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First - it sounds like you may work somewhere where you don’t understand how compensation works for people at your level. So, I would say try to ask the question, respectfully, about how compensation decisions are made and how compensation works for associates. Does your firm have any HR professional you could ask before the review? Otherwise, try to ask a partner you might trust or ideally a more senior associate. If anyone is offended you even ask, as long as you do respectfully and without entitlement, that’s probably a red flag about them.

Big picture - if you are a first going into second year associate, focus on your training and development. If you develop good skills and experience and then feel you are underpaid once you have more experience, you can lateral to somewhere that pays you better (and if you can’t, then you’re not underpaid.)

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