Lateral Transfer - Low GPA Forum

[justmeinthed]

I work in a small boutique firm. Senior partner has accepted a position at big law. He wants to bring me with him. My GPA is low. I worked through law school and didn't worry about my grades. First generation college student. Now I realize, I should have got the higher GPA. I have an offer from BigLaw that will be forth coming contingent on all the normal background checks. How do I get around a bad transcript that is 10 years old. I assume they will get that as part of the process. Do I discuss with my current partner - he doesn't know my GPA since a transcript wasn't required when I got hired in here as a lateral. Should I wait until get transcript and then discuss with them? Should I not even worry about it?

[SmokeytheBear]

I work in a small boutique firm. Senior partner has accepted a position at big law. He wants to bring me with him. My GPA is low. I worked through law school and didn't worry about my grades. First generation college student. Now I realize, I should have got the higher GPA. I have an offer from BigLaw that will be forth coming contingent on all the normal background checks. How do I get around a bad transcript that is 10 years old. I assume they will get that as part of the process. Do I discuss with my current partner - he doesn't know my GPA since a transcript wasn't required when I got hired in here as a lateral. Should I wait until get transcript and then discuss with them? Should I not even worry about it?

Transcript won't come up in the background check. You're fine.

[HonestAdvice]

These checks are often mandated by malpractice insurance policies, and to protect them from risks - i.e. hiring someone whose potentially dangerous to their coworkers or disbarred. No one's going to argue that the firm was negligent to hire you for bad grades. Even if you have a 0.0 gpa, they could argue you passed the bar and have experience. If there was any any question about this, it would come up and I think your school will probably have to notify you first? No non-lawyer will think to look at your transcript. The main priority is to make sure the firm won't get f'd hiring you.

[hiima3L]

Background check will be financial and potentially criminal. As far as I know, you can't get a transcript in background check. Anyway, they won't secretly care and secretly try to get your transcript. If it were a problem, they would have asked long ago.

[favabeansoup]

I work in a small boutique firm. Senior partner has accepted a position at big law. He wants to bring me with him....Should I not even worry about it?

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