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I’m asking because you generally have no obligation under the law to even give a 2 week notice. They can’t force you to stay
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Is it in your employment contract that you’re required to give 60 days notice?
I’d argue it’s void
You are a first year with no clients or matters of your own? The ABA guidelines are permissible and I cannot imagine the ABA wouldn’t find 30-days more than sufficient. You are being taken advantage of
Let’s think through alternatives - 1. Leave, start the new role, and potentially get sued for what? What are the damages to the prior firm? Contracts are breached every day. Is there a liquidated damages clause? 2. Stay, lose the other role, and be unemployed in this economy? 3. Negotiate the desired start date with the new firm and do the minimum in the current role. Collect a check. I would not risk a new role for the sake of one I’m leaving.
You have an employment contract with your law firm employer as a first year??
They can’t even make you stay if you have a contract; people leave contracts early all the time. People who do this are just on the hook for potential damages or other penalties previously agreed to (like clawing back a signing bonus or something of that nature). But if you don’t even have a contract…they are definitely taking advantage and that’s not ok.