<p>Hundreds of mid law firms? Your definition is obviously much different from the accepted definition. Nlj250 is generally considered big law, after that there are not that many jobs that pay market (or close to) and do what is considered midlaw work. Then you have small (or ****) law.</p>
<p>I don’t know that I would call every NLJ 250 firm “biglaw”. Do you really think Roetzel & Andress is in the same category as Skadden? But either way, there are a ton of firms not in the NLJ 250 that aren’t really “small.” According to Martindale, there are more than 600 firms in NY alone with between 25 and 100 attorneys. Plenty of them do the same type of work as biglaw firms and are often co-counsel with them on deals and cases.</p>
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<p>Yeah, this is incorrect.</p>
<p>The myth of midlaw is not that medium-sized firms exist. The myth is that if you just miss BigLaw, then, oh well, you can just settle for Midlaw, which pays a bit less for a better lifestyle. </p>
<p>In fact, non Biglaw firms hire relatively few people at the entry-level, and getting one with any kind of decent salary and lifestyle will probably be harder than getting BigLaw. You’re certainly not more likely to get 100-120K than 160k. Maybe you’ll get a place like Wilson, Elser, which pays $70,000 and works you just as hard as BigLaw.</p>