What year did you start running deals with minimal supervision? And what practice area?

For anyone that is CPHQ certified - how has this certification benefited you? Do you think it has improved your job prospects? Thanks in advance!

Sometimes I feel weird when my coworkers reach out to ask how I'm doing. The police brutality and protests are nothing new.

Is anyone here in-house at Twitter? Curious how the transition has been from a legal team standpoint

Hello everyone,

Need your help to choose which is a better path to switch from Non IT to Core domain.
Confused on what to learn software testing or AWs devops or front end development etc.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

BREAKING: Kevin Hart To Appear In Just 17 Super Bowl Spots This Year

Anyone have favorite management books? New manager here 👋

I'm new to all this. Is it best to save 10% of my salary all in my company's 401k (with 20% match, increasing by 5% every year)... or saving 5% in 401k and 5% in a Roth IRA?

Looks like a great group glad to be here.

Are people feeling MORE or LESS *burnt out* with the recent transitions to more in-person learning? (if you are in transition-again!)

What's a guilty pleasure you indulge in at work?

Is Outlook the preferred corporate Email service provider?

Are A&M seniors really equivalent to B4 Managers? I am up for promotion this year to M1 and am interested in joining A&M but I’m hesitant as I understand A&M would only bring me on as a senior

Thinking of buying ALL coins for $1000 each. Am I crazy?

I’ve been in PA two years now, and I still don’t understand how equity accounts work. What should you know by now that you don’t?

Do we have onsite opportunities in Fujitsu India?

After ~20-30 min on a call, I stop paying attention.

Are we allowed to dish on how ineffective recruiters are? I’d really like to Yelp bomb a specific recruiter for being so ineffectual, unresponsive, negligent, and ghosting

How long of a commute would you consider to be too long? First year associate trying to balance convenience with living more frugally to save up some more money.

I’m a first year associate and perpetually concerned I’m going to get fired bc I feel like my work product isn’t at the level it should be. Does anyone have an idea of how easy/ hard it is to get fired?

What’s next on your expensive wishlist to make this job a little more comforting?

Is it common for a midlevel to gossip with a first year about another first year’s work? Is it common for midlevels to trash juniors amongst themselves? I think my office is hella toxic

My firm’s IT (especially system saving and file locating function) is so bad 😐😞 and they keep doing updates no one asked them for just to mess with the stuff we already got a hang of without doing anything about the issues we actually need fixed. Anyone else in a similar boat? Do you bill the client for the time it takes to fix the IT issue (or IT inefficiency generally, like time taken to find a file in a convoluted system)? Or is that supposed to be our non-billable time?

I’m debating to join Locke Lord Dallas in transactional. I’m looking to stay at the firm long term and would appreciate any information y’all have. Please be as candid as possible.

Which firms are actually doing work in the emerging tech space - NFTs, DAOs, and related blockchain fun?

Have any GT offices other than NY matched?

What are people’s experiences with SSRIs/did they help you with work?

I’m a junior in big law and in the short time I’ve been here, I’ve noticed that counsels produce perfect drafts and yet aren’t partners but partners can’t write two sentences without numerous typos. Shouldn’t counsels be partners and partners counsels instead?

Any recommended books to read prior to beginning a summer associate position? Transactional/ Corporate & Finance

Completely and totally miserable at my firm and just need a space to vent because my friends are tired of hearing about it. I wish the worst part about it was the amount of work, rather than the completely toxic culture, lack of appreciation, arbitrary and back/breaking deadlines, lack of mentorship/feedback/training, and the fact that the associates act like they don’t even know each other. I cry every day and constantly am made to feel stupid for not understanding the highly technical (cont.)

Beginning to consider going in house (4th, corp) - I really haven’t thought about what I want, partly because I’m not sure what’s out there/attainable. Is it a bad idea to start by applying to a couple positions that interest me and seeing where that gets me? I’ll of course prep for the interviews but am afraid to burn potential bridges if I ultimately decline because I’m still figuring things out.

Are tech trans hours better/more predictable than M&A?

I’m a second year associate and last night I was online until 2:30 AM waiting for one specialists comment to a purchase agreement. I had added all comments during the day from everyone else, and the midlevel and senior were online as well, but it seemed very strange to ask me to stay up just to add three sentences to a purchase agreement. Is this normal?

Does anyone know what the onboarding process is like at K&L Gates? I start in a few weeks and I'm curious.

Dudes who initial your shirt cuffs: why? I’m new to the fancy world of big law and I’m genuinely curious. Is there some subculture of people that are impressed by this? Do you have trouble remembering your initials?

Whats a bougie/hip gift from a friend you would appreciate?

What is the role of an Of Counsel? Can someone please enlighten me?