A Common Career Trajectory of an Associate in a Prestigious Law Firm
[00:00:00] ..career progression ..at a prestigious corporate law firm?
Most associates at prestigious law firms at some point in the future end up in smaller law firms. That's typically what happens.
The most prestigious corporate law firms are very difficult to make partner in because they've long ago filled their corporate spots, but the most prestigious corporate attorneys that do the best fairly early in the career will start bringing in smaller clients and bringing in business. Even larger clients too or they'll just work very hard and become experts in different transactions.
If you're in a large corporate law firm you'll typically be able to do very well. A lot of them end up in-house. A lot of stuff you can do at a prestigious corporate law firm. When I practiced him just thinking of the people that I worked with. Most of them are in-house.