2L, currently in NYC, will summer at a v40 firm, might be a bit early, but I was wondering what practice area is a good exit option if I ever want to go back to SoCal (either lateral to a LA based firm or an in-house position).
Thanks.
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Re: Exit Options Southern California
What are you looking into exiting to? You need to be more specific. You'll want to worry much more about actually lateraling over there first. It requires taking the CA bar, which may sound doable now, but when you are working NYC hours, things change.
If you do litigation you can exit into a smaller firm, where you'll probably have a much easier partnership track/ control of your own hours. Some bigger companies you can go in house as litigator, but those are few and far between.
Corporate/transactional is traditionally best bet for exit options. That entirely depends on what you like. If you do p/e work there are lots of funds and investments in SoCal area that you can go work for. Also lots of more Fortune 500 companies still there that will all have legal departments that need attorneys for contract related work.
If you do litigation you can exit into a smaller firm, where you'll probably have a much easier partnership track/ control of your own hours. Some bigger companies you can go in house as litigator, but those are few and far between.
Corporate/transactional is traditionally best bet for exit options. That entirely depends on what you like. If you do p/e work there are lots of funds and investments in SoCal area that you can go work for. Also lots of more Fortune 500 companies still there that will all have legal departments that need attorneys for contract related work.
