How does a résumé differ when applying for an in-house litigation position than a lateral Big position? I typically include under my past employers what I did during those roles, such as pre-litigation negotiation, motion, drafting and trials. That all seems important for in-house roles, but there seems to be more of a focus on working in relevant industries. Any thoughts from our big law refugees?

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For one, biglaw tends to select for specialization whereas in house roles tend to view generalists more favorably, so to the extent you can highlight a diverse skillset that shows you’re commercially minded and will be an asset to an operating business, do that.

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the framing should change. google samples of each and you’ll see. I think HLS has some.

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