<p>In other news, I pointed out the other day that a 30K starting salary is not unreasonable for a newly minted lawyer.</p>
<p>Granted, the person I was talking to (who was discussing how another attorney was needed) was embarrassed to offer that much, but agreed that my point was accurate. I kind of think $30K is high. $25K would probably work.</p>
<p>Before one pending attorney who my wife knew finally got a job (and right before he drunk drove himself to death), he had just been offered a $28K job. This was about 18 months ago.</p>
<p>It had taken him two years to get this offer.</p>
<p>These are private practice positions I’m talking about here.</p>