Big Law’s $245,000 Pay Blunts Student Worries Over Trump Attacks

Thousands of students a year from top US law schools flock to white-shoe law firms, which dangle starting pay of roughly $245,000 in exchange for long hours and intense demands from corporate clients.

For many, that tradeoff has been worth it — at least for short time — to get out from an average debt load of $118,000.

The firms all have their specialties and quirks, but have typically been considered a monolith: Big Law. In the Trump era, however, students are attempting to draw dividing lines.

At Georgetown Law, a student group canceled a recruiting event with Skadden Arps, one of the major firms that struck agreements ...