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What are some questions you think are important to ask when visiting a firm post-offer/pre-acceptance? How should you phrase sensitive questions such as firm health, past layoffs, etc.? Any advise would be appreciated!

No need to be sensitive. After you have your offer is when you want to ask the blunt questions you feel are important. Of course, don't be boorish, but no need to pussyfoot around questions like firm health, potential for growth, past missteps, etc.

I liked asking how/if vacation time is respected.

Renzo wrote:No need to be sensitive. After you have your offer is when you want to ask the blunt questions you feel are important. Of course, don't be boorish, but no need to pussyfoot around questions like firm health, potential for growth, past missteps, etc.

Isn't it a good idea to be sensitive, given that you still are going on a 3-month interview in the summer and also this industry is notorious for pushing people out? Many of the advice on post-offer visits I've seen takes too inflated of a view of law students.

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Renzo wrote:No need to be sensitive. After you have your offer is when you want to ask the blunt questions you feel are important. Of course, don't be boorish, but no need to pussyfoot around questions like firm health, potential for growth, past missteps, etc.

Isn't it a good idea to be sensitive, given that you still are going on a 3-month interview in the summer and also this industry is notorious for pushing people out? Many of the advice on post-offer visits I've seen takes too inflated of a view of law students.

If by "sensitive" you mean not rude or crass, then yes. You should be "sensitive" for the rest of your life. If by "sensitive" you mean afraid to ask about the firm's business outlook and prospects, then no. No one is going to be offended that you are interested in where the firm is headed and what it's doing.

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Renzo wrote:No need to be sensitive. After you have your offer is when you want to ask the blunt questions you feel are important. Of course, don't be boorish, but no need to pussyfoot around questions like firm health, potential for growth, past missteps, etc.

Isn't it a good idea to be sensitive, given that you still are going on a 3-month interview in the summer and also this industry is notorious for pushing people out? Many of the advice on post-offer visits I've seen takes too inflated of a view of law students.

it's always a good idea to not be socially awkward, crass, or rude. Always. as an applicant, as someone with an offer, as a young associate, as a partner. I feel like that should go without saying. But politely asking difficult questions isn't a negative, if the answers are rightly important to you.

OP here, thanks for the advice!