2nd year transactional associate. Crim law has always been of interest to me, but I ended up going the big law route due to the need for money to help pay for my dad’s cancer treatment. The firm slotted me for transactional and here is where I am. I’ve tried applying for DA jobs, but nothing has come of it. Is there a way to get crim law experience through pro bono or is my dream unobtainable now?

Will be in amsterdam october 11-13, anyone else there?

Can anyone from GOC help me with how the yearly increments are for different ratings ?

Will there be some market adjustment if someone's ctc is low ?

What's going on with the January 6 probe? I am OOTL, can anyone fill me in?

Kyle, Texas - anyone know a decent spot for apps and a nicer happy hour type setting ?

Anyone know what the process is to get a black license plate on a new car? First time buyer and I’d like to get the black plates directly from the dealer when picking up the car, but not sure if that’s possible with custom order plates (I.e: do I get the white plates at the dealer then have to pay again and wait 3 months for the black ones to come in)

Hi fishes,
what is the increment range at S&P global for software developers ? IHSMARKIT is soon to be merged with S&P global. So wanted to know if it is better to wait for the merger or make a move.

If I originally got the Moderna vaccine, is it advisable (ie is it better protection against COVID) to get a Pfizer booster? I don’t see any info about which booster to get if you didn’t get J&J

Supply chain 🐟 - does anyone give AF about the APICS CSCP certification?

Posting for a friend!

MBA graduate in Marketing. Changed companies very frequently but stayed at Oyo for almost 2years as Zonal manager until the lay off. After ~1year of trying during covid, got a job as Client Advisor in NoBroker. It has been 5months but the pressure is high. Now wants to work in IT. Any advice how one should proceed? Which certification will help and where to get it?

Total YOE- 4years
Non Btech
Current package- 5lpa
Total companies- 4

What salary can be expected for 8 years experienced .Net developer in USA? ( negotiation period for H1B with service based )

What should a commercial claims account manager be making as a salary ? Handles asbestos claims only. Works for a TPA handling claims for 4 carriers. Law degree with many years trial experience as in house ID but for personal lines. This is first job handling commercial claims

Tips on writing marketing company that sounds organic and punchy?

I work with someone who always makes subtle digs at my code. Like they’ll say good job… and then they’ll say there’s space to refactor/improve code quality and we can handle that later. I get that you can always improve code but it’s so irritating. Any advice?

The only ones who get hurt riding a roller coaster are the ones who jump off. Don't panic and sell, everyone! Time in the market > timing the market.

Will Allbirds ever go public?

Know their B Corp status makes it complicated.

Reflation/reopening trades with room to go: CVX target 110 (uncle warren likes and lots of trave commodity increases, supply destruction =oil demand), NCLH target 40 (CCL/RCL have retraced to FMV IMO), BA target 300 (airlines basically back to FMV),

Anyone have any affordable case management software recommendations? I’m looking for something a bit non-traditional as I work for a small nonprofit. Ideally the software would involve document organization/access as well as like a running “log” for folks to post relevant events or work completed for the file.

I’m junior to two Legal Counsel (I work in-house) who are passive aggressive towards each other. They don’t attend each other’s meetings and leave each other out of email CC’s. It’s pretty clear this is done on purpose as one of them has bitched to me about the other.

What would you do in this situation?

Are new associates in your firm eligible for bonuses in their stump year?

Did anyone not meet their billable hours requirement during their first year of employment? If so, how did your firm react? 😬

Mid-senior level transactional folks: how do you originate deals? The only deals I originate come from when one of my corporate clients randomly decides to sell a business. There has to be another way to land more deals, right?

I’m so bad at writing the background/ facts section for briefs… it always gets heavily edited and no one is giving me constructive feedback other than “advocate more”. In contrast, my legal argument section is generally without edits. For context, first defense lit job post appellate clerkship. Is this normal?? Any tips for getting better other than “advocating more”?

Shout out to @nonequitypartner. We see you. Keep up the good work, and pls fix, thx.

Anyone work at Stoel Rives? How’s the WLB? Wondering if the grass is any greener over there coming from big law

For those of you required to be in office- do people use the phone and email to contact you or do they still come by in person? People in my office seem not to understand how the phone works...

How do you celebrate when you close a deal or win a case?

I know some of my colleagues are recording their standard fees as time so that it counts towards their billable hours. It infuriates me but am I just being naive by not doing the same?

We are starting to prep a big case for a 3 week federal trial. I’ve been an attorney for a year now and my firm has had this case for a while. What are some tips you have for prepping and also that will make my boss choose to take me to the trial? I have been the main associate on the file but other attorneys have done stuff here and there.

Any intel on Peckar & Abrahams?

I have a partner that calls me multiple times a day to talk about updates on our cases. Sometimes just to ask “anything to update me on?” He’s known across all of the associates for doing this. Most of the calls repeat information I’ve already provided in emails to him or the client. I normally bill this time as “strategize on” or “consider XYZ in further of” and it keeps getting appealed. Any advice?

What do you do when you feel the goalpost has been/is being moved re: billable requirements? Like there's a spoken vs unspoken? I chose this job based on billables vs salary and what I'm being told I'm expected to do now is 20-30% (at least) > than what was initially agreed upon. Given my other life responsibilities, this is creating a huge strain & I feel like this is slowly getting harder & harder on my spouse & kids. I'm grateful to have lots of good work but not sure how to course correct.

How do y’all deal with burnout? First year already billed 1900 since Jan. I feel like I’m tired and uninterested in work all the time now.

When negotiating a sign on bonus with a new firm based on the fact that you were anticipating a bonus for that fiscal year and are leaving before that is paid out, do you have to do anything to prove you would have actually received a bonus/the amount of bonus you would have received?

I am concerned with fulfilling billable hours requirement. I’m required to hit 2100 hours yearly and I’m at ~1,500 hours and I think I’ll hit 150-180hours this month. What will happen if I don’t hit my targeted amount by the end of my year.

All of my experience is in litigation but I think I might like real estate more. Any advice on how to sell myself to a real estate firm?

What productivity hacks do you employ? I like to shut off my email for 25 min intervals to focus on real work. It’s like a sprint of focus without being “unavailable” too long.