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Stub Year Lateraling

I'm a 3L at lower T14 in top 5% who wants to switch from LA/...
elite cowardly selfie church building
  11/23/14
Post pics of your asshole
fluffy indian lodge doctorate
  11/23/14
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aqua filthy national security agency
  11/23/14
(o)
elite cowardly selfie church building
  11/23/14
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provocative circlehead mad cow disease
  11/24/14
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elite cowardly selfie church building
  11/24/14
does this even count as "lateralling"? you have n...
Maroon impertinent nursing home
  11/24/14
Ask your firm to switch to NYC office
magenta soggy deer antler
  11/24/14
nah wont work for a guy. women can do what they want but no ...
startling mewling theater stage hissy fit
  11/24/14
All fair points. I appreciate the responses. I won't refer t...
elite cowardly selfie church building
  11/24/14
if you're not married, or at least engaged, don't do this.
dashing tattoo persian
  11/24/14
Yeah, without getting into details, it's more the other way ...
elite cowardly selfie church building
  11/24/14
I would ask career services people. The move you're angling ...
cocky school depressive
  11/24/14
Thanks, that's what I've been thinking and I'm going to meet...
elite cowardly selfie church building
  11/24/14


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Date: November 23rd, 2014 8:12 PM
Author: elite cowardly selfie church building

I'm a 3L at lower T14 in top 5% who wants to switch from LA/TX/Chi to NY because of SO moving for work. Accepted offer from 2L firm to return. I didn't end up with anything in the section I want through 3L OCI. Looking for top transactional practices in NY. I want to apply again to try and move as soon as possible. My impression is that most lateral hiring takes place in January. I was just wondering if anyone had gone through this process and had any comments in general or about these particular points:

Should i apply during the summer after the bar? Wait until I start work? Wait until after I finish my stub year and potentially until the following October/November to leave after (hopefully) the first year bonus?

How do you interview after you've started?

I would likely have to take two bars in short succession, does that raise any issues?

Does this make me look like a flight risk? In my opinion, a switch between markets to NY and based on SO moving should be acceptable.

Just posting this now on the off chance that anyone is going through this process currently and sees it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26780926)



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Date: November 23rd, 2014 8:14 PM
Author: fluffy indian lodge doctorate

Post pics of your asshole

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Date: November 23rd, 2014 8:14 PM
Author: aqua filthy national security agency



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Date: November 23rd, 2014 8:19 PM
Author: elite cowardly selfie church building

(o)

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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:04 PM
Author: provocative circlehead mad cow disease



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Date: November 24th, 2014 11:04 AM
Author: elite cowardly selfie church building



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Date: November 24th, 2014 11:05 AM
Author: Maroon impertinent nursing home

does this even count as "lateralling"? you have no skills and no job experience. you can't even put your future job on your resume I don't think, although maybe you could be creative and list "future employment" or some nonsense to show someone wanted to hire you when you were a rising 2L.

As best I can tell, you're just joining the pool of people without biglaw jobs, and you should treat the process as such.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26784952)



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Date: November 24th, 2014 11:07 AM
Author: magenta soggy deer antler

Ask your firm to switch to NYC office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26784970)



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Date: November 24th, 2014 11:15 AM
Author: startling mewling theater stage hissy fit

nah wont work for a guy. women can do what they want but no one will gaf about your "girlfriend" getting a job in ny.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26785015)



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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:02 PM
Author: elite cowardly selfie church building

All fair points. I appreciate the responses. I won't refer to it as lateraling. Firm's NYC office doesn't have the group I'm interested in/joining. My main question then is: when does it make sense to reapply to NYC firms that dinged me this fall?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26786089)



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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:04 PM
Author: dashing tattoo persian

if you're not married, or at least engaged, don't do this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26786102)



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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:09 PM
Author: elite cowardly selfie church building

Yeah, without getting into details, it's more the other way around where I would have rather been in NYC to start but ended up here. That was probably stupid, but I'd rather fix it if i can and going forward I would see both NYC and being with SO as advantages.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26786150)



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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:08 PM
Author: cocky school depressive

I would ask career services people. The move you're angling to make is virtually impossible via regular hiring so your best shot is being put in touch with someone at the firms you're interested in (i.e., your school's alum whose contact you'd get from career services) and networking the shit out of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26786143)



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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:10 PM
Author: elite cowardly selfie church building

Thanks, that's what I've been thinking and I'm going to meet with them after finals. I have family and professional connections that could help as well that I'm going to reach out to and hopefully they'll have a lead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736264&forum_id=2#26786161)