Any advice for trying to lateral into big law from a smaller NYC firm? Litigation 2nd year. Any recruiter recs?

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You’ve got a chance. Network as much as possible. I recommend reaching out to someone who was at your firm and lateraled to a BigLaw firm or someone who’s from your law school in BigLaw for an informational meeting.

Good luck!

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There’s not a linear answer here unless you can give more context. Can you tell us a bit about your law school + credentials, the firm you’re at now, and the practices you’ve been exposed to?

The answer for a Columbia grad with law review & a federal clerkship at (say) a public-interest adjacent firm who’s been doing work that translates directly into a big firm practice is different than it is for someone who was middle of the pack at a regular school who’s doing small criminal matters/ID/family law/workers comp & isn’t yet admitted in NY.

Top third at a T35 school. Law review and moot court board. Admitted in NY and doing securities lit, general and international commercial, judgment enforcement.

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Avoid Stacey Kennedy at all cost.

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