Advice on moving to smallish law firm? I am a 10+ year associate in a specialty practice. I have worked at 3 big law firms. I am pretty done with biglaw and I have been investigating in-house options, but they are not easy to find in my specialty. A smallish law firm called me and I agreed to interview. Not sure if this would be a good or bad idea. Any input would be appreciated. They are selling themselves as a work/life balance firm. Thank you!

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Interviewing is always a good idea, in my view—you never know, the firm could be awesome. Are you interested in making partner? I would spend a bit of time in the interview feeling them out to see whether they seem like people you could spend another couple decades working with and what that path might look like for you.

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