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Does networking EVER matter for biglaw?
| shimmering new version | 09/01/10 |
| wine supple therapy | 09/01/10 |
| Confused juggernaut | 09/01/10 |
| concupiscible duck-like field trump supporter | 09/01/10 |
| stirring shivering son of senegal | 09/01/10 |
| Gay center | 09/01/10 |
| infuriating onyx chad | 09/01/10 |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:12 PM Author: shimmering new version like assume you know a random equity partner
or you have a relative that is equity at a different firm that knows other people in town
does this shit ever fucking matter? |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:13 PM Author: wine supple therapy Of course it does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15938924) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 1:14 PM Author: Confused juggernaut Of course. Even knowing associates helps (but not nearly as much). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15938933) |
Date: September 1st, 2010 1:16 PM Author: concupiscible duck-like field trump supporter It helps at the margins, but the kind of networking that really helps is having contacts not at other law firms, but at the kind of companies that hire law firms.
"My uncle is CFO at a company that spends $20 million/yr on outside cousel" >>>>>"My uncle is a partner at your firm" |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:46 PM Author: stirring shivering son of senegal tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15939605) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:08 PM Author: Gay center It helped me at OCI. Friends of the family who were associates and partners at firms got me screeners and in one case a CB (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15939323) |
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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:12 PM Author: infuriating onyx chad yes it gets you the interview but not necessarily the job. like fatty above said, having dad be a client will get you the job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411512&forum_id=2#15939353) |