Quit my job with nothing lined up and moved to a new city, It’s been three months of intense applications and several interviews and on the verge of regretting quitting my job at an AM10 firm with nothing lined up. Has anyone successfully gotten back into biglaw, after leaving their former job with nothing lined up? I need some encouragement 😭

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I quit. I found something to help pay the bills. Wasn’t too keen on getting back into big law though. I applied for stuff that was compliance/legal adjacent and landed interviews. The pay was also comparable to a first year salary in big law so I had no complaints.

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So I started applying in February 2022 for jobs while I still had a job and only got 1 offer from a situation where I met a guy at a bar and not from any actual applications. I was dismissed from my role in June 2023 and had been looking for another corporate gig an entire year with no results. I bit the bullet and got a shit job just to get by and in the process of failing to sell a product to this guy sparked up a friendship that led to a personal recommendation for a State Farm location owner to go out on a limb and pay my way to get started. Right place, right time, high level recommendation for a job opportunity that wasn’t even listed - and now I work at State Farm. Quitting your job in this market was more than just an L. Hate to break the news to ya. Good luck and persevere. Over the past 2 years of endless apps I landed a total of 2 offers. Only 1 was from applying and it has an 80% turnover rate.

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