Anyone have people who work for clients who are either young or inexperienced and treat you as outside counsel like you’re their bitch...except 90% of the time they have no clue what they are doing?

Someone told me to use Facebook more. To see trends. I don’t think so thanks, I’ll remain happy.

“Suburbia would be no longer.” ~ 🤡

Hi all-my idea pool has officially run dry. Trying to explore new ways to market per diem
nursing. Besides, clinician spotlights, social posts, and video interviews, any other thoughts?

Need unbiased opinions on this baby name: AKSHAYA. Help me settle this debate! Thanks 💁🏽‍♀️

Does anyone else use Modafinil to work more?

Ladies, so proud that I had to share: husband continually asks me to do things that he could do himself; doesn’t appreciate the emotional labor or myriad of tasks I do - so I wrote a side by side chore list of our plan for the day. 😂 Lets just say it’s hard for him to deny my contribution/ask me to do more when my list is longer than his. 🙌🏼

Looking for consulting assignments related to entrepreneurs and social projects. Kindly let me know any prospective avenue for same.

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Does anyone have a therapist they could recommend? Thinking I may potentially have misophonia + ADHD and could generally use a therapist to unpack some childhood stuff, but no idea where to start!

Some of y'all need an office etiquette class before we return. 4 different people today took calls either on speakerphone or on zoom with no headphones

Any Momentum people would love to help me out? I’m trying to apply for the strategist role, but I cannot submit via the website - it freezes right after I hit the submit button :(

Honestly prob just looking to vent but I would like to know if I’m being unreasonable. I have a very close family member whose financial situation is pretty much getting thru each day. They keep running into issues where they have to borrow money from me. I don’t mind helping but what gets me is: every time it’s time to pay me back, I’m told I have to wait till the next payday but I’m seeing money being spent on recreational things as well. What bothers me most is this person has a spouse.

Any recommendations for nonprofits who support sobriety? I’m 17 months sober and I’ve been looking to engage with an organization who does good community work in the space. I know there are a ton out there but I would love suggestions based on personal experiences.

I have so much to do but I don't want to touch my laptop or look at any workpapers

This goes out to the big fish, do you think growing a book is a function of time or sales ability? What is a reasonable annual AUM rate of growth?

I currently have an 1800 billable hour requirement at my firm. On paper this means I'm billing 7.5 hour days/150 hour months. I'm looking at firm's that have an 1850-1950 hour requirements - what impact on my work/like balance will those extra 150 have?

I recently lateraled (3rd hear) into a biglaw firm from a clerkship just before the start of the fiscal year (Oct. 1). I’ve been out on a few matters and have worked on some clients, but this will be the second month in a row I’ve billed under 150 hours/month. I’ve been told by partners and associates to enjoy the lull but I can’t help but feel like I’m not being productive. I also feel like if I ask the partner or seniors for more work again it will genuinely annoy them. What should I do?

No matter how big your firm is, leaving/logging off before 5 on Friday is a huge plus

Would you rather be a key associate on a few clients or just a regular associate on a lot of clients? I see the argument to not be too reliant on one client but to me this is much better than having so many clients that I barely know what’s going on with them. What would you prefer and why?

Do any cultural or religious observances affect your work life? I.e Jewish and if I observed Shabbat I wouldn’t be able to work Friday nights and Saturdays - although sometimes there’s no choice.

I recently started working at a firm that does a lot of legal aid. In order to attract more private clients, they want us to go out and do speaking engagements and volunteer work (on our own time). Furthermore, they started asking us to consider doing per diem duty counsel work to bring up our receivables (aka- work as duty counsel and give them our pay). I was so appalled by this comment, I’m beyond livid. I became an associate so I didn’t have to go out and bring in business. (Cont.)

Any suggestions for NYC recruiters for in-house counsel?

Attorneys involved in deciding who to set up an interview with, what reasons do you look for among their application materials to call them back, and what reasons do you look for to toss their application in the trash? All points appreciated, both objective and subjective.

New attorney here, I just started at an attorney at a smaller firm. There are 3 partners and currently I am one of two associates. We have 1 full time legal secretary and one part time secretary assisting her. We have 1 paralegal. My question is what kind of work/tasks are supposed to be/acceptable to delegate to the secretaries and paralegal in order for me to be more productive with my time.

Anyone in marketing law? Just started a new job looking for any recommendations (books, blogs) to brush up on.

Tips for being the go-to low-rate associate to give work to? Seems like I’m the popular corporate associate to give time consuming but necessary assignments to but its an adjustment to meet so many separate deadlines for different groups of people and the new assignments keep on coming.

Spent all afternoon flipping through Zillow while crying and eating potato chips

I have terrible penmanship and can't write notes fast enough when partners are giving me instructions or directions. What's an effective way to capture more information and not miss things?

I’m starting to look for some new jobs and there is a firm I’d really like to get into. There are four jobs that I might be eligible for but they are across three different practice groups. Would it look bad if apply to all three groups? I’m a relatively new associate with about 2 years experience and I’m interested in all three areas but I don’t want to appear indecisive.

Does anyone know when Foley Hoag associate reviews are? Do they go by calendar year?

In house counsel here who wants to slip in a good word about a few of the associates during evaluation season. Thanks!!

Has it been difficult getting approved for a mortgage with law school loans? My partner and I are both in Biglaw, but graduated in 2020 during the loan interest freeze and haven’t started paying any of our loans. We both have credit scores of 790+ and make around $450K total. We are nervous about home buying due to each of us having $100k in student loans.

Does anyone have experience with placing their bar license on inactive mode in California?

I'm going to be out of the country until late summer of 2021 and I'd rather pay the inactive bar dues (~$200 compared to ~$500).

I'd like to weigh the pros and cons of this.
- Is there a disadvantage for clerkships?
- Will I have to catch up on a gazillion CLEs or just the ones from the current year (the balance for which I'll be active)?

Would like to get some input!

Thanks.

Looks like Bryan Cave is gonna open up another huge wave of layoffs. I wonder what firms are next?

When lateraling to another defense firm, is it necessary to show billable hours at current firm?