Can you just ask your firm for a secondment? How does that happen?

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I’m sure you can ask, especially if you’re aware of an opportunity with a particular client. I was just volun-told about my secondment though.

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Often someone is voluntold (as described above). Occasionally a partner will send an email out to certain associates with the experience the client is looking for, (and the firm is confident will perform well) or if you’ve been working on matters for the client it may come up that way.

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I was voluntold at my last firm that I would be doing it and was the first one to at the firm to ever do one. I know that after a few other associates mentioned to the partner who arranged it that they would be interested if another opportunity to do one came up. So maybe mention your general interest in doing one to partners who often arrange them?

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