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Lawyers I know are extremely risk adverse. It starts with law school, where it is the default, safe path for a lot of people who think "I want to be really impo
by seibelj 9y ago
Lawyers I know are extremely risk adverse. It starts with law school, where it is the default, safe path for a lot of people who think "I want to be really important and make money" but have a degree in English, philosophy, etc. and don't know how to translate that into a high powered job without more schooling.
Then the grind of law school, where they all obsess over class rank, who gets the best internship, who gets the best job. It's a very reputation based industry, where even trying to switch to another firm could get you blackballed if done improperly and without tact.
If a lot of tech people make a big stink about this to the partners, it will quickly make this path dangerous for employees and it will stop fast.
- azernik 9y agoIf you've left Big Law, you are already off the risk-averse path. These are very seniority-focused places, which will not hire you back after you've left the Big Law system (with the exception of a few high-prestige postings, like a court clerkship). i.e. these lawyers will probably never again work at Latham anyway.
- seibelj 9y agoConsidering most lawyers in big law won't make partner (from what I've heard, what makes logical sense, and what this Quora post says[0]) most non-partner lawyers in big law will eventually leave. Let's keep them from becoming patent trolls, shall we? [0] https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-associates-at-big-law-firms-make-partner https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-associates-at-big-l...