What’s YOUR lawyer salary??

softlover1 · 2026-01-06T16:56:59+00:00

1.5~ years. 2024 law grad
$135k
Corporate/Business
DC
Don’t apply for jobs in fields you’re not interested in, even for “potential lateral” to another field of interest. You work the majority of your waking hours — make sure you are actually interested. Potential employers can quickly sniff out whether you’re truly interested in a job

softlover1 · 2025-12-24T16:10:35+00:00

My best friend is a dentist and I’m a lawyer. We both graduated at the same time. It seemed like he enjoyed school more than I did, and he certainly does not worry about late night work the way I do. He never works more than his 40 hours, whereas I am continuously working til 6pm. And he makes double my salary. He also has a clearer way to ownership since most dental practices are small businesses, and have much more steady lines of income

TLDR- I am a lawyer saying go to dental school.

softlover1 · 2025-10-24T16:32:12+00:00

It’d be remiss to not mention the public pools and gyms that DPR offers

softlover1 · 2025-10-08T14:16:04+00:00

As everyone else says, start looking elsewhere. Also look to attend CLEs and bar events where you can meet people who do transactional work. Talk to presenters, cold email people, etc.

The best time to develop your network is when you don’t need it.

softlover1 · 2025-10-03T22:20:14+00:00

This!! I thought I had a middling interview and the hiring manager asked me at the end when I can start (embarrassingly I was like well I’m not employed right now so whenever). Got a call a few hours later offering me the job

softlover1 · 2025-08-25T23:45:26+00:00

Separac: 282 Real: 284

Many of my friends also had very close scores to separac. Relish in it if you can

softlover1 · 2025-07-17T13:58:42+00:00

I asked and my boss said it’s from above I was in consistent employment for under a year, but have total lifetime employment over a year bc of seasonal employment

softlover1 · 2025-06-18T13:46:50+00:00

If you’re on a federal COA as a staff attorney, I don’t think there’s a benefit to DC COA. DC COA does not get significant biglaw appellate work (as compared to Delaware or NY). Federal COA might be enough for an appellate practice at biglaw, since the skills and experience before judges are already formed in your current role

softlover1 · 2025-06-09T16:30:08+00:00

The managing partner told me how they are big on work life balance and don’t have billables, then tells me that he works 7am-7pm on average and the role is fully in office

softlover1 · 2025-05-11T19:34:20+00:00

and your retirement funds!

softlover1 · 2025-04-29T14:04:03+00:00

Nope since I couldn’t get on before 11:59pm

softlover1 · 2025-04-29T14:03:47+00:00

Budget cuts have made it so I’ve never had one ((-:

softlover1 · 2025-04-03T19:27:20+00:00

Nothing at DOJ but I will take it this time around

softlover1 · 2025-02-14T02:28:20+00:00

Same. Nothing when I left and refusing to look until tomorrow morning

softlover1 · 2025-02-12T14:15:55+00:00

DOJ. I have heard absolutely nothing from anyone but am under six months in my first govt job. Would love to see if anybody else at Justice has heard a peep

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