Big Law

I just received a conflicts form, is that usually an indication I will be receiving an offer? I thought usually the offer is extended first then conflicts.

My lease at my place ends in about 6 months. My husband and I want to move states after it ends and don’t want to lock in another lease at our current place/state. My firm has an office in the city we… more

What’s everyone’s plan for when AI replaces you? I’m going to use my savings to buy a van to drive around until money runs out, then forage for food from dumpsters like a raccoon.

Is M&A dead right now?

Feels like all of our partners and junior associates took the day off …

Any insight on Big Law salaries for their offices in Mexico City (partner/counsel/associate)?

Is the billable hour dead? Also if price no longer a differentiator, are most law firms done for?

What puts Morgan Lewis, Clifford Chance, Cahill and O’Melveny at the top of the Vault rankings for compensation? Wachtell is obvious/well publicized, but I’m otherwise pretty confused what’s going on … more

I’m a third year associate and AI can do my job. Fairly confident this is true for almost all of us. Seriously what is going to happen?

What do you wear on a zoom interview to lateral to a new firm? Worth wearing a tie? First time interviewing since OCI.

Is sidley 4 days in office policy enforced? NY

Is there any alternative to lateraling when your firm culture expects absurdly high hours and availability? It’s at a point that my teams are scheduling 9 or 10 pm regular meetings because we’re all s… more

If the goal is to make top dollar (long term), which practice areas would you recommend? Capital markets, funds, M&A, projects, banking and finance, litigation, international arbitration, or white… more

I recently found out that someone I had offered help to because they were “drowning”, gave pretty much all their work to me under the guise of “taking a little bit off their plate”. That’s the last ti… more

With Nashville picking up, any firms opening up in Charlotte, Atlanta, or Miami?

I owe a lot in taxes this year and I’m surprised. I expected a refund bc I assumed taxes on bonus would be withheld at a very high flat rate. I checked Reddit and there were so many ppl saying they go… more

What’s the scoop on the best fund formation groups currently? How’s STB?

When lateraling and negotiating for a full year end bonus at the new firm, do they ask how much I’ve billed so far at my current firm to make sure I would have received it at my current firm?

Any clue which firm it is currently hiring finance associate roles for their expanding media/ sports/ entertainment group? Been getting recruiter emails about this one.

Cravath losing partners left and right… about time to merge with Nelson Mullins

Is it a good or bad sign for a practice group if a well respected young equity partner leaves to become GC at a client?

Would you move firms for extra $100K after tax and “potentially” better exits to in house (both firms are market paying) even if the new firm is more intense (personality/pace wise but about the same … more

What’s market bonus for 6th year? 90k or 105k?

Partners that have lateraled: what’s that process like? Do u also have rounds of interviews like associates do?

Why do we choose big law?
1. Just the money?
2. Where does it lead to that a mid-law/boutique can’t in larger scheme - WLB, decent pay, time/space to build your own.

A lot many practice groups I see don’t lead to pa… more

Will working more than many other juniors, but getting early experiences like taking and defending depos, have a tangible benefit for me when I try to lateral somewhere more calm in a year or two?

Feeling out of luck. Fired from my firm and my website time runs out next week. I’m a 7th year at my third firm, so I think the fact that I’d be moving to a 4th firm is keeping me from landing intervi… more

Is there a standard clawback period for a signing bonus? Also would appreciate hearing any experiences with firms either enforcing or not enforcing clawbacks.

Lateraled in November. Absolutely hate the place. Still have to stick it out a full year?

Also, what are the chances that the firm I turned down would hire me?

Anyone have go-to prompts that they use for getting helpful results out of GenAI? Biggest one for me has been telling GPT to always tell me if it can’t read a file and not to hallucinate its contents.

Is it still ok to use the phrase “caught with our pants down“ or “open kimono” ? an older partner I work with uses phrases like these quite frequently….

If you have to choose between love or this career, what would you choose?

Mid lateraling from lower V100 to V10. I was a top performer work-wise (at least substantively) at my old firm but still have some serious imposter syndrome/nerves due to the larger office/group fille… more

How is Lathams lender side finance group? Is it mainly private credit focused? What size deals? NY if that matters. Lots of work to go around? Too much? Crazy people?

Two weeks ago I (lit senior) got staffed and told to personally draft a major motion with minimal onboarding midway through the case’s life cycle. I’m told the group is “super busy.” Motion is due in … more