Big Law

Milbank special bonuses announced. "What can I say except 'you're welcome'"

How do you all feel about Zohran Mamdani? I'm genuinely curious.

Anyone else having a pretty bad experience this summer? Maybe its just the firm I am at but— * No one seemed to have time for me. * A lot of people came across as rude or unprofessional. * The overal...

Any tips for getting into shape/losing weight while working this job? I’ve realized that I’ve really let myself go, and I want to fix it. No ozempic suggestions plz.

Unless and until nickel-and-dime firms finally match, I cannot in good faith refer to them as biglaw. I’ll also adapt hours and responsiveness accordingly. And unless they raise as an apology, I will ...

How are folks coping with the "always on" Big Law grind? I'll be a fifth year M&A associate this fall and am increasingly struggling to find boundaries that allow me to take care of what I'd consider ...

For those who haven’t yet heard, another Coldplay moment has surfaced. This time it’s a Wachtell partner and associate making out in Bryant Park.

Coming to find out that the associates who are “chill” are only chill because they push all their work onto others and take all the credit for it.

Is anyone else at Davis Wright Tremaine getting very frustrated about the significantly below market salaries/bonuses? It feels like there is an identity crisis about if DWT is a work/life balance fir...

Anyone find it weird how big of a chip NOT coming from privilege is to some lawyers? Seems like these people think any conversation about debt and privilege is an affront to their existence as if we w...

Has this job made you a worse person?

How do you know it’s time to leave?

Single people in big law - particularly big law NYC - how do you find the time or energy to date? Really want to find my person but beginning to think that’s not going to happen while I’m in this job...

I’m gay

Dear partners at firms that haven’t matched market. How does it feel to be a partner at a cheap, second-rate firm that is set to get humiliated in Vault rankings? How beta do you feel when you talk to...

Being continuously asked “why” you do certain things by seniors when the answer is obvious makes me unreasonably angry. Maybe if you just applied half a second of critical thinking, you’d understand. ...

What’s the most number of times you or someone you know has gotten laid off from a firm?

This feels crazy that we’re all about to be paid below market in 6 days while McDermott, Milbank and S&C and some random others pay market

Partner has made it clear to other partners I can’t get work from anyone else but him even when I am slow. It’s now to the point where I can only work for him even when i’m slow. Is this normal? I’ve ...

Damn accidentally became a go-to senior associate … halp, I’m still just a baby