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Do in house jobs require experience in corporate? Or are there opportunities for those who have lit experience? Specifically what types of lit work are more desirable for in house work?

It depends. And I'm not just giving you the lawyer answer.

Usually in house counsel offices have different attorneys for transactional and litigation work. However, litigation spots are less common because they usually contract out the bulk of litigation to law firms.

But these all depends on size of office, budget, etc.

I forgot your other question. Most of the lit positions (where attorney does nothing but lit) I've seen have been exclusively labor.

But to add to my last post, let's not forget there are some special snowflakes who go in house with no prior legal experience.

zot1 wrote:I forgot your other question. Most of the lit positions (where attorney does nothing but lit) I've seen have been exclusively labor.

But to add to my last post, let's not forget there are some special snowflakes who go in house with no prior legal experience.

Special snowflake is the way to go, if you can swing it.

OP here.

Headed to a firm this summer. Trying to figure out what practice groups are gunna be best for my desired outcome. Really appreciate the help.

If you are dead set on going inhouse early in your career then I would do Tech Trans. That group is the most similar to what most lawyesr do inhouse. Simply look at goinhouse.com and check out the number of jobs that want technology contracts experience.

However, with that said, I think doing M&A gives you the best chance to get a higher up AGC GC job. Most GCs and AGCS come from M&A background. It may be harder for you to get your initial inhouse job though.

Interesting. In that case what do exit options look like for lit associates? Do they just end up moving around from firm to firm?