i think the most obvious one is models and bottles

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Free drinks and snacks.

[gaddockteeg]

i think the most obvious one is models and bottles

awwww yeaaaaa

[Tiny Rick!]

You can afford the anti-depressants the job caused you to need.

[Anonymous User]

The biggest positive, other than loan money, is learning that this sort of work > everything lifestyle is definitely not for me and to chill with the ambitious get rich professions and concentrate on just building a better, happier life

[grand inquisitor]

no matter how shitty your home life becomes, biglaw makes it feel better

[whysooseriousbiglaw]

Any other job that comes after it seems much easier and much less stressful.

[philepistemer]

Besides salary? The bonus.

[rpupkin]

You save money on shampoo due to stress-induced hair loss.

[zot1]

Free dinners if you work late, so pretty much every night.

[Anonymous User]

i hate being a lawyer but I do realize I am fortunate to work with some really smart people. Its nice to be the dumbest person in the room.

[Anonymous User]

Impressing family friends.

My parents friends are impressed by the local billboard attorneys who went to Stetson. They've never heard of the firm I work for.

[Anonymous User]

i think the most obvious one is models and bottles

+1

[Anonymous User]

I hate being a lawyer but I do realize I am fortunate to work with some really smart people. Its nice to be the dumbest person in the room.

This. Not necessarily feeling like the dumbest person around. But the level of competency among co-workers at my law firm is the highest I have ever had. And I worked several professional before law school and then worked at other places during law school that just had some lazy and/or dumb people. Not the case at my big law firm.

I also like the occasional opportunity to use the firm perks like sporting events when partners can't go with clients. Otherwise it is mostly the salary

[zot1]

Impressing family friends.

My parents friends are impressed by the local billboard attorneys who went to Stetson. They've never heard of the firm I work for.

I'm sure they'd be impressed if they knew how much you made.

[RaceJudicata]

Impressing family friends.

My parents friends are impressed by the local billboard attorneys who went to Stetson. They've never heard of the firm I work for.

I'm sure they'd be impressed if they knew how much you made.

Plenty of the guys on the billboards make a hell of a lot more.

[Anonymous User]

Impressing family friends.

My parents friends are impressed by the local billboard attorneys who went to Stetson. They've never heard of the firm I work for.

I'm sure they'd be impressed if they knew how much you made.

Plenty of the guys on the billboards make a hell of a lot more.

Yeah I hear those torts lawyers make a killing. There's a reason why they're reviled as "ambulance chasers."