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This fall I’ll be starting as a second-year at a large M&A practice in a secondary market after an appellate clerkship.

Should I be concerned about being seen as an overpaid first-year? Any tips on catching up to my class peers?

Anonymous User wrote:This fall I’ll be starting as a second-year at a large M&A practice in a secondary market after an appellate clerkship.

Should I be concerned about being seen as an overpaid first-year? Any tips on catching up to my class peers?

You should be fine, the difference between a first and second year are minimal. You should share your experience on finding this post-clerkship position though, I think a lot of people would be interested in hearing how you made this happen. Clerkship to transactional group is near unheard of.

Read a bunch of long contracts and enter the assignment provisions into a spreadsheet for a while.

UnfrozenCaveman wrote:Read a bunch of long contracts and enter the assignment provisions into a spreadsheet for a while.

Be very careful to make sure the signature page lines are the same length for each signatory.

misterjames wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:This fall I’ll be starting as a second-year at a large M&A practice in a secondary market after an appellate clerkship.

Should I be concerned about being seen as an overpaid first-year? Any tips on catching up to my class peers?

You should be fine, the difference between a first and second year are minimal. You should share your experience on finding this post-clerkship position though, I think a lot of people would be interested in hearing how you made this happen. Clerkship to transactional group is near unheard of.

OP here. I had the transactional gig before accepting the clerkship, which I did more for “getting the gold star” purposes (and for the sake of curiosity) than for any career-minded reason.

Anonymous User wrote:

misterjames wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:This fall I’ll be starting as a second-year at a large M&A practice in a secondary market after an appellate clerkship.

Should I be concerned about being seen as an overpaid first-year? Any tips on catching up to my class peers?

You should be fine, the difference between a first and second year are minimal. You should share your experience on finding this post-clerkship position though, I think a lot of people would be interested in hearing how you made this happen. Clerkship to transactional group is near unheard of.

OP here. I had the transactional gig before accepting the clerkship, which I did more for “getting the gold star” purposes (and for the sake of curiosity) than for any career-minded reason.

Fair enough, although I question how gold that star is if it's largely inapplicable to your subsequent practice.

misterjames wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

misterjames wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:This fall I’ll be starting as a second-year at a large M&A practice in a secondary market after an appellate clerkship.

Should I be concerned about being seen as an overpaid first-year? Any tips on catching up to my class peers?

You should be fine, the difference between a first and second year are minimal. You should share your experience on finding this post-clerkship position though, I think a lot of people would be interested in hearing how you made this happen. Clerkship to transactional group is near unheard of.

OP here. I had the transactional gig before accepting the clerkship, which I did more for “getting the gold star” purposes (and for the sake of curiosity) than for any career-minded reason.

Fair enough, although I question how gold that star is if it's largely inapplicable to your subsequent practice.

OP here. So do I. I accepted the clerkship before deciding whether to join the firm’s lit or transactional groups. I.e., I had an offer, but hadn’t decided which group to join.

All second years are overpaid first years, you're good

misterjames wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:OP here. I had the transactional gig before accepting the clerkship, which I did more for “getting the gold star” purposes (and for the sake of curiosity) than for any career-minded reason.

Fair enough, although I question how gold that star is if it's largely inapplicable to your subsequent practice.

Eh, who knows. On the off chance anon ever develops an itch for legal academia down the road, that clerkship will still be helpful.

Out of curiosity, anon, did you still receive a clerkship bonus even though joining transactional? (I assume yes.)

QContinuum wrote:

misterjames wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:OP here. I had the transactional gig before accepting the clerkship, which I did more for “getting the gold star” purposes (and for the sake of curiosity) than for any career-minded reason.

Fair enough, although I question how gold that star is if it's largely inapplicable to your subsequent practice.

Eh, who knows. On the off chance anon ever develops an itch for legal academia down the road, that clerkship will still be helpful.

Out of curiosity, anon, did you still receive a clerkship bonus even though joining transactional? (I assume yes.)

Yes!

Anonymous User wrote:

QContinuum wrote:Out of curiosity, anon, did you still receive a clerkship bonus even though joining transactional? (I assume yes.)

Yes!

Thanks for the response and kudos again on the clerkship!

QContinuum wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

QContinuum wrote:Out of curiosity, anon, did you still receive a clerkship bonus even though joining transactional? (I assume yes.)

Yes!

Thanks for the response and kudos again on the clerkship!

Of course, and thanks for modding.

I'm also a little concerned about this OP. Going into an M&A group after an appellate clerkship because that was what my summer was and I didn't get an offer from the boutiques I was trying for during clerkship.

In theory there's some overlap in knowledge since it was DE Supreme, but still a bit worried.