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One of our legal assistants has repeatedly complained about me to my boss, and each time my boss has met with me about it. The first complaint was because I made a copy of a document and wrote notes o...

I have noticed that some paralegals and staff are rude to junior lawyers. Why is this the case?Even those really good at their work, they basically try to tell them that they don't take orders from th...

How is your firm/company handling Juneteenth? Holiday, “holiday”, or “what holiday?”

Ugh hate being a W2 employee. The thought that I'm losing 200k/year in taxes is wild. They've made it really darn hard to retire early by putting extremely high tax loads on people making under 1m/yea...

Why do we pay paralegals so little? A senior associate completely miscalculated a statutory deadline, and our lead paralegal caught it at 4:30 PM on the final day, staying late on a Friday to fix the ...

I started the JD next program yesterday and am so happy there’s an alternative to the LSAT. I know a lot of people are against the program because it’s new, but a standardized test cannot determine th...

I've been looking for a job since the end of March. I am exhausted. I have income through unemployment. No health insurance. I have 2 years experience in probate work. I received a job offer yesterd...

My firm offered a stay bonus. Three people quit last month, so they offered the survivors $15k to sign a one-year commitment letter. I need the cash, but I feel like I’m signing away my mental health ...

I just got a quick question email while sitting on a beach in Hawaii and I’m about to throw my phone into the Pacific. I explicitly put my Out Of Office message up, transitioned all my files to a co-c...

Does work life balance exist as a lawyer? For whose who have achieved it, how do you do it? I know lawyers doing 40 hours per week and still working weekends.

Change my mind. Most First-Year Associate mistakes are 100% the fault of the partner who gave the vague assignment. Stop berating juniors for failing to capture the strategy when your entire instructi...

Do you combine your personal with your work calendar?

At my last firm, I had three weeks of accrued time, and when I lateral-shifted, I got a nice cash payout that covered my moving expenses. At my current place with unlimited leave, the peer pressure to...

Is anyone worried that AI would take their jobs? it is getting much more advanced, and they are now paying lawyers to train AI, are those trainers training their replacement?

What is one thing from your first job after law school that stayed with you — good, bad, or surprising?

I'm seriously misaligned with my job and feel like there's no way out. I'm two years into an estate planning career and know beyond a doubt it's not for me, but have no idea where to go. Are there any...

🙋‍♀️Curious about partner compensation across different law firms (and whether it’s worth of the lifestyle 😂) If you’re comfortable sharing, please include: • Equity or non-equity partner • YOE • Fi...

Lateral/Conflicts question— my spouse is lateraling to a new firm. This is the first time either one of us has lateraled as we’ve been at our firms since law school so dumb question. He’s been coordin...

How much does which judge you clerked for matter? Got an offer from a federal district judge in a pretty competitive district, but the judge is appointed by the current president - would that have any...

💭 If you were let go from your job tomorrow, what's the first thing you'd do?