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Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:43 pm
by Anonymous User
Rising 3L in a secondary market. I've worked for a small (15attorneys) firm for my two summers and I've gotten some really good feedback, but they are relatively guarded about their hiring practices. Does conventional wisdom say to just wait and see if they offer me, or would it be proper to flat out ask (if there's no chance, I need to start hustling)? Am I being too neurotic? Is the world really round?
Re: Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:46 pm
by Anonymous User
Ask. You have a right to know.
Did not mean to be anon -- mvpforme
Re: Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:47 pm
by Anonymous User
Right on. That's my instinct, but if TLS has taught me anything, it's to avoid rocking the boat.
Re: Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:49 pm
by Johann
Go to a partner you have a good relationship with and see what's up.
Re: Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:53 pm
by wert3813
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Re: Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:05 pm
by kalvano
100% ask. You need to know and have a right to know what they are thinking.
Re: Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:18 pm
by dixiecupdrinking
I would ask, but casually. Not "are you going to hire me??" but "has the firm considered whether it's going to make entry level job offers in 2015?"
Re: Small Firm Etiquette
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:51 am
by twenty 8
A friend told me that during her SA she asked for the next afternoon off so she could attend OCI.
The firm made her an offer the following week. Coincidence?