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How To Transition To A Large Firm Coming From Consumer Work In Litigation
[00:00:00] Following up on my previous question. The firm I'll be working for after graduating primarily does small company or consume work and litigation. Will I be able to transition to a large-
So, if I was you, in that position, I would probably try to get a federal clerkship right now. A district court clerkship or I would concentrate when I do write my resume in the future. I would talk more about the company work you're doing and I wouldn't really focus on the consumer work as much. And again, there's nothing wrong with any of the stuff you're doing. It depends on the people you'll be working with, but I think if you have consumer work on your resume, it may be a little bit more difficult for you to transition into a large law firm after graduation, if after year or two, if it looks like you're just doing consumer litigation. So if it's general commercial litigation unemployment, I would continue right now. It's October. I think you can still keep applying to jobs. I don't see any reason why not. I would also maybe try to get a clerkship, a federal clerkship is always helpful or even a state Supreme court clerkship and applying to different markets. I also would if it's very [00:01:00] important to you to be in a large, I would do the best I can there then just apply to a lot of jobs. Someone will hire you, especially if you went to a top 10 law school, law firms take the law school that people went to very seriously because it looks good for their clients. You're not really in that bad of shape.
If you did go to a top 10 law school, they love putting that down and it's a big deal. Especially, after you have one year of experience and you're committed for two years or three years, and if you're hungry, you will get hired. It's just not as easy as it would be if you were from another large law firm, but you will. Some other advice I would always give you is, home market, where you're from is always the easiest. I don't think you're going to have too much trouble ultimately getting a job.
