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Biglaw Bros: How do you pick which firm to lateral to? (Got talk)
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:23 PM Author: frozen insane goal in life shrine Got soft talk, had anticipated this so already have a vetted recruiter lined up. Decent number of firms hiring. Need to make the right choice here - anything to look for? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220827) |
Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:30 PM Author: concupiscible trailer park Which will let you coast the longest to "get up to speed"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220887) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:31 PM Author: multi-colored red selfie area someone with a good mentor. you don't have it now or you'd be staying. and it's worth it. find someone you'd really want to work for otherwise it could be worse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220892) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:32 PM Author: Wine school cafeteria internal respiration Spend as much time as you can with the people you'd actually be working with at each prospective firm. If you aren't meeting those people, run away. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220896) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:35 PM Author: Hairraiser crusty market How much time do you have? It may be wherever you can get an offer before you end up in the dreaded world of NOT-ON-THE-WEBSITE-PWNED. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220927) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:36 PM Author: concupiscible trailer park This. Must do so before they eradicate you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220933) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:37 PM Author: Wine school cafeteria internal respiration Any firm that does this is nonpeer and will be culled in the V10 Awakening as prophecied by Saint Clement. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220955) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:09 PM Author: concupiscible trailer park In the meantime, scurry little billpigs! Scurry! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221269) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:38 PM Author: frozen insane goal in life shrine I have no hard date yet. Standard practice here would give me at least 3-4 months, maybe more if work picks up or if the firm is feeling generous. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220967) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:37 PM Author: cream native don't work for a woman. (just more specific advice of "find out who you'll be working with" that everyone else said) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35220942) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:45 PM Author: crimson exhilarant abode ratface Don't go to the place that seems desperate to bring you in and tried to move up your hire date.
I was at a mega-firm so crushed with work that we'd beg qualified midlevel and senior laterals to join and start asap. Then they'd just get immediately crushed. I always felt so bad. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:10 PM Author: frozen insane goal in life shrine Honestly I wouldn't mind too much. I don't want another firm where you need to fight other associates just to have a shot at making hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221276) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:18 PM Author: crimson exhilarant abode ratface true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221349) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:20 PM Author: salmon stead really tough guy those firms aren't hiring (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221387) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 9:18 PM Author: flirting violet national security agency You'd be surprised. My office was in a rough patch ~11-13 months ago and we hired a completely unneeded lateral for no reason. Not even for a specific group, just a generalist thrown into the pool. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221972) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:10 PM Author: bateful persian den 1) right practice area 2) right city 3) lowest expectation for billables 4) busy, but not too busy |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:11 PM Author: Frisky Brunch Go in-house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221283) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:17 PM Author: frozen insane goal in life shrine Would be my ideal outcome but not sure how to make it work time wise. Would probably need to hold off on firms for a month or more just to get some in house nibbles going. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221340) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 5:24 AM Author: concupiscible trailer park no. just talk to every recruiter, check job boardts, call everyone you know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35224288) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 12:24 AM Author: Slap-happy thriller space hissy fit Finding a mentor is the ultimate goal and finding people you like working with is the biggest difference-maker. Beyond that, if you get a few bites you can totally negotiate a signing or end of year bonus--but no need to get greedy, you need an offer first.
Oh--and even though the new firm will insist that you need to start ASAP, you need to firmly tell them you had a preexisting vacation or wedding or something that week, and then book a 2 week trip. |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 5:50 AM Author: Metal Kitchen Volcanic Crater CR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35224317) |
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Date: January 24th, 2018 11:41 AM Author: frozen insane goal in life shrine Vacation seems like CR. All of my vacations while actually in biglaw have been complete shit bc of completely unnecessary work, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35225886) |