Job Responsibilities
Drafting employee benefit plans (30%); negotiating contracts on
behalf of clients (25%); pre- and post-merger due diligence and
clean up activities (25%); misc. employee benefit related matters
(20%)
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Job Requirements
St. John's School of Law. Classes were generally good; somewhat
difficult to get popular classes; workload was difficult,
probably average for law school; went in the evening and worked
during the day, which was difficult but doable
Clerked for one year after law school; awesome job, except for
the pay
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Uppers
Intellectually challenging; well-paying; loads of responsibility
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Downers
Hours; pressure.
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Lifestyle
Often work weekends and evenings; occasionally travel for short periods of time;
casual business attire; some social events; lack of diversity in my firm
specifically, not sure about others
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Compensation
Current cast salary of $120,000; potential bonus $0 to $100,000;
average bonus $20,000; 10% money purchase plan; usual other
benefits.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Only go into law if you really enjoy it. Practicing law is
difficult and not all that glamorous and the money is not worth
it if you don't like it.
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