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Could you just jump from Firm to Firm for 4-6 years then go in hous?

Does Inhouse care about you switching firms? Seems credited ...
charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
Most people ime switch firms after 2 years then go inhouse a...
beady-eyed lilac mad cow disease
  05/22/18
Seems 180. Biglaw is way less stressful if you have no long ...
charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
no it still sucks balls. hated every minute of it, especial...
beady-eyed lilac mad cow disease
  05/22/18
Cr
hyperventilating insanely creepy station
  05/23/18
Do you think this is because first biglaw to in house move t...
Exhilarant market
  05/22/18
if you're leaving as 4-5th year, you're probably going to a ...
beady-eyed lilac mad cow disease
  05/22/18
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stirring home
  05/22/18
Kind of like going to amazon and then to random f500
charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
We're all biglaw refugees, so we get it. If you're at 5 firm...
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  05/22/18
If someone jumped around a lot, I assume they probably weren...
vivacious church building
  05/22/18
Lol come on bro
charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
Just my personal experience after having hired 10+ biglaw re...
vivacious church building
  05/22/18
Firm hoppers = done here
Histrionic Background Story Heaven
  05/22/18
As someone who jumped around a lot, this is very credited. ...
Contagious menage
  05/22/18
What skills do you think you missed out on?
charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
Mainly drafting and negotiation. I was never in a position ...
Contagious menage
  05/22/18
Thought biglaw training was flame. Nutella hopped firms and ...
charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
I mean, none of this is too hard to pick up later, so it's n...
Contagious menage
  05/22/18
Imo, it is. In fact, my first inhouse boss gave me a task an...
stirring home
  05/22/18
180000
charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
This. 80% common sense. 20% random legal knowledge.
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  05/22/18
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Must Poast Always
  03/24/26
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charismatic selfie abode
  05/22/18
Nutella pls respond
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  05/23/18
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charismatic selfie abode
  05/23/18
(not a litmo)
saffron marvelous keepsake machete nursing home
  05/24/18
Nobody cares if you switch firms once. 3 or more in 5 years...
Nighttime site
  05/30/18
...
.,.,.,.,,,,.,,.,.,.,...,,..,,
  03/24/26
Just combine the different law firm years under a general he...
I'm literally Will Hunting btw
  03/24/26
what is this, a law board?
Kenneth Play
  03/24/26


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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:43 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

Does Inhouse care about you switching firms? Seems credited since you could basically coast for a few months before laetralling, then there’s always a ramp up period after you lateral.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106585)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:47 PM
Author: beady-eyed lilac mad cow disease

Most people ime switch firms after 2 years then go inhouse after another 2 yrs. then lateral to new inhouse after 2 yrs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106606)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:54 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

Seems 180. Biglaw is way less stressful if you have no long term emotional investment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106637)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:36 PM
Author: beady-eyed lilac mad cow disease

no it still sucks balls. hated every minute of it, especially as a junior.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106870)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 7:03 PM
Author: hyperventilating insanely creepy station

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36114607)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:40 PM
Author: Exhilarant market

Do you think this is because first biglaw to in house move tends to be to a workhorse position and then people transition to a more chill in house job two years later?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106885)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:42 PM
Author: beady-eyed lilac mad cow disease

if you're leaving as 4-5th year, you're probably going to a corporate/legal/contracts/enterprise counsel 9-5 position with no leadership authority. it's not a workhorse but if you want to keep climbing the ladder to an AGC/GC role, pretty much have to lateral in today's world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106895)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: stirring home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107085)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

Kind of like going to amazon and then to random f500

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107129)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:33 PM
Author: startled bbw bawdyhouse

We're all biglaw refugees, so we get it. If you're at 5 firms in a decade, that will raise red flags and we'll want to see a local connection. Otherwise, don't sweat it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106863)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:37 PM
Author: vivacious church building

If someone jumped around a lot, I assume they probably weren't trained very well, and deduct on expectations for experience and skill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106876)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:42 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

Lol come on bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106896)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: vivacious church building

Just my personal experience after having hired 10+ biglaw refugees in the last 3-4 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106900)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:45 PM
Author: Histrionic Background Story Heaven

Firm hoppers = done here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106909)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:47 PM
Author: Contagious menage

As someone who jumped around a lot, this is very credited. I got shit training at my three biglaw firms in 4.5 years. A person can emerge after 4.5 years at one firm with shit training as long as the firm is busy enough that someone can hang around that long churning bills on diligence and copy/paste forms. But it's much more common for firm hoppers because "ramp up" in terms of getting enough hours is one thing. It takes longer to actually having the mid-levels, seniors and service partners convinced that you'll stick around enough to start giving you more responsibility and bothering to correct your mistakes and try to train you. As a lateral that's going to take until you've been staffed on at least 2 or 3 decently large deals, and it will take a while if things aren't crazy busy. And if they are crazy busy then there's even less chance that anyone is going to set aside time to try to invest in the new guy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106920)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:55 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

What skills do you think you missed out on?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36106956)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:15 PM
Author: Contagious menage

Mainly drafting and negotiation. I was never in a position where I had to be on a call coming up with arguments off the top of my head live with opposing counsel and with clients on both sides listening and invested in the outcome on the key deal points. The "best" associates in my class at my last firm were definitely doing this, and when I got to inhouse it was a skill a lot my peers felt comfortable with, and I had to build it on the fly. Also just pure reps. Like I haven't done any securities work in years and neither have any of my peers at my inhouse, but all of us were once corporate and securities attorneys. Something came up the other day about a Reg D and my peer was like "let's confirm with the corporate team, but I think it's x because I remember I did a couple deals at the firm..." I was thinking to myself that I would've kind of known what she was talking about 5 years ago when I was fresh from a firm but today she might as well have been speaking gibberish.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107078)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

Thought biglaw training was flame. Nutella hopped firms and didn’t even do transactional work before going Inhouse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107084)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:19 PM
Author: Contagious menage

I mean, none of this is too hard to pick up later, so it's not like you can't recover or anything. But you can tell a difference between people who were good associates and really put in work at their firms and people who didn't, even years afterward. For some inhouse jobs it's a bad thing to be well trained. We hired a guy who came from a super uptight MFH firm and when he had to do higher volume commercial work here he annoyed the shit out of everyone because he couldn't prioritize and turned every tiny issue into WW3 requiring multiple VP approvals for signature.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107094)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:20 PM
Author: stirring home

Imo, it is. In fact, my first inhouse boss gave me a task and said dont worry if you dont know everything there is to know about solving the task - thats why we’re inhouse. We make shit up on he fly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107100)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:27 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

180000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107140)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 10:49 PM
Author: startled bbw bawdyhouse

This. 80% common sense. 20% random legal knowledge.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36108963)



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Date: March 24th, 2026 6:07 AM
Author: Must Poast Always (No Future)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#49764414)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 7:08 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36107397)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:26 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode

Nutella pls respond

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36112749)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 7:03 PM
Author: charismatic selfie abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36114603)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 1:38 AM
Author: saffron marvelous keepsake machete nursing home

(not a litmo)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36116894)



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Date: May 30th, 2018 5:05 PM
Author: Nighttime site

Nobody cares if you switch firms once. 3 or more in 5 years may be a little too much though only cuz you seem like you’re unfocused or there’s something wrong with your personality/not getting along.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#36153985)



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Date: March 24th, 2026 1:52 AM
Author: .,.,.,.,,,,.,,.,.,.,...,,..,,




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#49764354)



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Date: March 24th, 2026 8:43 AM
Author: I'm literally Will Hunting btw

Just combine the different law firm years under a general heading like "Law Firms" or "Lawyer"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#49764540)



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Date: March 24th, 2026 8:54 AM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

what is this, a law board?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983888&forum_id=2Reputation#49764554)