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WhenTheEmptinessSwallowsYouWhole 4 - 18 Feb 2010 - Main.RobLaser
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 *So I found this article "When the Emptiness Swallows You" on abovethelaw.com today. It was written by a former big firm lawyer who went to NYU law school and now is a psychotherapist. I think it's relevant to what we've been talking about in class. Just wanted to post for people's reading pleasure/displeasure.

I've cut and pasted the text of the article here because I don't know if it will remain the top part of the blog's homepage so this just makes it easier for access. I bolded quotes I found interesting.

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 Maybe this is essentialist or reductionist (etc) but I think it has something to do with what Eben discussed a few weeks ago -- we're for the most part creative, free-thinking, generally liberal, and seeking justice when we enter law chool. I think that what's so depressing about "BigLaw" is the awareness (on the part of the attorneys) that the spirit and promise and ideals they used to have - or have somewhere buried very very deeply - are completely irrelevant and even undesired. That's what I'm most afraid of, at least.

-- JessicaCohen - 18 Feb 2010

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I think it is good to discuss this topic in terms of what we are afraid of since, like Rory said, we haven't been through it. One thing I am afraid of is believing the dichotomy between having a personally meaningful life and having a wealthy/"prestigious" life then self-loathingly choose the latter. Honestly, this article scares the hell out of me with regards to working at biglaw.

-- RobLaser - 18 Feb 2010

 
 
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