When will the next lockstep salary grid revision/increase most likely be pursuant to the New York big firms increase this year?
The pace from private practice to in house is so different and so boring, not much work and half the time any opinion given by legal is never listened to it's like we are hindrance to the corporation
Do others find big law is becoming naturally easier with the use of AI, analyzing contracts and giving summaries of key terms, doing a lot of the due diligence, and drafting?
Has anyone survived with OCD in the legal profession? I'm talking about OCD that gives you extreme anxiety about certain things where you ruminate all the time
Serious question. Besides being a trial lawyer is there any type of lawyer or law adjacent where there is a lot of field work involved, for example investigations of some sort, collections, viewings, idk...I can't sit in a desk any longer lol
Serious question. Besides being a trial lawyer is there any type of lawyer or law adjacent where there is a lot of field work involved, for example investigations of some sort, collections, viewings, idk...I can't sit in a desk any longer lol
I think I am demented, I cannot focus or stay on task any longer, I had a recent breakup with another lawyer at a big law firm and all I think about is her
Does anyone else have relationship anxiety where it makes dating tough a lawyer and to focus on work because when they start to like someone they obsess about them?
What is the deal with DWF and the expansion to Toronto did they just suck up WhiteLaw Twining and do they pay the bay street rate?
I don't believe anyone can bill 40-50 hours every week without dying...how do you guys do it and are people fudging their hours lol
Getting sick of AI being pushed down our throat, especially on LinkedIn where it seems new companies are popping up everywhere. Is AI really going to take over the legal profession and create less demand for junior associate lawyers?
Getting sick of AI being pushed down everyone's throat, especially on LinkedIn where it seems new companies are popping up everywhere. Is AI really going to take over the legal profession and create less demand for junior associate lawyers?
I have had a couple times where I have fell asleep at my desk in my chair, it was never intentional...how bad can I be perceived for this?
3rd year corporate associate turning 4th year in the new year. This job is still so dry and boring, the only excitment comes from fast closing periods, does anyone else feel this way? What excited you about this job or keeps you going, minus the pay...
I don't think I can do this anymore, 3rd year call, the anxiety is soul crushing....always being on call, having to perform at such a high level, moody partners, sleepless nights, ruined weekends.
If you make a mistake as a junior associate that is unreasonable to know as a junior are the partners hard on you for not knowing?
How bad would it be to cry in front of a partner when they are scolding you for work or you are speaking to them about something in your personal life?
Currently going through a breakup and they were the love of my life, really beaten down and cannot focus at work.