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I left big law and went in house during my second year. Best decision I ever made
Hi, could you please tell me why?!
Rising Star
I went straight to in-house. Best decision ever.
Agreed. I went in house direct, done private work on the side and don’t regret it. You develop different skills but they are still transferable if you ever want to go back.
I’d wait. You barely learn any practical knowledge for the first couple years of practice and you’d miss on that experience by going in house that early in your career.
Chief
I almost did as a second year too but decided to wait. I’m glad I did even though I do have lingering fomo about the role I turned down.
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To add, I changed firms instead so I didn’t just wait it out at the firm I was unhappy at.
Rising Star
Why are you unhappy? It's difficult to give appropriate advice without more specific reasons.
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In-house is a huge variety, completely depends on the specific role you wind up in. If you stick it out at the firm though, for most biglaw midlevels, process management and junior management becomes a bigger and bigger part of your job so maybe you’ll start to enjoy it more? Hours won’t improve though.
No it’s not too early. You can always learn on the job. There’s such a gap between what you do in private practice vs. in-house anyway
I went in-house at a global professional services company after working at a small transactional firm as an associate for only 4 months. I would like to add I was a law clerk at the company during law school, and subsequently clerked at the firm prior to passing the bar. Because I knew the type of work and environment at both, I had a bit more of an understanding about the type of work I’d be doing and could adequately compare, but it was the best decision I ever made. I got a big pay bump, and working for a global organization is tremendously rewarding; there is enough variety it rarely gets “boring.” Work life balance and benefits are much better as well. That being said, it really depends on the company since in-house work is so varied. Happy to share some additional thoughts as well, if you’d like!