I keep hearing Linklaters, Patterson Belknap, and Debevoise have changed a lot from their historical reputations. Any idea how/why? Is this good/bad?

Are new associates in your firm eligible for bonuses in their stump year?

For those who have opened their own practice, what type of law do you do? What market are you in and how much do you profit? Have you hired other attorneys (if so, how many)? How much experience did you have when you decided to go out on your own? And is your schedule more or less flexible than when you worked elsewhere?

I am looking to leave Deloitte but I have not been around long enough to satisfy my signing bonus. How do you bring up a signing bonus in negotiations with a new employer?

Hi sharks.... How long it takes for Global Logic to come back after Manager round? It's been 1week since I gave interview... No updates so far... GlobalLogic

Ways to overcome fear of public speaking? At times I stutter when I introduce myself and am sick of it

For those who have onboarded remotely, have you found it difficult to connect with and embody your new company’s culture? Culture is important to me and a big part of it was being with your coworkers and having meaningless chit chat

I have an offer and want to negotiate

1. London base salary but I have to absorb all the expenses (train + stay)
I am thinking to negotiate to

2. home base salary and have my expenses paid for

I know that's depends on the amount I have to travel (and potentially stay) but at the moment this is unknown. Past 8 months was just twice a month + 2 nights stay.

The only thing I know is it won't be every week, the return trian ticket is about £80-100, depends I could plan ahead.

Mauritius or Cook Islands for a 2 week honeymoon??

In Seattle for the weekend. What are your favorite things to do and see?

Anyone know what the change/cancellation fees on Royal Air Maroc? I can’t find them anywhere on the website…

Anyone here travel solo to Ibiza? Would love to get recs on where to stay, which clubs and raves to go to, safety and such. TIA!

At what point you start coming on radar if you have been on beach for significant amount of time? Like Since thanksgiving . Is there a schedule to let go?

Does anyone feel a disconnect with friends who work a typical 9-5, or those who are non-entrepreneurial and/or never owned/run a business?

Dm for LTI referals

Being so young in age, thoughts on buying a 2 bedroom condo in lake view in Chicago, 170k? I'd live in one room and rent to a friend. Not expecting to cash flow due to HOAs being sky high

How do you stay up to date on creative openings? I try to keep as up to date on new business wins and check on LinkedIn (job posts and searching for posts about openings), the Avail List and connect with as many recruiters as possible. But as most jobs aren’t even posted, how do you stay on top of it? I’m exhausted.

Let’s do another ASL 32FChi

So sad to see my beloved Cooley becomes a laughing stock. I still remember the day that a classmate of my 7-year-old thought I am a food delivery guy. Can't blame him cause I was wearing a jacket with a large COOLEY logo. He just learned the word "Cooler" the day before.

Was interviewing with a firm and soon after receiving an offer, learned of bad culture/toxic partners in the practice group from a couple of associates who recently lateraled from the firm. I turned the offer down. A partner that I clicked with while interviewing reached out asking me why I turned down the offer. Should I be honest and relay what I heard?

Now that the craziness of 2021 is firmly in the mirror, what is your class year and when do you normally stop working at night, on average? For me 6 to 7 is the average. Have to wake up at 5 or 6 a.m. one or two days a week to make that happen though and it may not last through Q4..

Does anyone here know any good recruiters for Boston? Not looking to move, but want some intel (and feel awkward reaching out to the recruiter who placed me here).

Someone needs to explain to me why I need to urgently (like yesterday) explain a matter to the people running the specific part of the deal (noting to them that OC’s request is nonsense because Y) only to be copied two days later - “my colleague X will provide”.

To all those in management, how do firms that haven’t instituted pay cuts/furloughs manage to do that? Is it because their clients are still paying the bills, because they are borrowing money, because partners just won’t see profit this coming year? Some combo?

It's super frustrating to be "time poor".

That's seemingly just the nature of working in Biglaw.

But every day you have the option to buy back your time.

How do you buy back time?

It's simple—by saving and investing.

And you don't need to be uber wealthy to regain control of your time.

Consider this…

What is your personal release valve after a long day / closing a stressful project?

Is workers comp a bottom of the barrel practice area?

How long do firms take to get back to you (first round laterals)?

What’s the dress code for virtual court conferences? For those that have attended one already, what did you wear? I’m planning on treating it like a regular conference. Thought?

Is it common for transactional groups to just add specialists onto deals without a heads up, or asking if we have capacity? My team is always asked first, but today, got invited to a dataroom of some deal I have never heard of.

Tips for bankruptcy associates who eventually want to move in-house? 3rd year associate in bankruptcy/restructuring group doing mainly bk lit but a few deals too. Need to stay in BL for at least another year for the money, but eventually want to move in-house. The path to in-house seems more straightforward for general commercial lit or more standard transactional practices. Any tips for someone who’s practice is a bit of a hybrid (and who will never likely do discovery or handle a depo)

What’s your firm’s partnership buy in? I am up this year and curious what other firms require.

New to due diligence and not sure the timeline of projects. Tips to stay organized of the project and timeline, and how to update those leading the deal? Just keep track of new info and provide as necessary?

Thoughts on Shearman & Sterling Dallas and STB Houston?

Put in notice and one of the partners wants to know what they could do to have me stay. I doubt I will but curious if anyone has chosen to stay and why in this situation other than money. Any regrets?

If you’re ever feeling like BigLaw is pigeonholing your career, just remember that Rep. Liz Cheney started her career as a project finance associate at White & Case from 1996-1999.

I’m a second year in general litigation. I’ve been drafting briefs, memos, letters, motions, etc. but I’m getting the documents back with a lot of redline. From what I see, majority of my research, thoughts, and substance is there but it doesn’t feel good seeing all those redlines. Is it normal to see all those redlines or am I doing something wrong?

Thoughts on Quinn Emmanuel? How grade conscious are they?