Big Law For Beginners: Diverse Attorney Toolkit

So the allure of the fancy lunches, hopes of Harvey Spector-type suits and “Wall Street Journal Topping Deals” has dampened – now you’re a fourth year corporate associate wondering if there is a code you can use to bill the hours you spend resisting the urge to climb under your desk and listen to Tems’s “Free Mind” until the deal magically signs without you. If your life is a version of this (or going to be soon), this site is for you.

My name is Paul Bryant. I’m a Black, high-functioning neurodivergent, military veteran attorney who has navigated corporate transactional law at the highest levels.

Starting my career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP gave me a real look at how elite law firms operate. The truth is, senior BigLaw lawyers aren’t insidious—they’re often overworked, stressed, and, in some cases, inexperienced products of a broken system. A system that rewards conformity to a culture of treachery, abuse, and unchecked trauma.

This platform exists to pull back the curtain on how BigLaw really works, but more importantly, to help its most vulnerable populations—first-generation professionals, diverse attorneys, and neurodivergent individuals—navigate BigLaw without enduring the intense emotional and psychological trauma I’ve both experienced and witnessed.

If any of this resonates, stay tuned. This space is for you.