Anyone with a US JD moved to Mexico to practice?

Thoughts on newly IPOd ROOT?

Any good recommendations for patent industry magazines with regular print editions? too much of my keeping up to date is by blogs.

For those who settled for someone who wasn’t the one, why did you do it?

I have little frame of reference for the salary, commission, and other comp. of reps in the manufacturing space, particularly contract manufacturing. What’s your current role, years of experience & current compensation?

Anyone move from Accenture to Visa? I’m about to. I wasn’t in consulting at Accenture but I’m wondering how the cultures compare in general.

WFH still unclear and layoffs last week, but sure, send an email about executive level promotions. An A/S person who lost every acct they had in the 8y I’ve been there.

Holding H1 stamped visa but haven't travelled yet and expired. Am I eligible for Cap-Exempt from India ?

How long it takes for cap-exempt to be processed these days in normal processing ?

Does anyone have any insights on what Data Scientists earn in the Denver area?

Welcome lol 😂

Best area credit unions?

Industry Advice: I am currently in a Commercial P&C CSR broker position working with manufacturing and staffing clients. I am working towards a promotion within my same team in the near future but an Account Manager position has opened up now in the construction space within our office. Should I voice my interest in the construction AM role even though I have a limited amount of construction experience or wait the six months for the AM position on my current team?

Bringing my parents to US. Dad is 60+, mom 55+
1. Which Indian health insurance should I opt for?
2. Any fine print I need to look for?

First year associates posting pictures of their timesheets on their IG story showing they billed 300-500 hours in March at their lockstep big law firms right after bragging on their stories about the $12k pretax covid bonus that they’re getting this year. Is this... impressive? asking for pity? pathetic? other? Has this always been a thing or do I just see it now bc I’m also a first year associate...

Which companies in Canada are giving remote opportunities in the insurance industry?

Will Cognizant offer 35 lpa for 11 years exp. And senior manager role?

How long it will take to receive cis form after L2 interview round. I have attended L2 round last week. Still no response

A dilemma: go to market leading (and market paying) firm for general litigation, or go to biglaw firm that pays less than market but is number 1 in niche litigation practice I want?

After the Milbank raises, the gap between comp for juniors is ~50k. The gap for seniors is ~$100k.

Anybody know Milbank’s paternity leave policy (how many weeks)? Also, does anyone know how they deal l with requests for one to two year stints overseas at their London or German office? My wife may have an opportunity to work at her company’s London or Frankfurt office for a year or two in about 2 years time.

What’s the right calendar invite subject line to schedule a call for giving notice? I am a huge fan of my firm but I’m leaving for a big upgrade. I’m very sad but this is best for me.

My firm has been pushing us to go back to the office since June, and every single day now they are sending pro-office propaganda. You can convince me there are benefits to being in the office, but good grief, let us work from home once or twice a week! Otherwise I’m out.

If a firm thinks you’re the right candidate to make an offer to, do they usually continue interviewing anyway? Confused because I had a great interview and think I’m a great fit but the firm is continuing to interview and will make decisions in the next couple weeks. Is that not a good sign?

JD mortgage question since I've seen talk of it here: I'm a third year looking to purchase a home. If I've saved enough for a down payment of 10% or possibly 20%, is there any benefit to the JD mortgage? Better interest rate? No PMI if 10% down?

Maybe a bit off topic but does anyone think we’ll see some of these housing prices cool down a bit? Why or why not? And if so, how much?

As a first year, when will I be expected to be billing more regular numbers? Month 1? Month 2? It’s my second week and I’ve billed maybe 10 hours since Monday. But I also don’t have a lot of responsibilities yet.

I’m working as an associate at a mid-size firm of about 140 attorneys, but was just offered a position with an AM 100 as a staff attorney with the possible bump to associate within a year. Is this a good move? Billable hours and salary are the same the first year. Any advice is appreciated!

How good is the biglaw lateral market right now for junior associates? Especially if looking to switch practice groups? I’m at a V100/Am100 firm in NYC.

Second year corporate associate preparing their first issues list for a purchase agreement. The other side came back with a lot of changes and I’m worried about not spotting issues to put on the list/proposed responses to the issue because I’m still learning m&a and am still junior. Haven’t had a lot of safety net on projects due to lack of seniors. Any tips on how to best figure out/prepare an issues list for a revised PA are much appreciated

Do you reply to client emails saying thank you? If so, what do you say?

“You’re welcome” sounds too formal.

“No problem” sounds too informal.

“Anytime” sounds like an invitation to get requests all weekend and all night.

“My pleasure” is clearly a lie when it comes to most legal work.

At what point did you start using a financial advisor?

I just paid off my student loans (!!!) and literally put every spare dime towards them. Now that I don't have that payment, I'm trying to build back my safety net (currently only have 15K).

Since it's called "wealth management", I feel like I should build some actual wealth first haha. But I'm not sure how much I should save first.

So when did you first seek out an advisor? I'm a 3rd year, late 20s, single, no kids, so no other costs.

Hi boys & girls!

Joined a big firm (Big4) not long a go and starting to feel like I got a good grip on my current work.

I've always been very technical, so I think that the only thing I am missing now is making sales. (I really wanna make partner)

Can any seasoned lawyer share tips and materials (i.e. books) which can help?

Would it be a good idea to join a Social Club where potential clients spend time? (gym/tennis/paddel/events)

Any advice welcome!

If you apply for a corporate job with a recruiter, how does that affect that following-up process?

What do you spend on your assistant's Christmas gift?

I realized recently that I can turn my “super associate” persona at any time. I had it off during covid when my kids needed me and got a bad review. So now it’s back on. I’m responding to midnight emails (and daytime ones in under 20 minutes) and getting work done the same morning. I’m spending countless hours doing edits over edits. I actually don’t like super associate. Why do people live like this 24/7?!? 🤔

Those who lateraled in q3/q4 of 2021 - how are you handling bonuses for your secretaries?

Relatively new to ECVC. Was catching up with a peer mentor and they said I should start saying no to new matters because of the amount of clients I’m already staffed on. How many clients do you average (both general corporate & active deals)?

How many work hours does it take for you to bill 8 hours? Feeling like I’m inefficient.