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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by brudgers on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @10:48PM (#18760371)
Legal salaries are bimodal.

https://www.nalp.org/salarydistrib

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by ukoki on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:32AM (#18761842)
Any idea why there's such a narrow peak at 160k? Is it a tax efficiency thing or are law firms colluding on salary? (or something else?)
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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by JauntTrooper on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:56AM (#18762420)
It’s the starting salary at biglaw firms. The law profession is very guild-like in it’s hiring practices.
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