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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;As we noted last week, Vault&amp;#8217;s annual Law Firm Associate Survey&amp;#8212;currently underway&amp;#8212;elicits more quotes than we could possibly publish. Moreover, there is much material we &lt;i&gt;wouldn&amp;#8217;t&lt;/i&gt; publish&amp;#8212;because of length, overly specific references to individuals, especially harsh language, or fringe points-of-view. This is a shame&amp;#8212;a lot of the unused quotes are strange, funny bursts of insight into the reality of BigLaw and are deserving of a forum. So here&amp;#8217;s another sample, presented without reference to any particular firm:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;How about a little-known &amp;#8220;Fun Fact&amp;#8221; about your firm?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;Ann Coulter was an associate here. That is neither fun nor interesting, but is little-known and factual.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;Fun&amp;#8221;? &amp;#8221;Facts&amp;#8221;?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tell us about your firm&amp;#8217;s culture:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;Nothing stands out at this firm...you have your nice people, your frat boys, your gunners, your sexual harassers&amp;#8230; seriously, I know you have a book to publish, but bar a few noteworthy firms, we all look alike.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;What a lame question. What kind of culture can a group of lawyers have other than &lt;em&gt;The Lord of the Flies&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8212;but a lot of Piggies.&amp;#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tell us about diversity issues with regard to women at your firm:&lt;/i&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;The more senior I get and the more I get to know my peers/superior, the more I realize that women cannot escape the innate crudeness of straight men. It&amp;#8217;s actually pretty disgusting.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans serif&#39;&quot;&gt;-posted by brian&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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