<p>It all depends where you work. My aunt is a public defender in NJ, and she works less than the 9-5 and has the weekend off completely plus all public holidays. Granted, she has been an attorney in that office for 20 years. The younger attorneys in the office are usually per diem employees and don’t work on the weekend either, I’d also be surprised as well if they worked past the 9-5.</p>
<p>I don’t know where you got the idea that being a trial lawyer (actually called a Litigator) or for that matter ANY lawyer was a 9 -5 job. Litigators are the legal equivalent of a surgeon; they make the big money but the pay the big price in giving up any semblance of a "normal’ life.</p>
<p>As a new lawyer at any mid size firm they will own your rear end for the first few years. At the BIG firms it goes on for much longer and you are in a constant struggle for billable hours and competing with all your peers for partnership.</p>
<p>If you want something close to a 9-5 job as a Lawyer, work for the federal government doing environmental law or something like that. Most Lawyers don’t consider their jobs 9-5.</p>
<p>“answer with the mind set that I will excel in each with like a 4.0 and LSAT scores with 170 and higher scrath that LSAT 175, with interships”</p>
<p>This is really, really not a productive use of your time. You might as well base your decision on the mindset that you’ll meet and marry a millionaire. I mean, it could happen, but it’s nuts to make any plans based on the possibility.</p>
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<p>Well, there go my dreams.</p>
<p>Litigators aren’t like surgeons at all - they are pretty much the default, they don’t get paid more than transactional lawyers, and their lifestyle is often better (more consistent hours compared to most corporate practices).</p>
<p>Hanna, Forgive me for the sexism, but…</p>
<p>We don’t know what youngwriter looks like and how willing she is to marry someone old and unattractive. If she’s “super hot,” if she has the mindset she wants to meet and marry a millionaire, the odds of accomplishing that goal might be considerably higher than the odds of earning a 4.0 and getting a 175+.</p>
<p>litigator != trial lawyer. this is probably the source of confusion. </p>
<p>litigation associates basically do doc review all day, just ask flowerhead :P</p>
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<p>Well, I will say that some firms don’t give their litigation associates nearly as much doc review as others.</p>
<p>eadad no need to nasty I simply asked a question, if you can’t answer it without being condescending and informative then don’t make a comment on a thread I started, thank you</p>
<p>Hanna" This is really, really not a productive use of your time. You might as well base your decision on the mindset that you’ll meet and marry a millionaire. I mean, it could happen, but it’s nuts to make any plans based on the possibility."</p>
<p>That comment was for the purpose of setting a scenrio and it can very much be a reality, trust me</p>
<p>youngwriter, you need help.</p>
<p>Youngwriter16 is ostensibly a gold-digger.</p>
<p>You audition for Kanye’s erstwhile video about said way of life?</p>
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<p>Wasn’t being nasty, just relating facts from the real world that I live in.</p>
<p>Been there, done that, bought the program.</p>
<p>Holy crap you all are really doing your research on agc…</p>
<p>Isn’t this a bit… obsessive?</p>
<p>Flowerhead, lmao your hilarious,</p>
<p>Number1HSSinUsa, " Where did you come from??? So now I’m a gold digger because I want to make money while doing the thing I love and living a good life, I think flowerhead should have said you need help</p>
<p>Well, I thought that would be obvious.</p>
<p>is it very hard to go to hardvard??
give me some tips.</p>