http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/ A self-deprecating look at life in and after BigLaw Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:27:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-988 FOARP Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:14:49 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2588#comment-988 errrmmm . . . . only if you think things will have gotten better by the time you're out. You might also consider that big law might have over-shot on redundancies, and find it hard to get the people it let off back. errrmmm . . . . only if you think things will have gotten better by the time you're out. You might also consider that big law might have over-shot on redundancies, and find it hard to get the people it let off back.

]]> http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-985 rick Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:39:29 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2588#comment-985 if there are 30,000 lawyers in the usa out of a job, or 5 per cent, is it a good time to go to law school? if there are 30,000 lawyers in the usa out of a job, or 5 per cent, is it a good time to go to law school?

]]> http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-976 FOARP Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:21:28 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2588#comment-976 Well, 'fraid it's not going to get much better any time soon. That's why I've gone back to my old teaching job, which pays half what I was making back in 2007 working in China as an patenting paralegal, before I had the genius idea of going back to the UK to qualify as a lawyer here. Wait a year or so and this recession will be over, the companies might even have a little recruitment rush if they've over-done the lay-offs - they did after the last recession. Keep your chin up, it'll get better, not very soon, but it will. Well, 'fraid it's not going to get much better any time soon. That's why I've gone back to my old teaching job, which pays half what I was making back in 2007 working in China as an patenting paralegal, before I had the genius idea of going back to the UK to qualify as a lawyer here. Wait a year or so and this recession will be over, the companies might even have a little recruitment rush if they've over-done the lay-offs – they did after the last recession. Keep your chin up, it'll get better, not very soon, but it will.

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