I’m a new call attorney joining a litigation boutique (~30) that only practices in one industry/area.
I think this will be a High Stress firm, so tell me if my hunch is correct: 1) Lots of ex big law lateral partners so I presume the same level of craziness as BL. 2) It’s top heavy with 22+ partners, 3 mid to senior assos, and 5 fresh calls. 3) The biggest flag of them all is 2 mid level and 1 junior assos are on mat leave, and one new call asso is leaving (hence my offer). Thoughts?

I have a very strong networking background and want to break into cloud space. I don’t know much about database and applications. What should be my learning strategy? e.g do AZ103, AWS solution architect, AWS networking certs? Please guide me.

Done with 2 rounds of interview with Birlasoft and HR asked for some documents.
When I can expect the offer letter?

Anyone a manager? I’m recently diagnosed (26F) and I can’t help but beat myself up everytime I fall short of my to do list. Makes me feel like a huge disservice to my team. I’ve been trying vitamin D and working out, but it makes my “highs” and “low” SO extreme. The simplest things are so complex in my mind.

If anyone feels similar, how do you manage these feelings? I’m personally considering switching to an individual contributor role, but can’t help but feel like a disappointment if I do.

What's the longest amount of time before starting a new role that you've been able to negotiate with a company?

How do the Scon bands fare up in USI ?
Engineering vs B schools

YOE : 7.8 i have an offer from IBM and HCL.
IBM : 18 fixed + 1 JB HCL : 21 ( 18 fixed + 1lakh approx (monthly variable) + 2 lakh Annual variable ) . Now i have a discussion pending with Robert Bosch , What should i quote ! Which will be better for job security and work life and overall career growth .

How much EY GDS pays for test lead position with automation experience?

Does oracle has a office at Kolkata ? My current location is banglore , can I change my base location to Kolkata ?

If yes , what's the process ?

How much can we expect CTC for 7.5 years of experience in Oracle

Last night I slept over my boyfriend’s apt. We are sexually active together but this time he woke up at 4/5am and started fingering me and eating me out. I was somewhat awake but I don’t know how to feel about this. Thoughts?

Anyone else work with international teams meaning they have to start their day extra early?

Is taking the bus to work as convenient as taking the tube? Thinking of getting a place that by bus has a lesser commute than train but worried about traffic, frequency, etc. of the bus. Basically 20 mins bus vs 27 mins tube? Thanks!

Do we need to carry print out of offer letter on first orientation day?

Guys, how's your experience living in Pune. How's the city and how did it treat you so far?

Need referrals for Bain & Co. for Azure Data Engineer if any available. Can join in 20 days .
Thanks In advance

Any insight into hours/culture at WilmerHale in LA? specifically in lit.

If I leave big law for ADA will I get canceled?

What productivity hacks do you employ? I like to shut off my email for 25 min intervals to focus on real work. It’s like a sprint of focus without being “unavailable” too long.

Which of the following, if any, are damaging to an attorney’s professional reputation and odds at equity partnership? DWI, bankruptcy, or divorce.

Best divorce lawyer in NYC?

Does anyone know how litigation finance works on the plaintiff side? If someone wanted to bring a lawsuit against their former employer would a general contingency arrangement with a plaintiff’s firm make sense? Or would one need to find funding and then contact a plaintiff’s firm to actually handle the case? I’m a transactional lawyer, so this is out of my wheelhouse.

I recently had a specialist partner send me a fairly nasty email after I (a transactional first year) was told to ask them to review something ASAP that had clearly been on my partner’s radar for over a week. Why am I taking the (honestly justified) blame for this? Surely it should be obvious that I’m just the messenger here.

You know you're finance friendly WHEN you wanna research the state crossing issues with fossil fuel emissions to argue against keeping associated torts in state so you start all the legal anal trials!

Is there an appropriate way to turn down an assignment because it is non-billable? Two of the partners I work for keep asking me to write client bulletins and articles with them, which is great, but now I’m starting to worry about meeting my billable hours requirement.

Second year associate here. How should I deal with the one partner in my practice group who seems to exclusively give me lousy assignments that we’ll never get paid for? I get great work from everyone else.

Parental leave: do you have to be at a company or firm for a year before being eligible to take parental leave? Are there any companies/firms that don't have this requirement?

Negotiating a settlement. I’m at $10k, opposing counsel is at $20k. My client won’t go higher than $15k. OC has come down to 17.5k and says his client won’t budge from that. Do I offer 12.5k so we can hopefully meet in the middle at 15k? Is that how the settlement game is played? Seems dumb we can’t just say let’s meet in the middle now and be done with this. (I’m a first year, first time negotiating a settlement on my own and I don’t want to screw this up!)

As lawyers are there ways to get paid for connecting clients?

Looking for guidance: Can a company require its employees to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting disclosure/discussion of their individual wages/salary information? Does this run afoul of the NLRA (specifically Section 7)?

How do you wind down after a rough day?

Billables are low this month. Like I have 65 billable hours in so far. I’ve messaged partners over the last week to try and get more cases but there are tons of new associates who were just onboarded and were at a low point for business. I’m freaking out

What up ladies and gentlemen today we are discussing the legal ramifications of contact tracing on cell phone carriers. Are there any plaintiffs lawyers eyeing lawsuits over data policies? Are they are insurance lawyers seeing risk?

Has anyone been admitted to Massachusetts by transfer of UBE score? I submitted my application in July and took and passed the state law exam today. How long after this were you admitted? Thanks!

Transactional associate. Lateraled 6 months ago and one of the biggest pain points has been my new firm’s inclination to “hop on a call”, which of course requires every single stakeholder to join. The end result being every call has 25 people on it and nothing actually gets done because no one wants to ask a question that could come off as silly. It’s destroying my ability to get anything done during the day. It’s a complete performance and it drives me nuts.

Got an offer for an Interview with Littler Mendelson. Anyone got any pros and cons, and starting salary for a new attorney in the Midwest?