Looking for advice on breaking into the L&E litigation field. I’m a rising third-year general litigation associate at a v10 law firm in NYC where I’ve gotten to work on a couple of L&E cases. My job search for L&E roles has been a bit of an uphill battle, because most of the roles require significant L&E experience. Would it be a bad idea to take a non-partner track role in an AmLaw100 firm’s L&E group in order to break into the field? What kinds of jobs would I be marketable for afterwards?

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L&E is insanely busy right now and many are hiring. I would start applying and just see. Don’t think you need to go non-partnership track to break in (unless you want it)

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Thank you! Good to hear.

Agree with Seyfarth. L&E is hopping right now. Be patient and keep applying.

I would not take staff attorney roles unless you really need to get out of where you are. You wouldn’t want to jump there only to get a track position soon after.

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