Good Gravy
New York law firms announce that they will pay FIRST YEAR associates $160,000.
FIRST YEARS! TWENTY FOUR YEAR OLDS! $160,000! A YEAR.
A YEAR!
FIRST YEARS.
Ok. Rant over.
New York law firms announce that they will pay FIRST YEAR associates $160,000.
FIRST YEARS! TWENTY FOUR YEAR OLDS! $160,000! A YEAR.
A YEAR!
FIRST YEARS.
Ok. Rant over.
January 24th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
So you got a raise.
This makes me hate you even MORE.
January 24th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I made the right decision… I made the right decision… I made the right decision… Can I borrow a few bucks?… I made the right decision…
January 24th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Let’s not make this about me. This is about first years making $160,000 a year! They know nothing!
January 24th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
What Chugarte said.
January 24th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
If the first years are making that much, doesn’t everyone else above them get a bump up too?
This is a “sweetening the pot” deal to entice graduates to take the medial, grinding, jobs anyway.
January 25th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that my insurance rates are about to go up….
January 25th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
The firm is still charging $250/hr for those n00b associate’s time. That, maybe, is where the crime is.
January 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
[ADD] or $300/hr, or $400/hr [/ADD]
January 25th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
woo! drinks on dawn!
January 25th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
no, no…again..not about me. stop focussing on dawn…we’re talking about the first years here!