Based on my experiences so far, the stories you hear about young lawyers working sixty, eighty, or a hundred hours a week are exaggerated. I've had a few late nights at work because of after-hours client meetings, but most of my days are eight to five. I am told that we'll be a lot busier when we have a trial coming up, but that only happens a few times a year.
Maybe that 'midnight oil' lifestyle only happens at the big firms. Or maybe lawyers just perpetuate the myth of the overworked associate so they can justify billing sixteen hours a day. Nah, they wouldn't do that.
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