Thoughts on taking a break from big law and working for a non-profit for a bit? Will that kill my chances of ever returning to big law? Am in 4th year.

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FWIW, I’ve never seen someone do this.

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Why would they want you back if you bailed once? I wouldn’t hire someone with this resume personally—shows a lack of commitment to what this job demands. Additionally, if you were allowed back in, there is a non-zero chance you’d be set back a year in terms of comp.

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Very different. You’re trying to compare someone who lateraled to a different law firm job to someone who left firm life to go work at a non-profit… it’s not the same work, the same environment, the same caliber, the same pace.

Any chance you can develop clients there? That will be your biggest hurdle.

Yes.

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