Big law firms you’re least impressed with- go!

Anyone thinking about buying a house in Philly right now or soon? Anything to keep in mind?

It blows my mind how some people have no problem with trillions of dollars in corporate welfare, but mention canceling student loan debt and everyone screams like it’s the apocalypse.

How is the work culture/ work pressure at consulting companies like Bain & Co, BCG, McKinsey

How much is the salary for EY - manager - business consulting for mba tier 1 bschool graduate with 6,7 yrs of experience.

What's dating like in SF? New to the area.

If you have 15k extra cash in the bank and want to invest and grow the money, what would you do/go for in terms of investing?

Hi Everyone,

I having below offers in hand. Please guide me for a wise decision in selecting a company

L&T - 10.5 LPA
INTELLECT DESIGN ARENA - 8 LPA
EMPOWER RETIREMENT- 10 LPA
FUJITSU- 11.5 LPA
TEKIZMA - 7 LPA

CTC is not a matter. I need good learning, WLB and good culture.

Intl Tax folks, how long did it take before you were confident in your role? I've worked for the past 3 years in a practice that is heavily consulting based (inbound and outbound structuring) and I feel like I'm only just starting to understand the foundational concepts (where I can explain them clearly to clients) and offering a shred of value. Then I'll have calls where partners discuss complex tax, legal, treasury and other related concepts that all go over my head.. it becomes overwhelming

I've decided to enroll in NYU's tax LLM program part-time this fall. I'm currently at a V50 firms and I'm in the middle of lateral interviews. Would updating my application with this news hurt or help my offer prospects?

I’m trying to get my parents into adopting healthier eating habits but nothing is really sticking. Do you have any recommendations or like books I can give them to teach them what’s actually good to eat vs. falling for good marketing/ fads?

Abortion banned in Georgia after 6 weeks. Y’all better wrap it up.

can anyone help me with standard package for Customer success manager/ key account manager salary. I have 2 years of experience. Need to know what can I expect for this role.

Got a verbal confirmation for an offer from recruiter. Now she is negotiating my pay with the compensation team instead of me. I thought I had to do the negotiations with that team? This is for a L3 role at google canada. To the fellow googlers, is this normal practice or am I being lowballed here?

So the feeling that you’re forgetting something important because you have so much on your plate…that never goes away right?

New attorney doing M&A. These last few weeks have been kicking my ass. Consistent 12+ hour days. Might miss a family party tomorrow and will have to work over the weekend to finish a transaction. Any advice for a noobie on getting through this stretch?

PSA to anyone doing transactional work - learn to make an org chart in Microsoft office using SmartArt. It’s super easy and for some reason Borrowers and Lenders both seem incapable of making them so you’ll look way smarter than you are.

Why do firms have offices in Palo Alto AND Menlo Park AND SF??

Is there a market for lawyers to add expertise In crisis management or reputation management? My goal is to counsel clients on how to respond to media inquiries without saying or posting something detrimental to a potential litigation while still maintaining communication with their client base. If so, how to break into that industry? Courses? Books? Certifications?

Last week- found out my boss, and our firm owner, has stolen from clients by adding expenses we didn’t spend.
Today- boss opens firm despite corona positive employee while the rest of us are waiting on our results. Told me to learn how to do his secretarial work.
What do I do? I can’t quit without another job and I have only been here 19 months. First job I was only at for 9 months so I’m scared to apply to new places.

Dumb question: If a firm wants to run a conflicts, do you just type up a list or do you request from current firm?

BigLaw M&A: what do you consider to be “big deal” vs a small and medium deal? For example, what do you consider a $150M deal?

How would I go about finding a recruiter for a career switch? I have a finance background and am currently a mid level in big law. Looking for a hybrid position, but I only have experience with recruiters who recruit for other big law positions. Any ideas for how to start looking?

How low were you able to get your student loan payments? I plan to pay as fast as I can, but I want the option for as low as possible for house buying purposes.

Anyone ever have a partner ask them to bill all the work they did on a case on the same day even if you worked on tasks over separate days? Ex: Suppose someone did about an hour’s worth of work on one matter on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday and billed all 3 hours under Friday.

Best approaches to get my partners to help with my push to partnership? Appraisal meeting coming up soon.

Why do people write 30 page memos the client will never read? Keep it short. And INCLUDE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. I think a short, concise memo that will get the client to hire us again is better than..

First year associates:
How much is your salary?
City, firm size and practice area too.

80k. Chicago. Small (7 attorneys) insurance defense firm.

Curious to know what other firm's bonus structures are, particularly those with billable requirements of 1900 and below. Trying to understand what the norm is and figure out if associates at my firm are getting screwed. thanks

Aside from just time and experience, is there anything I can actively do to advance in my career and get more responsibility / client interaction? I’m a first year

A summer associate has a side hustle business. It’s ok until they are barred right?

I am an incoming third year associate in an AmLaw 20 firm at New York. Although I do enjoy the work, I’m constantly questioning myself and my abilities. The work hours are quite bad too. Just out of the blue I interviewed for an AmLaw 70 firm in New York and they extended me an offer. Any advice on the pros and cons would be really appreciated!

Is there an appropriate way to turn down an assignment because it is non-billable? Two of the partners I work for keep asking me to write client bulletins and articles with them, which is great, but now I’m starting to worry about meeting my billable hours requirement.