Need help deciding on an offer I got today. Junior lateral. Corporate practice area. Small firm to mid-sized firm. 195k salary (which is a pretty big bump for me). Everything sounds great on paper as far as mentorship, work life balance, partners are super nice. My only concern is that the billable req is 1950, which is a good bit higher than my current minimum. With that kind of minimum, should I just shoot for a big firm?

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1950 is manageable, but have you spoken with associates to find out how many actually hit the target? In many cases, midsize firms have targets on par with big law firm, but the actual average number of hours billed is far lower (think 2200 in big law vs 1750 in a midsize firm, depending on practice area).

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I make $165 for those hours. I’d be thrilled to have the salary

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I think that salary is low for the stated amount of hours.

If they’re not in biglaw, then that’s not low for a junior at all.

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