Incoming associate at a biglaw firm. I got an offer for one of the practice groups I worked with last summer, and I accepted it. The associates and partners in the group are great mentors, but my interests have changed. A partner from another practice group that I worked with mentioned some projects that he'd like me to work on when I start.
Would it be ok to do that? Can associates that are slated for one practice group take on work from another?
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Re: Help with Practice Area Question
This is going to be firm specific. If it’s an IP role then the answer would be “no” at my firm.Anonymous User wrote:Incoming associate at a biglaw firm. I got an offer for one of the practice groups I worked with last summer, and I accepted it. The associates and partners in the group are great mentors, but my interests have changed. A partner from another practice group that I worked with mentioned some projects that he'd like me to work on when I start.
Would it be ok to do that? Can associates that are slated for one practice group take on work from another?
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I figured it would differ from firm to firm. Do you have a sense of what the answer might be if it's between two sub practice groups underneath a larger umbrella group?Anonymous User wrote:This is going to be firm specific. If it’s an IP role then the answer would be “no” at my firm.Anonymous User wrote:Incoming associate at a biglaw firm. I got an offer for one of the practice groups I worked with last summer, and I accepted it. The associates and partners in the group are great mentors, but my interests have changed. A partner from another practice group that I worked with mentioned some projects that he'd like me to work on when I start.
Would it be ok to do that? Can associates that are slated for one practice group take on work from another?
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Re: Help with Practice Area Question
I mean it's going to depend. Construction litigation and commercial litigation? Sure, probably fine. M&A and public bonds? Probably not. Since you're anon and there's little chance your partners read this, maybe just say the groups.
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Funds and tech transactions. They're entirely different, but I want to do work for both.gregfootball2001 wrote:I mean it's going to depend. Construction litigation and commercial litigation? Sure, probably fine. M&A and public bonds? Probably not. Since you're anon and there's little chance your partners read this, maybe just say the groups.
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