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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 ...
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
Most people ime switch firms after 2 years then go inhouse a...
Cowardly thirsty dragon shrine
  05/22/18
Seems 180. Biglaw is way less stressful if you have no long ...
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
no it still sucks balls. hated every minute of it, especial...
Cowardly thirsty dragon shrine
  05/22/18
Cr
haunting khaki personal credit line hissy fit
  05/23/18
Do you think this is because first biglaw to in house move t...
Concupiscible Jet Casino
  05/22/18
if you're leaving as 4-5th year, you're probably going to a ...
Cowardly thirsty dragon shrine
  05/22/18
...
high-end maize rehab
  05/22/18
Kind of like going to amazon and then to random f500
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
We're all biglaw refugees, so we get it. If you're at 5 firm...
floppy indirect expression native
  05/22/18
If someone jumped around a lot, I assume they probably weren...
crystalline institution
  05/22/18
Lol come on bro
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
Just my personal experience after having hired 10+ biglaw re...
crystalline institution
  05/22/18
Firm hoppers = done here
balding narrow-minded boltzmann house
  05/22/18
As someone who jumped around a lot, this is very credited. ...
Pale passionate office crotch
  05/22/18
What skills do you think you missed out on?
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
Mainly drafting and negotiation. I was never in a position ...
Pale passionate office crotch
  05/22/18
Thought biglaw training was flame. Nutella hopped firms and ...
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
I mean, none of this is too hard to pick up later, so it's n...
Pale passionate office crotch
  05/22/18
Imo, it is. In fact, my first inhouse boss gave me a task an...
high-end maize rehab
  05/22/18
180000
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
This. 80% common sense. 20% random legal knowledge.
floppy indirect expression native
  05/22/18
...
Bateful green property
  05/22/18
Nutella pls respond
Bateful green property
  05/23/18
...
Bateful green property
  05/23/18
(not a litmo)
Dead national security agency hospital
  05/24/18
Nobody cares if you switch firms once. 3 or more in 5 years...
Motley apoplectic stage
  05/30/18


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Date: May 22nd, 2018 4:43 PM
Author: Bateful green property

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: Cowardly thirsty dragon shrine

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: Bateful green property

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: Cowardly thirsty dragon shrine

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: haunting khaki personal credit line hissy fit

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: Concupiscible Jet Casino

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: Cowardly thirsty dragon shrine

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: high-end maize rehab



(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: Bateful green property

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: floppy indirect expression native

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: crystalline institution

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: Bateful green property

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: crystalline institution

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: balding narrow-minded boltzmann house

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: Pale passionate office crotch

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: Bateful green property

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: Pale passionate office crotch

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: Bateful green property

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: Pale passionate office crotch

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: high-end maize rehab

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: Bateful green property

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: floppy indirect expression native

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: Bateful green property



(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: Bateful green property

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: Bateful green property



(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: Dead national security agency hospital

(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: Motley apoplectic stage

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)