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My personal experience:
1. Multiple rounds of interview (met everyone on legal team and many people in leadership) taken over several weeks and v technical discussions of what I did at law firm
2. Recruiter (tbh didn’t like mine so pick wisely). If you have been in big law for a few years, recruiters actively reach out w inhouse opps.
3. Pros. I work 9-530 w an actual lunch break (no one eats lunch at their desk). I rarely look at phone outside those hours and never look during vacations. Love my team - everyone is very nice!
Cons. Pay is less than big law and less flexibility in terms of what time you come in and leave. I am 5 days in office w some wfh days.
For in-house, you really need to look at the team composition and culture because it’s not big law where if you don’t like a partner, there are other partners to work with. My friends who didn’t like their inhouse experience and went back to law firm typically (1) did not like the people they worked w, (2) found the work less interesting and (3) little bit of an ego thing since at a law firm, you are revenue generator and inhouse, you are a cost.
Conclusion: I am v happy making 6 pm dinner appointments and being in bed by 9 pm.
4. Not in commercial lit. In corporate
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