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What's a "unicorn job"
A little bit of TLS jargon that I only vaguely understand. I know what it means in general, of course -- a rare position that you're not going to get siphoned into, like biglaw, but that you get with luck/connections/grades/hard work/whatever.
But what's an actual example of a unicorn job (no need to name names, but in a little bit of detail) that you want or are shooting for? (No SCOTUS, though -- I guess I'm looking for stuff <10 years out of law school.)
But what's an actual example of a unicorn job (no need to name names, but in a little bit of detail) that you want or are shooting for? (No SCOTUS, though -- I guess I'm looking for stuff <10 years out of law school.)
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in house major sports team
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Non-exhaustive list:
Impact litigation like the ACLU
International human rights
Entertainment law (in the sense of doing cool things for movie stars - there certainly are entertainment lawyers, but they're usually biglaw lawyers who happen to work for entertainment companies)
Constitutional law (especially appellate) (in the sense of doing sexy First Amendment or abortion rights or gay marriage work)
(That's my sense, anyway. Could be wrong.)
Impact litigation like the ACLU
International human rights
Entertainment law (in the sense of doing cool things for movie stars - there certainly are entertainment lawyers, but they're usually biglaw lawyers who happen to work for entertainment companies)
Constitutional law (especially appellate) (in the sense of doing sexy First Amendment or abortion rights or gay marriage work)
(That's my sense, anyway. Could be wrong.)
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In-house Patent Counsel for one of the Big 4 tech companies (Apple, Google, Facebook, MSFT)
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The CommishGood Guy Gaud wrote:in house major sports team
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Making tons of money for doing something you love and makes you happy. Like Netflix and chill.
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LOLNY_Sea wrote:In-house Patent Counsel for one of the Big 4 tech companies (Apple, Google, Facebook, MSFT)
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In-house for a NBA team would be amazing....
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in-house counsel at pornhub
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Do you know if this job would come with 'research opportunities'?chimp wrote:in-house counsel at pornhub
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I find my job to be fairly unicorn-ish. The work is interesting, the pay is great, the partners are awesome, I don't get overworked, and I can wear shorts and a tee shirt to work.
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Two words: Sports. Agent.
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You don't need a law degree to do that.fliptrip wrote:Two words: Sports. Agent.
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assholekalvano wrote:I find my job to be fairly unicorn-ish. The work is interesting, the pay is great, the partners are awesome, I don't get overworked, and I can wear shorts and a tee shirt to work.
eta: will be pulling for Stars in Central
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No doubt, but I've encountered more than one person who mentioned going to law school with the intention of becoming one. When pressed on it, they will mention Drew Rosenhaus (Duke, '90).rpupkin wrote:You don't need a law degree to do that.fliptrip wrote:Two words: Sports. Agent.
Here's a couple of others...
CEO of super prestigious investment bank...Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs went to HLS.
GM of NFL Team...Sashi Brown of the Cleveland Browns also went to HLS. He's so damn fancy that he's running the on football field side of their shop without any actual football experience and got there after a long road that started with him at WilmerHale in DC. That's a unicorn outcome if I've ever seen one.
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To be fair it's not a bad gig. Mostly 9-5 job, six figures, tech company perks. A good law job if you don't want work to be your life.rpupkin wrote:LOLNY_Sea wrote:In-house Patent Counsel for one of the Big 4 tech companies (Apple, Google, Facebook, MSFT)
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Oh my, not patents again. Soon won't be valued as highly as they once were.NY_Sea wrote:In-house Patent Counsel for one of the Big 4 tech companies (Apple, Google, Facebook, MSFT)
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Yeah, actually I think there are 2 kinds of unicorn jobs:rpupkin wrote:You don't need a law degree to do that.fliptrip wrote:Two words: Sports. Agent.
- actual law jobs, obtained by very few lawyers
- non-law jobs that people for some reason believe that a JD will help them get (let's put politics here).
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Uhh.....no. Not sure about MSFT, but in-house patent litigators at the other three definitely work more than that. Some work big law hours (or worse).orangered wrote:To be fair it's not a bad gig. Mostly 9-5 job, six figures, tech company perks. A good law job if you don't want work to be your life.rpupkin wrote:LOLNY_Sea wrote:In-house Patent Counsel for one of the Big 4 tech companies (Apple, Google, Facebook, MSFT)
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I knew someone who worked for LA Times and she said she loved it but the hours were awful. "You never know when a journalist is gonna have a problem and it's usually not 9-5."clovis wrote:NY Times?
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President of the United States
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What's your job, you cunt?kalvano wrote:I find my job to be fairly unicorn-ish. The work is interesting, the pay is great, the partners are awesome, I don't get overworked, and I can wear shorts and a tee shirt to work.
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That was definitely a "JD Preferred" job in the nineteenth century. These days? Not so much.ticklemesilly wrote:President of the United States
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Transactional tech work.lurklaw wrote:What's your job, you cunt?kalvano wrote:I find my job to be fairly unicorn-ish. The work is interesting, the pay is great, the partners are awesome, I don't get overworked, and I can wear shorts and a tee shirt to work.
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