Sally Yates Is All Of Us

Sally Yates didn't always want to be a lawyer.

Sally Yates (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sally Yates (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

When I graduated from college, my thought was: I don’t want to be a lawyer. I don’t want to marry a lawyer. And I don’t even really want a lot of lawyer friends… I am a lawyer. I married a lawyer. And I’ve got a lot of lawyer friends. So much for knowing what you’re going to do.

— Sally Yates, in a fascinating profile in The New Yorker that is well worth a read, describing the the twists and turns of her career path — and life. She also reflects on taking a pro bono case while an associate at King & Spalding, which she won on a theory of adverse possession. “I was just ready to throw up, I was so nervous at that point,” she said. I’m sure a lot of young associates can relate.

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