Lawfag here. I am constantly mindblown every year at not only the oversaturation of the industry but the amount of genuinely retarded social media addicted morons (especially basic bitches) that get into law purely for the chance to drop it in a conversation or because they’ve watched too much Suits. It’s also a joke how many extra sources of credit women are granted to get into law to make the industry “more progressive”.

Like you said nepotism is the primary route for succes in law. The other is to work 10+ hours every day as a glorified paralegal (without overtime pay) because if you don’t someone else will. This can last for years before any real progression is achieved and that’s assuming you’re actually a good lawyer (spoiler: most arent).

Most burn out after the first few months and change careers because law is essentially fact checking, searching for loopholes and having mundane mediations day after day. Not expensive suits, fine dining for lunch on a Tuesday and social superiority. The only people truly impressed are peoples who’s opinion shouldn’t count for shit anyway. That being said, I’m good at my job and it has landed me some sexy sassy goddesses.