Anyone transition from litigation to corporate transactions? How did you do it? Do you have any tips on the best way to make this transition?

All of my law school internships were in technology transactions but because of layoffs around the time I graduated, I had to pivot to ID litigation and have been trying to get out ever since.

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I know some people who switched from ID to employment law and from there to big law supporting M&A teams, but that must have taken a long time.

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Ugh I want to go to employment law. I’m in ID too.

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I transitioned from insurance defense to I transitioned from insurance defense litigation to insurance transactional and regulatory work. Did that from about a year then asked if I could focus on transactional worked so I was moved to the general corporate practice group. Not impossible but hard. I also hated ID work, of I were you I’d get out as soon as possible because when you get insurance on your resume it’s easy to get pigeonholed.

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In a similar boat now. Can I DM you to get more info on your switch?

Following. I’ve heard people recommend doing CLE’s, joining Bar Associations for Transactional law / in house counsel and networking through that. Maybe your schools alumni network? Or even a young lawyers division of the Bar and get a mentor..

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It’s very doable you might just need to take a class year cut

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