rip the first gen legal influencers

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Eve Cornwell (ex-Linklaters Corporate M&A NQ... for 3 months) is now a "product manager" at a legal startup

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Chrissie Wolfe (ex-associate in the Irwin Mitchell catastrophic injury team) left to set up some kind of diversity/recruitment consultant thing

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Be careful from being attracted to the industry based on a few curated posts and tours with lawyers. Especially if you want to work at a sweatshop like Linklaters or similar. Seen too many "this inspired me to do the GDL/LPC/apply for TCs" comments on their videos.

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Following on from the above: for the love of Christ stop following legal influencers that aren't trainees and have no idea about what working in the legal profession is like.

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Getting a TC at firm X or Y doesn't mean you'll be a good trainee/associate. Don't be fooled into thinking these people are demigods. For all you know they're getting average appraisals and won't be qualifying into their preferred seats or getting a secondment.

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Be realistic about how long law is going to last for you. Eve and Chrissie were perfectly qualified for the jobs they applied for. They both moved on fairly quickly (Chrissie did admittedly hold out for a bit longer). Read up on the exit opps for law and compare them to the other careers you're thinking about.

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Money isn't everything. Lawyers live middle class lifestyles like everyone else. The day to day isn't that different.

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Pay attention to things like this: "with 5+ years of study and work under my belt, the idea of walking away from a career that had become merged with my sense of purpose, self-identity and achievement was terrifying". Very common for ambitious young'uns in law and other top jobs. Guilty of this myself.

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Beware the sycophants. Legal influencers are surrounded by their colleagues and Linkedin wh*res who are on their best behaviour. The only people who would criticise them are applying for TCs or have a reputation of their own to protect. That means that no one is going to come forward and make a video calling them out.

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If it doesn't work out, there is always going to be room in some pokey [delete as appropriate][recruitment consultancy][legal tech startup][diversity forum] where humanities graduates can work 9-5 for the rest of their lives on a trainee-level salary

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Eve Cornwell (ex-Linklaters Corporate M&A NQ... for 3 months) is now a "product manager" at a legal startup

•

Chrissie Wolfe (ex-associate in the Irwin Mitchell catastrophic injury team) left to set up some kind of diversity/recruitment consultant thing

1.

Be careful from being attracted to the industry based on a few curated posts and tours with lawyers. Especially if you want to work at a sweatshop like Linklaters or similar. Seen too many "this inspired me to do the GDL/LPC/apply for TCs" comments on their videos.

2.

Following on from the above: for the love of Christ stop following legal influencers that aren't trainees and have no idea about what working in the legal profession is like.

3.

Getting a TC at firm X or Y doesn't mean you'll be a good trainee/associate. Don't be fooled into thinking these people are demigods. For all you know they're getting average appraisals and won't be qualifying into their preferred seats or getting a secondment.

4.

Be realistic about how long law is going to last for you. Eve and Chrissie were perfectly qualified for the jobs they applied for. They both moved on fairly quickly (Chrissie did admittedly hold out for a bit longer). Read up on the exit opps for law and compare them to the other careers you're thinking about.

5.

Money isn't everything. Lawyers live middle class lifestyles like everyone else. The day to day isn't that different.

6.

Pay attention to things like this: "with 5+ years of study and work under my belt, the idea of walking away from a career that had become merged with my sense of purpose, self-identity and achievement was terrifying". Very common for ambitious young'uns in law and other top jobs. Guilty of this myself.

7.

Beware the sycophants. Legal influencers are surrounded by their colleagues and Linkedin wh*res who are on their best behaviour. The only people who would criticise them are applying for TCs or have a reputation of their own to protect. That means that no one is going to come forward and make a video calling them out.

8.

If it doesn't work out, there is always going to be room in some pokey [delete as appropriate][recruitment consultancy][legal tech startup][diversity forum] where humanities graduates can work 9-5 for the rest of their lives on a trainee-level salary