I’m currently a 2nd year associate in commercial finance. I’ve realized I don’t enjoy a a strictly transactional practice. I enjoyed litigation matters as a summer (particularly the adversarial nature). Also, love talking and advising clients. I don’t want the litigation lifestyle and appreciate the in-house opportunities of transactional. Assuming that I could switch (or lateral), I’m thinking I may enjoy employment (and the ability to defend and train/advise). I appreciate any insight.

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You might also look into white collar or adjacent compliance roles (import/export, antitrust, anti-corruption, etc)

Consider a mixed practice like real estate (mostly transactional but maybe zoning hearings would give you the thrill of oral advocacy you may enjoy) or bankruptcy. I think environmental is another one that's pretty mixed but not sure how much oral advocacy time you'd get

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