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want litigation but firm has larger corp. practice
interviewing with a couple firms tomorrow that have litigation practices (which is what i want to do) but have much larger corp. practices. any suggestions on how to handle the "what practice area" question? i dont want to seem wishy washy, but i also dont want to seem like i wouldn't be a good fit.
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Cupidity
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Re: want litigation but firm has larger corp. practice
I got interviews at several mostly corporate firms after writing cover letters saying I wanted to do lit. Those firms need litigators, and get few because of self-selection.Anonymous User wrote:interviewing with a couple firms tomorrow that have litigation practices (which is what i want to do) but have much larger corp. practices. any suggestions on how to handle the "what practice area" question? i dont want to seem wishy washy, but i also dont want to seem like i wouldn't be a good fit.
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lawgod
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Re: want litigation but firm has larger corp. practice
I would express a strong interest in litigation, but say I am open to corporate and would like to try that also during the summer.
Ask about how the rotations or whatever work during the summer.
Many people do go in thinking litigation, and then switch to corporate once they do a couple of projects. And that may even happen to you.
Ask about how the rotations or whatever work during the summer.
Many people do go in thinking litigation, and then switch to corporate once they do a couple of projects. And that may even happen to you.
