Serious question: what was biglaw like back in the 90s? Did ya'll have big cellphones and catered lunches? How is it different for associates back then versus now?

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They were in the office a lot more - e.g., nights and weekends they wouldn’t transition home. They stayed at the firm.
However, legal assistants were way more helpful back then (e.g., would order your wife a birthday gift from you without you asking, would pick up your dry cleaning, would arrange your life)

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Yeah I’m a senior associate in biglaw, IP litigation. Because for some reason I saw firm life from the inside and was like “good idea!”

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One partner told a 90s story from the summer associate program. Apparently, one event was going to the horse racetrack. They’d give summers a big wade of cash to gamble on the races. Definitely wouldn’t fly today.

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My firm did this until last year as a summer event and it is the most exclusive and best event of the summer.

An older partner said back in the 80s they used to take summer associates to a strip club

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A lot of sexual harassment and blow. 😅

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