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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 ...
passionate hell
  05/22/18
Most people ime switch firms after 2 years then go inhouse a...
wonderful kink-friendly bawdyhouse
  05/22/18
Seems 180. Biglaw is way less stressful if you have no long ...
passionate hell
  05/22/18
no it still sucks balls. hated every minute of it, especial...
wonderful kink-friendly bawdyhouse
  05/22/18
Cr
appetizing sickened twinkling uncleanness quadroon
  05/23/18
Do you think this is because first biglaw to in house move t...
Odious athletic conference
  05/22/18
if you're leaving as 4-5th year, you're probably going to a ...
wonderful kink-friendly bawdyhouse
  05/22/18
...
adventurous white tanning salon
  05/22/18
Kind of like going to amazon and then to random f500
passionate hell
  05/22/18
We're all biglaw refugees, so we get it. If you're at 5 firm...
comical coldplay fan
  05/22/18
If someone jumped around a lot, I assume they probably weren...
charismatic wine persian
  05/22/18
Lol come on bro
passionate hell
  05/22/18
Just my personal experience after having hired 10+ biglaw re...
charismatic wine persian
  05/22/18
Firm hoppers = done here
Hilarious ruby stead black woman
  05/22/18
As someone who jumped around a lot, this is very credited. ...
Spectacular ticket booth
  05/22/18
What skills do you think you missed out on?
passionate hell
  05/22/18
Mainly drafting and negotiation. I was never in a position ...
Spectacular ticket booth
  05/22/18
Thought biglaw training was flame. Nutella hopped firms and ...
passionate hell
  05/22/18
I mean, none of this is too hard to pick up later, so it's n...
Spectacular ticket booth
  05/22/18
Imo, it is. In fact, my first inhouse boss gave me a task an...
adventurous white tanning salon
  05/22/18
180000
passionate hell
  05/22/18
This. 80% common sense. 20% random legal knowledge.
comical coldplay fan
  05/22/18
...
passionate hell
  05/22/18
Nutella pls respond
passionate hell
  05/23/18
...
passionate hell
  05/23/18
(not a litmo)
know-it-all galvanic piazza
  05/24/18
Nobody cares if you switch firms once. 3 or more in 5 years...
Beady-eyed library
  05/30/18


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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:43 PM
Author: passionate hell

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=2#36106585)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:47 PM
Author: wonderful kink-friendly bawdyhouse

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=2#36106606)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:54 PM
Author: passionate hell

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=2#36106637)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:36 PM
Author: wonderful kink-friendly bawdyhouse

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=2#36106870)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 7:03 PM
Author: appetizing sickened twinkling uncleanness quadroon

Cr

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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:40 PM
Author: Odious athletic conference

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=2#36106885)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:42 PM
Author: wonderful kink-friendly bawdyhouse

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=2#36106895)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: adventurous white tanning salon



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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: passionate hell

Kind of like going to amazon and then to random f500

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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:33 PM
Author: comical coldplay fan

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=2#36106863)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:37 PM
Author: charismatic wine persian

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=2#36106876)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:42 PM
Author: passionate hell

Lol come on bro

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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: charismatic wine persian

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=2#36106900)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:45 PM
Author: Hilarious ruby stead black woman

Firm hoppers = done here

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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:47 PM
Author: Spectacular ticket booth

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=2#36106920)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 5:55 PM
Author: passionate hell

What skills do you think you missed out on?

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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:15 PM
Author: Spectacular ticket booth

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=2#36107078)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: passionate hell

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=2#36107084)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:19 PM
Author: Spectacular ticket booth

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=2#36107094)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:20 PM
Author: adventurous white tanning salon

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=2#36107100)



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 6:27 PM
Author: passionate hell

180000

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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 10:49 PM
Author: comical coldplay fan

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

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



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Date: May 22nd, 2018 7:08 PM
Author: passionate hell



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



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:26 PM
Author: passionate hell

Nutella pls respond

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



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 7:03 PM
Author: passionate hell



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



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Date: May 24th, 2018 1:38 AM
Author: know-it-all galvanic piazza

(not a litmo)

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



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Date: May 30th, 2018 5:05 PM
Author: Beady-eyed library

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=2#36153985)