Anyone else struggling to move from midlaw to a bigger firm? I’ve got solid experience, but it feels like firms only want to poach associates from their peer group.

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The market for lateraling is not great right now. There’s no incentive for a large law firm to take a risk on someone from a mystery group when there are plenty of people interested in lateraling from groups they already know provided the candidate with the skills and experience they want.

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Honestly, it’s all about who you know. You have to get out there and network. If you want to move to one of the big guys, you have to make the right kind of friends.

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I’m experiencing this too. Trying to escape midlaw for a larger firm, but I’ve had no such luck.

Market is slow but keep trying

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