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Old 04-05-2022, 01:21 PM   #43267
astrangerhere
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Did it have to do with money and/or power being waved around?
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In most law firms, it's a duty, an obligation and each partner bites the bullet and does it for a given period of time--typically, a year.

NOBODY wants to be the managing partner, but it's one of those "it's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it" things. Now, this may not be the case for @astrangerhere, but that's how it usually is, FWIW.

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I'm a legal aid attorney. I literally only work for those who cannot afford to pay, so no, it was not about money or power. This is not a traditional firm, though I did work myself to death at one of those for seven years at the start of my career.

This job is part teacher (this is a lot of attorneys' first job), part manager, and part non-profit runner. I'm glad I'm doing it, its just been a lot of hours in these first few months. I'm still trying to get a lot of my processes automated so I can focus just on the actual legal work. Getting there, just feeling it right now.
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