Tiring of the litigation grind. My whole professional existence is tied to identifying and formalizing conflict for pay. I’m over it!

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I’ve definitely formed the view over my career that the adversarial system is far from optimal in resolving disputes, and probably has imposed enormous societal costs as well.

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Honestly the adversarial nature is grating at times. Makes me wonder if I should retool to corporate. But then I lose the somewhat predictability of litigation… is there a practice where I can have it all 😂

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FYI bk attorneys have a reputation among litigation attorneys as not being adversarial enough, so I don't agree with the previous opinion. I am also of the opinion that restructuring isn't adversarial enough for me even though it's what I wanted to do while in law school, so take my opinion for what it's worth.

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I’m only a second year but decided recently that I just couldn’t do litigation and moved into corporate (helped that my firm’s corporate/commercial department is desperate for associates). Not that there isn’t conflict in corporate, but everything being super adversarial all the time and over the smallest things really started to grate, I get you!!

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I’m a rising fourth year trying to transition to transactional for this very reason. Would love if anyone reading this could share their experience if they’ve made this transition.

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Couldn’t agree more!!

You are far from alone. Best of luck on your career path.

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