re: Life as a Lawyer Advice Needed

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This is certainly not the case in New Orleans. Not even close to being correct.

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I read the ODC emails religiously every month and it's dominated by BR/Nola area attorneys who are taking client money (for relatively small fees less than LC prices) and all the "I'm poor" moves. These are also typically not recent law grads.

Also, since we're talking income, we're talking $300k net. That's a lot for a small firm.

And, again, there are a ton of lawyers being paid by the government in some way who aren't making $100k, let alone $300k. That population in Nola and BR is huge, given all the government jobs.

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Do those positions exist? Sure. But taking one of those jobs is a personal decision

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A personal decision that severely affects both the median and average salaries

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If the OPs daughter does decently well in school, she will almost 100% clear 100k relatively shortly into her career at a private firm—maybe even on day 1 of her first job.

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Sure. And in no way will that be average.

I mean hell, if she has a full ride to LSU She's not even starting out as an average applicant. Her LSAT is probably 20 points higher than your Loyola or Southern law grads.