Which government agencies are best to work for if you are a corp associate and private practice is your long term goal? Obviously the SEC is a common choice, but is it really worth it to take the pay cut and is there anything else you should consider before taking the job? Are you stuck doing capital markets if you go the SEC route?

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SEC is a better choice for litigators - like sure there are those CapM folks but I don’t think anyone really thinks they’re better off relative to those who stuck around in biglaw. For white collar the advantage is clear and unambiguous.

Generally speaking government isn’t a great path for corporate.

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It seems like most go in-house after making partner at a firm (typically white collar/some kind of lit).

There was definitely a moment for people rotating into fintech and crypto, but it looks pretty clear that era is over with the new administration taking office.

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