Currently at a Big4 working on Regulatory and Compliance projects with 4 YOE. Looking to apply to law school - what does a day-to-day look like for junior associates ?

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A1 - curious to know why not ?
Disclaimer: my work life balance sucks already and I’m making < 100K 🤦‍♀️

Great thread on this on Top Law Schools forums on the web from many different practice areas!

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Unless you get into a top-20 school (or do really well at a lower ranked school), your odds of having better career opportunities in terms of compensation are not great (go look at the bimodal salary distribution for attorneys). The transition will also be tough going from a SA role to new junior. Your YOE won't matter at all for the work you'll be doing as a junior associate.

But to answer your question:

Research; reviewing, analyzing, drafting and revising documents. These two things are 90% of my job. In a specialized transactional area (i.e. not M&A or PE, but support their deals.)

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