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Not saying it cannot happen but chances of you going straight in house from law school is slim to none. It’s not the salary that’s at issue.
Like working for a law firm? Yea I would say that’s doable and compared to big law way below market but working for a boutique doing commercial lit I would say seems about right.
Salary sounds reasonable. But few places hire in-house directly from law school. Many of those probably use a summer internship as a “test run” to see if they want to hire you.
Very low, as I mentioned in your other post. I was able to do this, also in Houston, but there just aren’t many in-house jobs for juniors, much less brand new lawyers.
Like I said, if your 1L or 2L summer internship was in-house, I would start there.
Thank you for the insight !
Going straight in house is a dumb, career limiting move, even if you can find it. Start out at a law firm, your skills, resume, and network will all thank you for it later
not really. i did this and had firms wanting to interview me. this is antiquiated thinking
It’s not the salary that is the issue. It’s the nature of in house hiring. Most places will want you to have some experience. In house departments generally aren’t set up to train new attorneys. You’re gonna need to get out there and network to make it happen. Even then, it might not be in the cards. The good news is that 2 years at a firm and you can probably find your way in house
Look at postings for 2+ years experience in Houston and take off 10%
The easiest way to do this is to have some experience in the industry of the in-house company you're targeting.
Very low chance unless you have family or a close connection that would hire you. Companies don't really hire new lawyers.
We’ve hired in-house counsel with no prior legal experience once in my 18+ years in-house and it was because we could add an FTE but didn’t have enough salary space for an experienced attorney and didn’t want another paralegal. It worked out but required a ton of training. It is highly unlikely that we would ever do it again. Too much work and if the person had left (they haven’t yet after 10+ years) it would have been a complete waste for the org and our legal team but a huge benefit for the attorney.
It was early 2010’s and the salary for the young attorney was WELL below 100k - we are in low to mid COL market (metro pop appx 1.8m)
If you have industry experience before law school, it's not that impossible to start in-house right after law school in that industry. Still, you want to pick a company with a senior counsel who can show you the ropes.
Circa 2018, the Head of Legal decided we should train a new grad. 130 people applied. The successful candidate had not taken the bar exam yet, though she took/passed it about a year later. The position was also in Houston. It was very much a training experience, without any high expectations. Starting salary was $50k-ish for just enough hours per week to stay part time, below Obamacare threshold.
not likely
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