Looking up a big law firm's billable hours requirement
When a partner gvies me a quick emergency assignment on his way out of the office
Realizing that they're assigning more work than is humanly possible to do
Learning how to bill hours
When someone asks me if I like being a lawyer
Trying to remember what I did every six minutes of the week for my timesheet
When my firm tells me to bill my time daily
Joking about my lack of a personal life
When lawyers tell you they enjoy their jobs
They're like:
When muggles complain about their hours
What's being a lawyer like, what do you love/hate about your job?
Love: a mostly-baseless sense of self-importance
Hate: billable hours
Joking about big law hours while still in law school
I'm like:
And big law is just like: