PEOPLE WHO’VE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED OUT IF LITIGATION — how did you do it?!

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Convincing someone how incredibly talented you are across all areas of human competency in the hope that they will trust you to track sig pages

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I am making jest.

Ok, more seriously- The process of me switching to corporate was ridiculously hard for the simplicity of the work I now do as a Junior corp associate. I would take a hard look at what skills you have and what skills you want before switching.

May I ask, what about litigation do you dislike? What type of lit?

Edit: I see you clarified that you’re not looking to work at a law firm. So I guess you’re not looking for transactional. In this case, I don’t know

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I found a big tech product counsel position. It’s an awesome job! There are lots of former litigators in these roles.

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A6 - DM away! It’s Friday afternoon and I don’t really feel like working anymore.

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I moved from lit to corp after about a year. Feel free to dm me.

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To clarify - not looking to work in a law firm setting.

Nepotism

Such is life.

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