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Talk to a recruiter and be willing to start as a first year. It’s early enough in your career that you should be able to switch quite easily. Just have a good story as to why you want to do transactional work.
Ask your friends that went Corp from law school to give you names of recruiters. They get a ton of inbounds if they’re at a good firm and it won’t hurt them to give you these names.
The two biggest pieces that help are (1) knowing and being able to convey your transferable skills and (2) finding mutual connections to firms/ jobs you are interested in. With these two pieces, you can get referred/ recommended by someone (or ideally more than one person) to stand out from the 400 other resumes, and then have a story to tell of why your skills fit their needs.
Re. Recruiters: don’t be afraid to connect with multiple recruiters. It can only help. However, keep in mind that they are looking for their commission, so they are not necessarily fighting for you, but rather fighting for whichever resume fits the employer the best. Continue your own search even while discussing opps with recruiters.
Like others have said, you are young enough in your career to make a switch, but be prepared to take a class year hit. T14 school with solid grades and coming from a respected boutique is a good starting point. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to chat. Yes, I’m a recruiter :)
Do you do deal work in your current practice (i.e. non litigation work)? If so, i think your background in the labor and employment work would be seen as a strength, along with your experience doing deal work.
Thanks—Do you think it’s better to approach open positions with a recruiter or on my own?