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Biglaw Bros: How do you pick which firm to lateral to? (Got talk)

Got soft talk, had anticipated this so already have a vetted...
Hideous dingle berry laser beams
  01/23/18
Which will let you coast the longest to "get up to spee...
Crawly national electric furnace
  01/23/18
someone with a good mentor. you don't have it now or you'd b...
Turquoise Dashing Tanning Salon Patrolman
  01/23/18
Spend as much time as you can with the people you'd actually...
Bateful abusive partner
  01/23/18
How much time do you have? It may be wherever you can get a...
amethyst university
  01/23/18
This. Must do so before they eradicate you
Crawly national electric furnace
  01/23/18
Any firm that does this is nonpeer and will be culled in the...
Bateful abusive partner
  01/23/18
In the meantime, scurry little billpigs! Scurry!
Crawly national electric furnace
  01/23/18
I have no hard date yet. Standard practice here would give ...
Hideous dingle berry laser beams
  01/23/18
don't work for a woman. (just more specific advice of "...
aggressive irradiated theater stage messiness
  01/23/18
Don't go to the place that seems desperate to bring you in a...
Medicated arrogant brethren
  01/23/18
Honestly I wouldn't mind too much. I don't want another firm...
Hideous dingle berry laser beams
  01/23/18
true
Medicated arrogant brethren
  01/23/18
those firms aren't hiring
pungent cream main people
  01/23/18
You'd be surprised. My office was in a rough patch ~11-13 m...
Wild forum
  01/23/18
1) right practice area 2) right city 3) lowest expectation...
cerebral abnormal stage therapy
  01/23/18
Go in-house
nofapping transparent meetinghouse azn
  01/23/18
Would be my ideal outcome but not sure how to make it work t...
Hideous dingle berry laser beams
  01/23/18
no. just talk to every recruiter, check job boardts, call ev...
Crawly national electric furnace
  01/24/18
Finding a mentor is the ultimate goal and finding people you...
naked depressive
  01/24/18
CR
Beta plaza
  01/24/18
Vacation seems like CR. All of my vacations while actually ...
Hideous dingle berry laser beams
  01/24/18


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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:23 PM
Author: Hideous dingle berry laser beams

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)



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Date: January 23rd, 2018 7:30 PM
Author: Crawly national electric furnace

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: Turquoise Dashing Tanning Salon Patrolman

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: Bateful abusive partner

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: amethyst university

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: Crawly national electric furnace

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: Bateful abusive partner

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: Crawly national electric furnace

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: Hideous dingle berry laser beams

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: aggressive irradiated theater stage messiness

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: Medicated arrogant brethren

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221026)



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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:10 PM
Author: Hideous dingle berry laser beams

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: Medicated arrogant brethren

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: pungent cream main people

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: Wild forum

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: cerebral abnormal stage therapy

1) right practice area

2) right city

3) lowest expectation for billables

4) busy, but not too busy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35221274)



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Date: January 23rd, 2018 8:11 PM
Author: nofapping transparent meetinghouse azn

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: Hideous dingle berry laser beams

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: Crawly national electric furnace

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: naked depressive

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3868816&forum_id=2#35223525)



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Date: January 24th, 2018 5:50 AM
Author: Beta plaza

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: Hideous dingle berry laser beams

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)