Big law real estate associates, 2-5 year: what’s a day in the life? What are you working on? How does it compare to what your M&A or securities colleagues are doing?

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I start the day by checking the traps I set the night before. If I snared a rabbit or a hare I will skin and dress the catch on the spot and carry the meat back to camp in my satchel. After that I usually forage for a few hours and then take a noon swim. In the afternoon I work on my shelter and prepare a fire to cook dinner.

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A RuneScape-biglaw crossover reference was what I needed this Saturday night (Sunday morning)

Am a 7th year but as a mid-level it’s running checklists, title and survey review, drafting core docs like PSAs and loan documents, opinion letters and escrow instructions while also doing things like signature pages and closing binders

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