With 7 years of experience spanning litigation, transactional work, firm life, and in-house practice, I find myself questioning whether law is a sustainable career path for me. For those who have left or considered leaving, was a similar amount of time and variety of experience enough to make that decision?

Is Trackitt Down ?

Has anyone jumped from audit in Canada/US to the UAE recently? I was chatting with a mentor and they said, you get paid significantly more, and you aren’t taxed. Checked online, the salaries are probably 20% higher - not worth the move IMO… Anyone make this move and can share their experience?

Got a job where I’ll be commuting to downtown via Link (Columbia City). Any concerns I should be prepared for? Or tips for commuting like a pro? It’s my first in-person job in years and as a woman, feeling safe is always a priority for me. TIA!

What is the pay for Business Analyst at Infosys .?

The discrepancy between the time I spend making a pitch book and the time the client spends actually reviewing them is something I'd rather not think about

What are good resources to find apartments in DC. I’m looking to live on my own, no roommates

Hi Fishes,

Is there a way to know your client or atleast the industry before joining IBM? I'm from supply chain domain and I have one more offer. HR isn't revealing this information.

Has anyone accepted a secondment to a client? Was it worth it? Did you stay with your firm or did the secondment turn into a FT position?

Hi Friends, I have 10+ experience in F&A BPO and recently moved from Wipro bps to Wipro technologies for business analyst role, Am in B2 band currently getting 12 PA , Am i getting paid as per market standards? Pls suggest

Hi, i have my joining with cognizant tomorrow(12 sep), i have received the onboarding pass but haven't received any onboarding meeting invite , when do they generally send the meeting invite?

Best happy hour places in dowtown? Office location is brightline station so someting relatively close would be ideal. Trying to take advantage of happy hour since i never come into office😅🥲

When first starting a small business is it absolutely crucial to have a website? I have a physical space and was just planning on getting clients through word of mouth and do scheduling over the phone since I have a receptionist/helper. Should I wait until I have a site to open? Everything else is almost done and ready to go.

What are you or the district using to challenge Gifted & Talented students in reading, L/A for RTI ? Vocabulary? Does your district use SORA in library?

How would you describe the culture at IBM?

Note down 5-10 top questions you wish you would ask (or you would have asked) your significant other before you commit (or committed) to marriage ?

If you mention your own ethnicity in the response , that'd help.

Any one got the retention offer from TCS ?

Does anyone know how litigation finance works on the plaintiff side? If someone wanted to bring a lawsuit against their former employer would a general contingency arrangement with a plaintiff’s firm make sense? Or would one need to find funding and then contact a plaintiff’s firm to actually handle the case? I’m a transactional lawyer, so this is out of my wheelhouse.

Does anyone know sports arbitration or general arbitration well? Have been a figure skating fan my entire life and am curious whether the judgement of recent Valieva case makes sense to you.

Are new associates in your firm eligible for bonuses in their stump year?

For those of you required to be in office- do people use the phone and email to contact you or do they still come by in person? People in my office seem not to understand how the phone works...

If I was interested in looking for a job outside of law that was more consulting oriented, what kind of recruiter would I use?

I’ve been a pd for 5 years. Tips on leaving public defense? I don’t want to do criminal. What things should my resume highlight? Any recruiter recommendations?

Any insight into Barnes and Thornburg, especially in Minneapolis? Culture? Hours requirement? Comp???

Layoffs. Most big firms say they're sitting on a conservative pile of cash - which I believe is true - but work will obviously not return to pre-COVID levels in the short term, probably not even in the medium term. Are Biglaw layoffs coming?

Want to negotiate salary at an AMLAW200 firm in atlanta. Not a lot of public information about what peer firms (ie, not NY lockstep firms matching cravath scale) pay. What are mid-senior level associates making in Atlanta?

Big Law Dads: How much time do you usually take off when your wife has a baby? And do you actually get to take off, or do you just end up working from home half the time? My wife is due Mid-December, and I’m staffed on 4 M&A deals trying to close by year end, so it’s not looking promising.

Rising 2L here…Just found out yesterday that one of my top target law firms is not participating in OCIs (they don’t have offices in my state). Any advice on the best way to move forward with them? Still planning to apply, just want to know what I should be doing. Thanks!

Is there a market for lawyers to add expertise In crisis management or reputation management? My goal is to counsel clients on how to respond to media inquiries without saying or posting something detrimental to a potential litigation while still maintaining communication with their client base. If so, how to break into that industry? Courses? Books? Certifications?

Salary for a 4th year at Thompson Coburn in St. Louis? General/commercial lit.

Confused why Wachtell qualifies as BigLaw when they have one (small) office

Just had a hearing on my motion to compel where OC told the judge we hadn’t conferred before filing the motion. Not only did I attempt to confer on 3 separate dates, I attached the emails and his response that he refused to confer to my motion. Judge didn’t care, as soon as she heard him say we hadn’t conferred she denied the motion. Not asking a question, just needed to vent.

I found out a soon to be 2nd year associate got a 10k raise making his salary 110k now, while I, the soon to be 3rd year associate got a 2k raise making my salary 107k. So now the 2nd year male associate is making more money than me. How do I bring this up to the partners?

What do partners generally expect from third-year litigation associates (smaller firm) as far as legal, professional, and/or case management skills go?
I still feel like I can’t (or don’t know how to) manage or push cases forward and like I’m constantly behind on everything—is this normal?

If I’ve already agreed to a start date on 11/28 how bad would it be to reach out and ask to push it to 12/5?

Anyone at Pryor Cashman have intel on firm culture, work/life balance, and comp?