200.000 Dollar als Einstiegszuckerl für Supreme Court clerks
am 11.03.2007 von Jurabilis
OK, my friends who are struggling to pay your mortgage, put away money for your kids college fund, wondering why the day-care lady earns more per hour than you do, and hoping duct tape and copper wire will hold the boiler together until spring, consider this (calmly, please): Later this spring, elite law firms will again be offering Supreme Court law clerks signing bonuses of $200,000 (last years rate) or even more for their first jobs as practicing lawyers.
That will be $200,000 on top of a starting salary of $145,000 to $160,000. Which adds up to an awful lot of Pottery Barn sectional furniture for someone who is, on average, 26 years old …
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