| | Prominent firms have hit a controversial high: about $3,100 a week for summer associates, or what would be just over $160,000 a year for fresh law school graduates. Perks are plentiful and full-time job offers all but guaranteed.
"I feel like I deserve it," said Vincenza Battaglia, 25, a rising third-year law student summering at Steptoe & Johnson. "We work really hard in law school."
No Objections Here - washingtonpost.com
Please Mr. Battaglia, get over yourself. If you think the "difficulty" of law school entitles you to your big bucks, I'd like to introduce you to the working poor in America. Or if that's below, I can point to really hardworking professionals in other countries who will make a mere fraction of what you're earning as a summer associate.
As for me, I'll defeinitely be appreciative of my Big Firm salary when I get it in the fall. Yes, I will bitch and moan if we're paid below market, but never for a second will I feel an overall sense of entitlement for what I'm going to be earning as a Big Firm attorney. I know that I am extremely blessed and fortunate to be in this position. As we were told in our Bar/Bri lectures, most people in the world would trade places with us in a heartbeat.
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