PSA: It is really really really hard to get an in house job Forum

84651846190 · Post by **84651846190** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:32 pm

if you're a litigation associate. It takes YEARS of consistently applying to almost any job in your area (assuming you're in a major market).

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:51 pm

so i should start applying to google now then

Desert Fox · Post by **Desert Fox** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:59 pm

Why go lit if you want In house.

sherpaorlawschool · Post by **sherpaorlawschool** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:44 pm

What if you're a labor & employment associate? Or is that a category unto itself?

FSK · Post by **FSK** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:54 pm

patogordo wrote:so i should start applying to google now then

Wait Google is competitive? Shit

20141023 · Post by **20141023** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:05 pm

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:16 pm

Regulus wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.

I'm in lit because I want to LIVE in the courtroom

20141023 · Post by **20141023** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:29 pm

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:24 pm

That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!

Desert Fox · Post by **Desert Fox** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:25 pm

Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!

Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:31 pm

i get calls from headhunters seeking "patent agents" all the time

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:42 pm

Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.

Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:42 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.
Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.

what about examiners? oh you said human being

Desert Fox · Post by **Desert Fox** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:46 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.
Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.

flame a patent prosecutor would never say this.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:51 pm

Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:That's why I went into patent prosecution... where you can go in-house from a 3 attorney firm after 2 years of experience!
Why would you? Why not hang a shingle.
Because I want the opportunity to speak to another human being at work.
flame a patent prosecutor would never say this.

There are a few of us patent prosecutors who have autism-free lives.

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:49 pm

Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.

df what's your exit strategy

Desert Fox · Post by **Desert Fox** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:50 pm

patogordo wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.
df what's your exit strategy

hang on for dear life until my debt is gone.

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:51 pm

Desert Fox wrote:
patogordo wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:Why go lit if you want In house.
df what's your exit strategy
hang on for dear life until my debt is gone.

yea but after. you gonna write children's books?

Desert Fox · Post by **Desert Fox** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:54 pm

i assume ill work at some sort of firm forever .

patogordo · Post by **patogordo** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:56 pm

i wanna be that 15th year of counsel that no one really knows what they do here

Desert Fox · Post by **Desert Fox** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:56 pm

patogordo wrote:i wanna be that 15th year of counsel that no one really knows what they do here

Yea that would be 180

Old Gregg · Post by **Old Gregg** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:18 pm

patogordo wrote:i wanna be that 15th year of counsel that no one really knows what they do here

thats oddly my goal too

Tiago Splitter · Post by **Tiago Splitter** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:43 pm

I worked with a 25th year associate last summer. Been with the firm the whole time. Dude's livin the dream I guess.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:58 pm

Tiago Splitter wrote:I worked with a 25th year associate last summer. Been with the firm the whole time. Dude's livin the dream I guess.

How does that work? is your salary only adjusted for inflation? is it capped at 400k or something?

hephaestus · Post by **hephaestus** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:05 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Tiago Splitter wrote:I worked with a 25th year associate last summer. Been with the firm the whole time. Dude's livin the dream I guess.
How does that work? is your salary only adjusted for inflation? is it capped at 400k or something?

I would assume it is significantly less than 400. That's non-equity partner/counsel money.

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