Anyone familiar with "career associate"? Forum

[jrwhitedog]

Just read the headline on Yahoo today,
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Seems some BigLaws are creating a second-tier lawyer program which pays less than half of the market price(160K annually) and instead of being associates those staff enrolled in the program are called career associates who will never make partners.
For someone like me who's planning to apply for law school, will this policy be more trendy among biglaws which means you should never apply for law school cause if u can only make 60-70k per year after wasting three years only to find u r in debt for over 150k, you must be absolutely nuts. Or it's still possible to make 160k for a new graduate? Thank you.

[wojo96]

There are numerous threads already addressing this article.

[johnnyutah]

you should never apply for law school cause if u can only make 60-70k per year after wasting three years only to find u r in debt for over 150k, you must be absolutely nuts. Or it's still possible to make 160k for a new graduate?

60-70k is a good salary.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

For someone like me who's planning to apply for law school, will this policy be more trendy among biglaws which means you should never apply for law school cause if u can only make 60-70k per year after wasting three years only to find u r in debt for over 150k, you must be absolutely nuts. Or it's still possible to make 160k for a new graduate? Thank you.

1. Yes
2. 60-70k would probably put you well inside top quarter of kids graduating from law school

[jrwhitedog]

Really? Then how long will u pay off your debt if u owe the government over 150k?

[johnnyutah]

Really? Then how long will u pay off your debt if u owe the government over 150k?

A long time.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

Really? Then how long will u pay off your debt if u owe the government over 150k?

A long, miserable time. Welcome to law school.

[jrwhitedog]

Really? Then how long will u pay off your debt if u owe the government over 150k?

A long time.

Thanks for the editing. But I don't like Japanese animation.

[aliarrow]

Really? Then how long will u pay off your debt if u owe the government over 150k?

A long time.

Thanks for the editing. But I don't Japanese animation.

What's going on in here?

[johnnyutah]

Really? Then how long will u pay off your debt if u owe the government over 150k?

A long time.

Thanks for the editing. But I don't Japanese animation.

What's going on in here?

That is a very good question.

[wojo96]

60-70k is a good salary.

...prior to grad school.

[aliarrow]

60-70k is a good salary.

...prior to grad school.

ITE 30k is good prior to grad school.