Law schools should consider banning DLA from their OCI programs. They wield significant influence, and their decisions will have lasting effects well beyond the remaining years of the current administration.

Is Citi better than JPMC?
How is the job security? Citi is giving me 4 lacs more per annum.

What's the biggest life lesson joining the military taught you?

Hi I just got an offer from Sopra Steria India and there is a loyalty allowance mentioned in CTC.
Do they give 100% of that loyalty allowance annually or they give a part of it annually?

My friend in FFO has been asked to come back to office by 2023 beginning and it was announced in their townhall too..Anyone from CONEXTS FFO who can confirm this..also any updates if this will be done in other CONEXT functions/teams too.

Anyone interested in getting in on some poker. Thinking a tournament every month $100-200 buy in (adjustable). Let me know.

How often do you cry at your job? I cry usually one day a week triggered by stress/overwhelm but want to know if this is a typical response

Hello,

My name is Aaron Silverberg. I am a fish wandering down stream looking for a school to grow with.

I am in search of a full-time job in the digital marketing industry to help build on my entrepreneurial and marketing interests gained from the pop-up pizza shop I started in the summer of 2020 “Sadies.” 

I am interested in building a brand, creating a following, growing a community and seeing how that brand maintains its image.

Hope to get in touch and have a nice weekend!

Anyone has had H1B stamping issues in home country ( 221g admin processing / delays)? I've heard of a few recent cases where people have been stuck for several months.

For anyone who was able to make the move from FDD to IB, outside of Compensation, what have you enjoyed more about IB?

Hi Fishes,
Business analyst in FIS (payments domain) or Business analyst in Cognizant ( digital TX projects)
Which wud be better considering WLB,better future prospects
YOE-6
package offered in Cog-16.23
FIS-19

Are we sure Boston is a T2 city? Got my comp today and the number aligns closer to T1 (exact grid point isn’t present for T1 table)

Hello professionals, I am currently working in Supply chain development as SQE with over 8years of experience, but I want to switch over to software developments . I have knowledge on C, C#. As i would be a fresher in the software field, Can you suggest any opportunities as to what I can look out for, and what would be the salary for the fresher level.@

Did you buy all of the textbooks for nursing school or did you skip a bunch?

Anyone willing to refer for the LEK Associate position?

UG Degree in Business from a T25 school (Summa Cum Laude)
1 YOE at Deloitte Consulting
Previous internship at large Life Science company

Anyone at MBB looking to make a referral?

Anyone from Accenture CN here? Need urgent help

Has anyone shot in Tokyo? Any watch outs, things that caught you by surprise? Special budget or schedule considerations for shooting exteriors in the city? Tips for how to shoot there on a shoestring?

Conventional wisdom on current firm counter-offering when mentioning you have a few offers? I have an offer at a large firm in Miami. Current large firm has no office there but mentioned they can likely let me be there in a remote basis. BCG and a few other law blog sites have advised against accepting current firm counter-offers, e.g., likely to leave, not loyal, off partner track, etc., but would love to hear everyone’s thoughts.

What does a contract attorney position entail? I have been offered a position but want to understand what the real responsibilities are as opposed to what the firm/partners market it to be? Anyone here have experience working as a contract attorney?

What corporate practice has better longevity if your goal is to stay in big law for as long as possible: M&A or Capital Markets?

When I’m in the office, the partner likes to talk. These talks usually last almost an hour. We should be allowed to bill this time to the partners.

Senpais, looking back, if you had known more about your specialty, would you still have chosen it? If not, which specialty would you have preferred to enter? And why?

Anyone with bad experiences with ex-biglaw inhouse counsel?

I get the impression that many are biglaw haters. With some, any attempt at being service minded and asking "have you thought about X, we can help" makes them whine about scope and costs.

One GC I worked with even had on their resume (OP wanted resumes of key employees) as one of their skills "maximizing value of internal and external legal advice while minimizing cost"

Any thoughts on Kirkland Chicago Litigation group as a lateral?

What are inhouse opportunities like for an ECVC 2nd or 3rd year in Asia coming from a highly rated ECVC practice (think Cooley, Goodwin, etc)? Open to locations within Asia.

Anyone else on here watch Only Murders in the Building? This episode was insane. Watched it while waiting for comments.

Are there any books or other resources that mid levels/seniors/counsel/partners on here have found helpful for the project management / managing junior attorney aspects of your job?

I am not finding a lot of stuff written for lawyers specifically , but there is a lot directed at “managers” in business generally that I imagine could be applicable.

Thoughts on K&L Gates corporate department?

I know I am hella late to the party BUT I am a first year associate at a V20 firm and am ridiculously curious about when bonuses drop. Anyone know? And by bonus I do not mean an iPad. I will chuck that right back. Just another excuse to have a “flexible work environment.” No ma’am. Not in 2021. We not playing no games anymore.

I do miss seeing my colleagues sometimes but being able to actually use random breaks in the day that you get in transactional, especially as a junior, productively (work out, cook a meal, fold laundry) has made this job so much easier and sustainable for me. It’s still exhausting and so unpredictable and the December crush is killing me but I don’t know how anyone did this for more than a year or two pre-Covid when people spent all day and evening in the office.

Transactional associates: do you bill your time while you are up late at night waiting for either: 1) opposing counsel doc reverts; or 2) when someone senior on your team asks to do something, but you are waiting for them to finish so you can do that something?

How many billable hours in a month does it take for you to think you are billing a lot?

I’m a junior in big law and in the short time I’ve been here, I’ve noticed that counsels produce perfect drafts and yet aren’t partners but partners can’t write two sentences without numerous typos. Shouldn’t counsels be partners and partners counsels instead?

For anyone who is burnt out and looking to leave big law and go to a midsize, do your research. I was one of those people and I can tell you the grass is NOT greener on the other side. It’s a myth. In retrospect, I should’ve stayed and set better boundaries and not have taken this 35% pay cut.

Incoming transactional attorney. Will be licensed (hopefully—July bar taker) in a non-UBE state. My firm has offices in almost every major city.

Do I need to wait 5 years before being able to waive into states to become licensed there, in case I want to leave my current state? How does that work?

it feels like every survey about working from home is (poorly) designed to answer the useless question "would you rather work from home or from the office." I submit that the set of people who prefers to have only one of those two options, always and forever, is the null set. which means it DOES NOT MATTER because the correct answer is always going to be "make both possible." you're welcome, HR departments everywhere.

Best NY firms for capital markets that's not just a UW-side sweatshop? Bonus points if anyone has heard or remotely thought that the group was actually nice-ish/collegial-ish.