What motivates a young lawyer to give up the riches and prestige of a large firm to work for the government? Some people seem to want to toil in a dingy New Deal era edifice where surly support staff can't be fired. After three years of law school, they choose to type letters, copy casebook pages, and learn how to use a fax machine. Why do young government lawyers like their jobs so much?
April 18, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
It’s not easy working for Uncle Sam these days when you know there are first-year associates in private practice earning twice or three times as much.
As $125K starting salaries become the norm at D.C.’s top-tier firms, many public sector attorneys — from the most junior GS-11s to FBI Director Louis Freeh — no doubt are wondering if they made the right choice.
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