No one who knows or has worked with me would call me an apologist for large law firms. I have written, in some places scathingly, about the many, many things these firms could do better relative to their workforce, to their clients and to running themselves like sensible, for-profit businesses.
(If you're interested in reading any of my constructive criticisms, check out The Productive Culture Blueprint or browse the Careers and Feminism posts here.)
But when I met Ron Fox on Twitter and surprised him by saying that I thought large law firms, despite their many shortcomings, were still the best places for new law grads to learn the craft of being lawyers, I found myself limning the positives of what Ron calls "BigLaw" to explain what I meant.
Our ensuing email conversation was quite spirited, and Ron suggested we break it down into separate posts for publication on his Lawyer Satisfaction Blog.
Here they are:
Post #1 BIGLAW FOR NEW GRADS: FRIEND OR FOE?
Post #2 HOW DO LAW STUDENTS MAKE CAREER DECISIONS?
Post #3 ARE LAW SCHOOLS MERELY FUNNELS FOR BIGLAW?
Post #4 WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?
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