Millennials in Law

Question for my fellow female attorneys: where can I find good dress shirts? I'm talking about the style H&M used to have. Google keeps bringing me to Ann Taylor and that just ain't it.

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One of my coworkers is a NPC and i keep catching him being one. Anybody else have this experience?

How many of you are seriously considering leaving the law be honest.

How should I negotiate for a higher salary? I have my annual review coming up, which always means bonus & raise, but I need to push for it to be higher than normal this year -- something I've … more

What are your thoughts on Lawyers / Attorneys / Legal Professionals / Legal Consultants from Gen Z?

Adulting is kicking my @$$ . . . . . And by the looks of it I’m not the only one. . . Why are so many of us feeling like this all of a sudden?? Or is it that we are more vocal about it than the adults… more

Anyone else out there find it hard to date as an attorney? I feel like I just have zero time to devote to someone else after working so long. How do you make it work?

Is this just a pipe dream, or will the way the legal field operates change in the near future? With the way the world & work life balance are both wildly changing in the US. Do others out here bel… more

Searching for any and all advice related to looking for/finding/landing/transitioning to new jobs upon the completion of a judicial clerkship. Thank you!

I'm infatuated with someone and I'm probably being annoying ugh 😫

Have you ever done a firm retreat/team building trip? Our partners want to know if this is something we'd be interested in this summer and I don't know what to tell them because I've never… more

How do you handle a partner who has unrealistic deadlines? One of our partners seems to think we (associates and paras) should be able to do things "now." Obviously rushing through it leads … more

Don't know if this is the best place to post this but here it goes. Im a licensed attorney in central America and got a LLM from Penn State Law with a concentration in Corporate Law & Practice… more

PSLF peeps, any tips on transitioning between jobs so that I don’t sacrifice my loan forgiveness? I currently working for a district attorney’s office in one state and interviewed today for a state at… more

Anyone else failing as much at their career as me

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Anyone have experience with taking a second bar exam after passing the first time? I moved jurisdictions and am having to retake the UBE because my new state doesn’t take scores over 2 years old and r… more

Was I actually out of line here? We were in a meeting about a big case, someone asked me a question that I didn't know the answer to. The other associate on the case sighed dramatically and said i… more

Anyone have success getting Westlaw to write down a big out of network mistake?

Had an interview the other day for a government Atty position. Pretty sure I bombed the interview, but if I get the job, it’s because I showed a picture of my adorable dog.

I keep taking interviews I'm not sure about/don't want. What is wrong with me

Barred in Louisiana. Seven years in private practice—mostly insurance—got burnt out, went to work for the city government and have been stuck for two years. I HATE IT.

Who has leads for remote attorn… more

I'm 28 and my hair is graying . . .

Stuck in the office sitting on two good lateral offers that I have until Monday to respond to. Have a ton of work left to do but no motivation to do it now. Any advice?

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What are you aiming to achieve this year? Use this thread to drop your goals, big or small, to get some accountability and to inspire others!

There's a metric at work I'm failing to meet despite my best efforts I'm within like 1% of meeting the metric, I feel like a lot of people are in this situation as well I'm going to ke… more

I’m in a small specialist group and my boss’s only associate for his main work-stream. He’s clearly stressed beyond belief by the amount of work that needs to be done and I’m planning to lateral in Fe… more

At my firm, it always feels like there's a bit of resentment from partners when you request PTO, no matter how far in advance. I do good work but I need a vacation once in a while! Is this normal?… more

I'm worried about my job so I'm working from home from my parents house. I feel like such a joke

I am shaping up to be a giant failure and may have to move in with my parents around 30 after 2 unsuccessful jobs, I know it's up to me to change my life has anybody else turned things around afte… more

Where my fellow criminal defense attorneys at?

I have my first "mentor meeting" with a partner at our firm today. I think it's really cool our firm offers this, but I've never done anything like it before. What kind of questions … more

I'm a lawyer with about 2 years of experience in a rural municipality who is getting an interview for a rural electrical cooperative. I didn't have a ton of responsibility at my last job beyon… more

I had surprisingly bad feedback on my performance review and ever since then, I've been really down about work. It's making me question my entire career and if all the sacrifices I've made… more

Rebuilding confidence after a bad performance review from one partner and being cut off from their matters?

Cross posting: is anyone in recovery for alcohol or substance abuse? Or even depression/anxiety?? How do you manage stressors without “outing” yourself to colleagues, managers, or partners? This is a … more

I graduated a top 50 law school and I have trouble holding a job. I never thought life would be so hard for me. I keep falling victim to my depression I can't seem to get up