Big Firms S*ck

This a long but well-worth-it read, compliments of Instapundit (who else?):

http://abovethelaw.com/2008/05/paul_hastings_farewell_email_a.php

Any attorney or law student who deludes themselves into thinking that this kind of treatment is unusual is just that - delusional. This is how big firms operate - it's the bottom line and nothing else. They treat people worse than the largest and greediest corporations ever dream of; after all, who is going to hire an attorney who sues his/her former firm? Law firms know they are almost bullet-proof, and frequently fire people (or shove them out the door) without any severance or warning whatsoever. The fact that this firm offered this asssociate money is real proof of how guilty they feel - most attorneys get nothing more than help carrying their boxes to the curb.

Read and learn.