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Biglaw Life in the Mid-1990s Courtesy of Jonathan Foreman

By Neil Squillante

An ongoing discussion in our Fat Friday newsletter about large law firm recruiting and salaries brought back memories of an article published in the Winter 1997 issue of City Journal entitled My Life As An Associate. Written by Jonathan Foreman, it struck a chord with me back then when I myself was a large firm associate, and remains in my opinion the best inside account of large law firm life I've ever come across. Foreman is a formidable writer who practiced law at Shearman & Sterling for two years before embarking on a career as a journalist. I kept a copy of the article on paper for many years and eventually scanned it into PDF format. I read it twice a year at least ? and I'm not one of those people who usually consumes media more than once (the movie Wall Street being the only other exception)...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).