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We are lobsters in a lobster trap, lured by the sweet smell of money only to find ourselves entrapped.
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No, but we are weird and obsessive.
Enthusiast
This is the correct answer lol. Not necessarily smarter than anyone else, just willing to spend time obsessing over things.
I find lawyers are smarter than your average joe but rarely the smartest people you’ll meet
Mentor
Most of the truly smart people you don’t meet. They’re sitting in a lab somewhere doing research.
No
No, we had nothing else to fall back on so we chose the "easy" path
Mentor
No, I want to go back to 2001 and tell myself I could have made infinitely more money being an investor that cannot beat the S&P.
Mentor
Compared to what? Rocket scientists? No. Many of our clients? No comment.
The amount we spend “explain like I’m 5” info for clients... sometimes the same concept multiple times!
Are clients smart? NO
Depends if your parent(s) got you into law school or a firm because of their money/status
Coach
I remember being shocked at the number of idiots in law school
book smart, maybe. common sense smart, no, because if we were we would have chosen to do almost anything else lol
No.
It depends
Who IS smart?
Mentor
People who avoided law school at least have some hope.