Contract Attorneys, Document Review

Millennial Contract Attorneys Are Treated Like 'Uncouth Parasites'

Do you still think these lawyers are "entitled"?

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sleeping with documents 2Our generation just happened to graduate law school during a time of flux. [B]eing a contract attorney is a cure for feeling entitled.

— Aparna Anantharaman, a former contract lawyer from New York, speaking about millennials who have been forced to endure document review work after graduation thanks to the lawyer glut that was created by the recession. The national average rate for contract lawyers has dropped from $38 per hour in 2005 to $27 in 2016. The working environment is no better; according to one contract lawyer, those of his ilk are “treated like [a] lower class, like uncouth parasites, annoyances that have to be endured, placated, controlled.”

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