Starting to feel I don’t like litigation. Third year. I’m not excited about winning an argument or destroying the other party’s arguments. But the current market doesn’t seem to favor a transition.

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Your best bet is probably to target in-house compliance roles.

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And ... credit yourself with a fairly early realization that litigation is not for you. It certainly is not for everyone and have seen quite a few people wrestle with their jobs, not realizing that they really just do not like litigation. Advice above is good, and lots of other paths to a happy and successful law career.

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Start looking now. It may take you a long time. Do a good job in your current place in the meantime and recognize you may have to take a multiple year class year cut if you want to stay in firm life.

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Transition to bankruptcy. Market is active right now, and litigation experience has some value even in a bankruptcy group that’s more transactionally minded.

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