Joining a biglaw L&E group after my federal clerkship. Any tips for learning quickly for someone who hasn't done L&E? I'm really excited and ready to dive in but not sure how steep the learning curve will be. I did commercial lit before clerking.

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The EEOC publishes guidance on various topics that are helpful resources. They provide an overview of principles and legal frameworks for federal employment laws such as Title VII, ADEA, ADA, etc. and cite to a lot of the major cases. DOL also publishes interpretive guidance for FLSA, etc. I would recommend reviewing them to get up to speed. They are also helpful starting points for legal research.

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PLI has a ton of employment CLEs that should be helpful for entry level understanding of various topics.

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Following for tips because I’m in the same boat.

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You’ll learn so much by doing. Your first year in private practice, they won’t expect you to be a substantive expert. Coming straight out of law school, most people have done AT MOST one semester of employment law classes. CLEs will be a huge help. I’d also recommend just start brushing up on (and possibly creating a sort of cheat sheet) logging the main anti-discrimination statues you’ll work with, the prima facie elements for claims, burden shifting (look up McDonnell Douglas burden shifting) and key definitions. I’ve been practicing 15 years and still rely on the links to the various key statutes that I long ago bookmarked in my browser

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Big Law or Big 4? If the former, some are lit heavy and some are advice heavy while Big 4 is all around as they do everything.

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Ah then check out Simmons guide. Good resources to read through

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