Comments on: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

By: wah wah wah

wah wah wah — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:44:28 +0000

jesus mr. 1L who is actually top 51% at a tier 4 school has a bug up his ass. fuck you, do-gooder.

By: 1L

1L — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:51:12 +0000

Jess — No, at my summer job, I’ll be assisting plaintiffs suing corporations and government entities for employment and civil rights related issues.

Not-1L — I’d never apply to those firms; I only interviewed with one practitioner, and that is whom I am working with this summer. I’d say my interview skills are just fine – 100% offer rate. And unlike many other 1L’s I know, I won’t be doing menial work, I’ll be accompanying the partner to trials, and I’ll actually be getting paid.

Its not like I chose this carrer route because of low grades or anything, I’m top 15% at a Tier 1 school.

The chip on my shoulder is how I cannot understand the lack of humanity these large firms have. There’s a reason big defense firms have a lower employee retention rate than small plaintiff’s firms. I’m ecstatic that I have the opportunity to witness the fall of these dinosaurs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:27:12 +0000

I thought he was throwing away the offer letter because it and the job are worthless.

By: oh a janitor?

oh a janitor? — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:45:58 +0000

i thought it was the associate going back to clear out his desk, assuming he was to be laid off to make room for the new crop

By: Me

Me — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:25:09 +0000

The notion of law students doing “real work” at their summer jobs is laughable. Serious, we love y’all, and we see potential in many of you, but your current work-product is worthless.

By: Not-1L

Not-1L — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:57:55 +0000

Dear 1L,
Do you have a chip on your shoulder or something? You sound jealous and bitter – as though maybe you applied to a bunch of top 50 firms and none of them wanted you? Don’t take it too personally. It’s probably just your grades and how you interview.

- Not 1L

By: AnonymousCoward

AnonymousCoward — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:27:09 +0000

Jess, I hear equivocation is a great strategy in legal argument that judges never ever see through. I see from your posts here that you’re something of an expert with the technique, so I was wondering if you could confirm my impressions?

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:24:12 +0000

So the question stands. If your firm is organized as a professional corporation, will you still work there and “further corporate interests”?

By: 1L

1L — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:19:55 +0000

Jess, setting aside the fact that you’re utterly wrong about partnerships and corporations and while trying to make me look ignorant you made yourself look stupid…
What I meant by “corporate whores” (which doesn’t quite have the technical definition you might find in corporate law) are people who enlist their services to a corporation/company/whatever that takes advantage of them by making them do menial tasks that are a very small piece in the firm’s operations–of say, defending Enron. Yet still, they are smiling because they’re getting a huge paycheck (for being treated like crap) and not having enough of a conscience to take a job that doesn’t further corporate interests over individual rights.
Yes, I know its a job and someone has to do it, but I won’t be that person.

By: Derrick

Derrick — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:08:43 +0000

Spreague: That’s so unfair, there’s so many poor saps in large firms working their first few years that late every night. You and your easy government job… ;P