Is physical stamina the most important factor in biglaw? Forum

[crazi4law]

From personal experience, I find that the amount of sleep I get GREATLY affects everything that I do, from the work that I produce to my interactions with other people. Usually, I feel horrible when I get less than 5 hours of sleep the night before. For others, it seems that sleep doesn't have nearly as big of an influence on their lives.

Since sleep deprivation is an evitable part of biglaw life, would you say that one's physical and mental ability to tolerate sleep deprivation is one of the most important factors of how he/she does in biglaw? Do some people decide early on that they simply cannot handle the severe lack of sleep and quit very soon?

Also, what happens when you decide your body is really going to break down if you do not get any sleep right away, and you therefore take the rest of the day off even when you have things due that day?

[jas1503]

From personal experience, I find that the amount of sleep I get GREATLY affects everything that I do, from the work that I produce to my interactions with other people. Usually, I feel horrible when I get less than 5 hours of sleep the night before. For others, it seems that sleep doesn't have nearly as big of an influence on their lives.

Since sleep deprivation is an evitable part of biglaw life, would you say that one's physical and mental ability to tolerate sleep deprivation is one of the most important factors of how he/she does in biglaw? Do some people decide early on that they simply cannot handle the severe lack of sleep and quit very soon?

Also, what happens when you decide your body is really going to break down if you do not get any sleep right away, and you therefore take the rest of the day off even when you have things due that day?

Physical stamina??? I thought big law is filled with paper pushers...

Start sleeping 4 hours a day from now on to train for the real thing.

[Clearly]

Sci fi guy ?

[WhiteyCakes]

Sci fi guy ?

Exactly my thought when I saw this on the front page

[swc65]

It's called a BLN, big law nap. Sleep under your desk or on it. Not joking. People do it all the time. Others get an adderall addiction. Napping is better.

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

From personal experience, I find that the amount of sleep I get GREATLY affects everything that I do, from the work that I produce to my interactions with other people. Usually, I feel horrible when I get less than 5 hours of sleep the night before. For others, it seems that sleep doesn't have nearly as big of an influence on their lives.

Since sleep deprivation is an evitable part of biglaw life, would you say that one's physical and mental ability to tolerate sleep deprivation is one of the most important factors of how he/she does in biglaw? Do some people decide early on that they simply cannot handle the severe lack of sleep and quit very soon?

Also, what happens when you decide your body is really going to break down if you do not get any sleep right away, and you therefore take the rest of the day off even when you have things due that day?

Are you the same guy who was asking how to get into Wachtell?

If you don't perform well/feel good on less than five hours of sleep, don't go to Wachtell.

[Gunnar Stahl]

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/i ... -i-banking

nice one dood

are you crazi4law or craziforib?

or crazi4preftige?

[scifiguy]

You can do some research into sleep deprivation + irregular sleep cycles and health.

Post the results here for us to see.

Maybe also Google "overwork" + "death" + "dangers" or something to that effect?

[scifiguy]

http://abovethelaw.com/2011/06/in-re-th ... associate/

The story of Lisa Johnstone - a former Skadden associate - is also quite well-known. Her autopsy showed inconclusive signs for the cause of her death. But the conditions leading up to her death prompted many biglaw attorneys to reassess their lives and physical and mental health.

[2014]

I would love to be able to function on 5 hours of sleep, I need a solid 8. I'm fucked lol

[J-e-L-L-o]

Sci fi guy ?

Exactly my thought when I saw this on the front page

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/i ... -i-banking

nice one dood

are you crazi4law or craziforib?

or crazi4preftige?

LOL.

I wonder how a law school admissions officer would respond to that...

I would bet a decent amount of money OP either a) Has zero desire to actually practice law and just wants to go into a high-paying profession, or b) Is the one of the dime-a-dozen college kids who think the coolest thing in the world is to work for Goldman Sachs (despite it being, in reality, probably one of the worst places you could ever work) and want to "work on M&A deals" because it's the easiest sub-field to understand when the extent of your experience is a BBA and a summer at JP Morgan.

OP, if you don't actually like the law, for the love of God do not go to law school. I promise you will hate your future job and you will be unsuccessful at it, because the long hours and tedious nature of the work will drain you, while others will outperform you because they legitimately love it and will therefore outwork you with relative ease.

[CanIGetAnAmen]

How do I get into big law?