If you are counsel how much more flexibility do you have than partners / associates?

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There’s a lot of variety. Some are essentially Sr Associates who can’t / don’t want to be partner for whatever reason, others have literal other day jobs like being professors.

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I think it depends on the firm and the specific arrangement you have with them.

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It very much depends on the firm. The title “Counsel” is used in such a huge variety of ways.

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