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The firm itself is what’s important. If you have serious issues on the line you don’t nickel and dime, you choose among a few white shoe firms. And those firms
by seibelj 7y ago
The firm itself is what’s important. If you have serious issues on the line you don’t nickel and dime, you choose among a few white shoe firms. And those firms are absolutely brutal in who they hire.
- porknubbins 7y agoBiglaw firms generally only do work for large corporations so if you have a biglaw issue you already know that.
- seibelj 7y agoThat is 100% false. Every company I’ve worked for, and none of them were by any means big, paid brand name law firms for work. The thing they all want is money, and if you have money they will work with you.
- nowayjosetimes2 7y agothey're absolutely brutal in that you need to have sailing and jarring your own jam on the 'interests' section of your resume. Let's be real. These biglaw firms have been behind every major legal fuck up from Watergate (https://www.landmarkcases.org/united-states-v-nixon/the-legacy-of-watergate-rethinking-legal-ethics https://www.landmarkcases.org/united-states-v-nixon/the-lega...) to the financial collapse (https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/january-2010-financial-crisis.cfm https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-...). There are a fuckload of dartmouth lacrosse players who put up with the "absolutely brutal" hours, but they're still dartmouth lacrosse players.