re: Loyola Law School

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I don't care what sort of limo service and fancy takeout meals you provide. It doesn't make up for making one work till 11:00+ on a regular basis.

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it's more like setting up a dry cleaning (free, obviously) area and having a cafeteria ready to serve them late at night so that they can theoretically never leave.

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there was the same attitude for many of my classmates (going to nola, obviously)

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it was pretty fricking funny

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I'll never forget my first week as a summer associate in NOLA. We had a meeting with the managing partner who spoke to all the SAs.

He talked about how NOLA was on the rise and repeatedly referred to Skadden, Cravath, Wachtell, etc. as peer firms. I almost spit out my drink.

It was a very good firm and was a great place to work, but that was a bit much.

i heard from somebody in laffy that their new jones walker is paying nola-level money

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He talked about how NOLA was on the rise and repeatedly referred to Skadden, Cravath, Wachtell, etc. as peer firms.

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I heard something similar. Except at the time I was a dumbass 2L and had no idea what a "Cravath" was

And fizz, your idea that "oh 4 years won't be that bad" is what everybody thinks. But I think you underestimate how terrible it would be to work 80 hour weeks on a regular basis. For me, anything over 60 hours is miserable, and doing 80 hour weeks on a week in, week out basis would destroy me. I wouldn't last a year.

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But I think you underestimate how terrible it would be to work 80 hour weeks on a regular basis. For me, anything over 60 hours is miserable, and doing 80 hour weeks on a week in, week out basis would destroy me. I wouldn't last a year.

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My grades aren't good enough to get me into Big4 anyway, so its moot. Working 80hrs a week for the entire year would destroy me, working 80 for a quarter of the year during busy season would not. I think they work much closer to 60 than 80, but I don't really know yet, none of my friends have been working there for more than 3 months.

My advice: Don't even think about going to law school unless you have a full ride or you know the exact reason why you want to become a lawyer. Please, make sure your reason for going is not because you graduated from undergrad and you don't know what to do. I made that mistake, but I had a full ride at Tulane. Even though I was in the top third of my class, I left after my first semester because of the market and just general dislike for the legal field. Now, I have a great job and couldn't be happier that I left it behind.

Also, I have many friends at Tulane law that are in the top half of the class and they can't even get an interview right now for summer associates. Just be forewarned and educate yourself about law school, the profession, and the legal market before you make the decision.

there comes a certain point when the payoff isn't even really that beneficial to you objectively

if you have to pay for all of this extra shite b/c you don't have enough time to do it yourself, that salary is being cut down. if your base self is accustomed to to a higher lifestyle then you have to make more and more to sustain it

now will i fall into this trap? it's possible, but i hope it doesn't. not for the parasitic relationship...for me

yall are pussies. I billed 19 hours yesterday, ripped a few law clerks some new assholes, then took a client to ruths.

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one of the top 20 firms in the country.

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Which firm, or if you don't want to say the name, in which city is it located?

I ask because this:

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a typical day for him is working from 8:00-7:00 although he doesn't work weekends.

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strikes me as atypical for partners at most AmLaw 100 firms. I.e., they usually work more and typically at least some on the weekends, IME.