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I graduated from BLS several years ago, and can confirm the salaries are on target. As a bottom 1/2er from BLS, the road has NOT been easy. Marianna's messages, however negative and depressing they seem, have a ring of truth to it. The reason the lawyers you talk in real life don't tell these things to your face is because they are ashamed/embarassed to admit it in your face. But deep down, they feel the same as Marianna. Heck, if I were to post my current salary at my job right now - I'd probably get some snickers and comments like "oh come on, you make much more than that!!". Sadly, it is true. Unless you are working for a big firm right out of the gate (which is only about 15-25% of the class get biglaw at OCI) the stark truth is you will be working for these low wages and then compete to move up over the years...the only reason my messages aren't as negative is because my loan debt isn't that bad (55K total including college), and I saved $$ because I lived at home during LS (commuted to BLS). Otherwise, if I knew I came out of BLS with over 100K in loans to face a starting salary of only $45-60K, I'd probably jump off the Empire State Bldg too.