No, Biglaw Does Not Preclude A Life Of Activism

Yes, you can do both!

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

Civil rights activist and lawyer Pauli Murray spent four years as a litigation associate career at which Biglaw firm?

Hint: The Yale Law School grad was a prolific author, penning inter alia: Black Theology and Feminist Theology: A Comparative View, Dark Testament: And Other Poems, and Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage. Of the time at the Biglaw firm, they wrote, “When I left the firm after four years, I carried with me the assurance of having been tested by the most exacting standards of the legal profession, an experience that enabled me to face new challenges with greater self-confidence.”

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