Looking at lateralling due to some organizational chaos at my firm. How have you lot gone about researching office culture etc. at potential landing spots?

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And, keep in the back of your mind that you’ll never really know until you get there. But trust your gut. I talked myself into lateraling into a very prestigious NY law firm only to realize it was never going to work once I got there. Was there for 2 years. Sometimes you can just feel something isn’t a good fit, and I should have been more attuned to that during the interview process. Hindsight, right?

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I try and find people at the firm I’m looking to go to who I was classmates with or who are friends of my friends. Then I ask my friend for an introduction and I pick their brain about the firm culture. If it’s someone you know or a friend of a friend, you usually get more candid responses.

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I am also in the process of lateraling and had two similar firms to choose between. During the interview process, one of them gave me the opportunity to speak off the record with several associates. The other firm only had me meet with partners and a mentor of mine pointed out that could be a red flag. I ended up accepting the offer from the first firm

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Talk to a recruiter who knows your market. Talk to friends, network, introduce yourself to people and ask questions.

Happy to help if needed. I’m ex-biglaw and a current recruiter with deep ties to all of the top firms in the market. Can offer services other recruiters can’t. I’ll DM you now.

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