[ORIGINAL] BigLaw Sucks

#poisonedroses

why is biglaw so terrible and why does nobody care?

#poisonedroses

Caroline (#biglaw) Caroline

All the guys would say she's mighty fine (mighty fine)

But mighty fine only got you somewhere half the time

And the other half either got you cussed out, or coming up short

Caroline (#biglaw) see she's the reason for the word "bitch" (bitch)

Why is it tolerable how awful and backward the legal industry is?

It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s that I just don’t care. It’s a problem of motivation.

  • No one hires project management specialists.

  • Older attorneys treat technological literacy like a joke rather than a necessity.

  • There is almost no study of best practices, much less implementation.

  • Technological incorporation is almost nil (I had a secretary that would print Word documents and scan them by hand to create PDFs…)

  • Partners are neither required nor trained to have leadership and management skills, despite leading large projects and numerous people.

  • Younger attorneys are given no meaningful input into any aspect of firm practices.

  • Inhumane treatment is not only tolerated; it is tacitly encouraged.