How likely is it to go in-house or a mid-size, better paying firm from a boutique transactional firm? Thank you for all insight.

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Depends on your resume and connections. I am now in-house but was applying for about a year before something I liked came to fruition. I treated applying like a second job but still got a lot of rejections. One of the biggest drawbacks I found in interviews was that lots of companies wanted big law experience, so you have to be prepared to sell yourself and your experience to the right employer

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Wow, congrats! I’m so happy to hear that for someone! I’m also in a very small boutique firm. Hopefully the market will stay this way for another year or two since I come off pretty ‘useless’ right now.

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