In some ways, it made things worse. Thus, one justification for this book is that ever-familiar concept of notice. Whether in big firms, small firms, courts, agencies, corporate suites, or the military, the principles in this book apply to all. F or convenience, and as a slave to the law of averages, you'll read about firms, firms, firms. The archetypal big law firm is the model here and in life.
Most places are less formal, thankfully.
As will be your responsibility in life, however, you must adapt to meet your environment as it meets you. Thus, a worst-case legal scenario for the most hearty pessimist. S o look to The Firm, if only because it, as an only partially cloaked money-grubbing service business, tends to exacerbate the stresses inherent in the transition from law school graduate to lawyer. Y ou're not a lawyer when you graduate from law school. A lthough no maturation process can be cleansed to painlessness, the one in law is especially caustic.