In light of the recent debut of Skaddenfreude, ATL's column chronicling attorney compensation, it's a neat coincidence that the New York Times has an entire article discussing compensation for first-year associates at major law firms.

We'll get to that article in just a second. First, though, a brief amendment to our prior Skaddenfreude request. We received this thoughtful email from a reader:

is it too late to add a line for hours billed? that would add more of an element of schadenfreude too, don't you think? this is more like freudenskadden -- feeling sick about how much more money they make.

Good point. We stand corrected! So yes, in your Skaddenfreude submissions -- we've received a bunch already, thanks, keep 'em coming -- please include your annual billable hours (either an estimate of this year's or last year's actual).

If you're not a law firm attorney, feel free to include an estimate of how many hours you work in a year. If you're a legal academic, throw in some bragging about how you make six-figures, or close to it, for only nine months of work.

Okay, that's the Skaddenfreude amendment. Now, on to discussion of the Times piece -- after the jump.